Hello,

I am working through DiveIntoSpriteKit and run into a probably minor thing but can not solve it. When I set gameTimer I get the error Cannot find 'createEnemy' in scope. I expect it to be the wrong place but could not figure out where the right one is. What do I do wrong?

import SpriteKit

@objcMembers

class GameScene: SKScene {

    let player = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "player-rocket.png")
    var touchingPlayer = false
    var gameTimer: Timer?

    override func didMove(to view: SKView) {

        let background = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "space.jpg")
        background.zPosition = -1
        addChild(background)

        if let particles = SKEmitterNode(fileNamed: "SpaceDust") {
            particles.advanceSimulationTime(10)
            particles.position.x = 512
            addChild(particles)
        }

        player.position.x = -400
        player.zPosition = 1
        addChild(player)

        gameTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 0.35, target: self, selector: #selector(createEnemy), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)

    }

    override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?){

    guard let touch = touches.first else { return }
    let location = touch.location(in: self)
    let tappedNodes = nodes(at: location)
        if tappedNodes.contains(player) {
            touchingPlayer = true
        }

    }

    override func touchesMoved(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        guard touchingPlayer else { return }
        guard let touch = touches.first else { return }
        let location = touch.location(in: self)
        player.position = location
    }

    override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {

        touchingPlayer = false

    }

    override func update(_ currentTime: TimeInterval) {

        func createEnemy() {

            let sprite = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "asteroid")
            sprite.position = CGPoint(x: 1200, y: Int.random(in: -350...350))
            sprite.name = "enemy"
            sprite.zPosition = 1
            addChild(sprite)

            sprite.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(texture: sprite.texture!, size: sprite.size)

            sprite.physicsBody?.velocity = CGVector(dx: -500, dy: 0)

            sprite.physicsBody?.linearDamping = 0

            }
        }
    }

You placed the createEnemy function inside the update function. That makes createEnemy part of the update function and not the GameScene class. When you call createEnemy in the following line of code:

gameTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 0.35, target: self, selector: #selector(createEnemy), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)

The code can't find createEnemy because it's not a part of GameScene, causing a compiler error.

The fix is to move the createEnemy function outside the update function.

override func update(_ currentTime: TimeInterval) {

}

func createEnemy() {
    // Function code omitted
}