28 August 2013
Just a quick preview of what's coming in the next preview of graphics 2.0 that we'll be seeding out soon. It's a feature known as normal mapping and it's a workhorse technique for simulating lighting effects in traditional 3-D graphics. We're repurposing it so this is trivial to do in Corona....
27 August 2013
It's an exciting time to be a mobile app developer. Through the magic of mobile and Bluetooth support on devices, it's now possible to use controllers to play games, in addition to the standard touchscreen and accelerometer....
26 August 2013
26 August 2013
During this week's Corona Geek Ed Maurina, developer of Corona SDK game templates at Roaming Gamer, walked us through a Corona SDK code snippet that makes your game characters jump. Using Corona's built in physics engine, we applied force to a single character and then added a second character to show how easy it is to handle touch events for multiple objects using the same function....
23 August 2013
Philip and Tobias Schneider are the creators of Columbus Little, an app that lets kids discover the world in a playful way. Philip and Tobias are currently running a campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for Columbus Little. This piece is the first of a two-part series on turning an app idea into a crowd-sourcing campaign....
22 August 2013
Jeff Marshall, Founder at CrossInstall, has a long background in game development, ad networks, and app monetization platforms. He has built several ad network companies, most recently CrossInstall. Jeff also has 15+ years of experience building games on consoles, social networks and mobile platforms. Jeff is also a Corona SDK veteran, and has released several games for iOS and Android with the platform. As our newest Corona Plugin partner, CrossInstall is an ad network that focuses on driving quality traffic for advertising partners and delivering top payments to publishing partners. For more information, please see the CrossInstall...
21 August 2013
During Monday's Corona Geek Hangout we shared that Corona SDK now supports HID controllers, which means you can now target Ouya, GameStick game controller, MOGA Pro, PS 3 controller, NVIDIA Shield, along with Bluetooth keyboards and mice (all HID devices). Here's a snippet from the Hangout where Snake Head Software Founder, Gerald Bailey, raised the important question of what do these controllers mean for mobile games. Roaming Gamer, Ed Maurina, responded with a answer that offers up some good perspective....
19 August 2013
19 August 2013
During this week's Corona Geek, we shared that Corona Simulator now has Ouya and GameStick 'View As' options, Corona SDK now supports all HID controllers, tips for side-loading apps on Nexus 7 and Andrea Zanetti from Italy shared his adventures as a 16 year old app developer....
16 August 2013
Take a look at this screenshot showing where our developers come from!...
