I would like to create a main menu for my game in swift.

I am using the following code:

import SpriteKit

class menuScene: SKScene {

//Adding Start Button
let startButton = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "playButton")



override func didMove(to view: SKView) {


    //Temporary Background
    backgroundColor = SKColor.darkGray

    //Start Button
    startButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 2, y: size.height / 2)
    addChild(startButton)
}

override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
    for touch in touches {
        let location = touch.location(in: self);  //Finding location of touch

        if atPoint(location) == startButton {

            if let scene = GameScene(fileNamed: "GameScene") {
                scene.scaleMode = .aspectFill
                view!.presentScene(scene, transition: SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 1))
            }

        }
    }
}

}

When I run this however, My app crashes and highlights if atPoint(location) == startButton {. with "Thread 1, Breakpoint 1.1"

Im not entirely sure what this is but I hope someone can help. Thanks!

Custom `SKViews`

Let's say, like this M.W.E., you want a menu, a difficulty, and a game scene.

Then you can make a series of custom SKViews to transition between.

GameViewController

This code loads the menuScene:

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    let menuScene = MenuScene(size: view.bounds.size)

    let skView = view as! SKView
    skView.showsFPS = true
    skView.showsNodeCount = true
    skView.ignoresSiblingOrder = true
    menuScene.scaleMode = .resizeFill
    skView.presentScene(menuScene)

}

MenuScene

class MenuScene: SKScene {

    let playButton = SKLabelNode()


    override init(size: CGSize) {
        super.init(size: size)

        backgroundColor = SKColor.white

        playButton.fontColor = SKColor.black
        playButton.text = "play"

        playButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 2, y: size.height / 2)

        addChild(playButton)

    }


    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        let touch = touches.first
        let touchLocation = touch!.location(in: self)

        if playButton.contains(touchLocation) {

            let reveal = SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 0.5)
            let difficultyScene = DifficultyScene(size: self.size)
            self.view?.presentScene(difficultyScene, transition: reveal)

        }

    }


}

DifficultyScene

class DifficultyScene: SKScene {

    let easyButton = SKLabelNode()
    let hardButton = SKLabelNode()
    let menuButton = SKLabelNode()


    override init(size: CGSize) {
        super.init(size: size)

        backgroundColor = SKColor.white

        easyButton.fontColor = SKColor.black
        easyButton.text = "easy"

        hardButton.fontColor = SKColor.black
        hardButton.text = "hard"

        menuButton.fontColor = SKColor.black
        menuButton.text = "menu"

        easyButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 2, y: size.height / 2)
        hardButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 2, y: size.height / 2 - easyButton.fontSize * 2)
        menuButton.position = CGPoint(x: size.width / 4 * 3, y: size.height / 4)

        addChild(easyButton)
        addChild(hardButton)
        addChild(menuButton)

    }


    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        let touch = touches.first
        let touchLocation = touch!.location(in: self)

        if easyButton.contains(touchLocation) {
            let reveal = SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 0.5)
            let gameScene = GameScene(size: self.size, difficulty: easyButton.text!)
            self.view?.presentScene(gameScene, transition: reveal)
        }

        if hardButton.contains(touchLocation) {
            let reveal = SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 0.5)
            let gameScene = GameScene(size: self.size, difficulty: hardButton.text!)
            self.view?.presentScene(gameScene, transition: reveal)
        }

        if menuButton.contains(touchLocation){
            let reveal = SKTransition.doorsOpenVertical(withDuration: 0.5)
            let menuScene = MenuScene(size: self.size)
            self.view?.presentScene(menuScene, transition: reveal)
        }

    }


}

GameScene

add this to your GameScene:

init(size: CGSize, difficulty: String) {
        super.init(size: size)
        gameDifficulty = difficulty
    }

required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
    fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}

Storyboards

Alternatively, you can use Storyboards. In the M.W.E. for another S.O. question they have a basic "menu" set up.

In your case, what you would do is:

go to Main.storyboard.
on the right-hand tool bar, find view controller
drag view-controller into Main.storyboard
click on the new view-controller
click - on the right-hand tool bar - the identity inspector (looks like a business card)
change Class to GameViewController
click on view within the hierarchy on the left (under the new view controller)
click the identity inspector
change class to SKView
click on the original view controller
click on the identity inspector
change class to UIViewController
click on the view within the original UIViewController
click on identity inspector
change class to UIView
find button at the bottom of the right-hand side tool bar
drag it onto the first view
right click drag from the button to the second view
on the pop-up menu, under action segue, click show
right click drag from the button up, add horizontally center constraints
right click drag from the button to the right, add vertically center constraints