17 June 2013
This week we hung out with Kimberly Voll to discuss Gender Stereotypes in Gaming. Kimberly is organizing a hackathon July 12-14th at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, BC. The goal of the event is to broaden perspectives about the role of females characters in games and to bring awareness to the issue....
17 June 2013
Hungry Oni is the work of a British ex-Lionhead Studios game designer, Andrzej Zamoyski, and an Indonesian artist/illustrator, Ferdi Trihadi. The game features bold graphics, spunky audio and amusing gameplay and was even graced with a ‘New and Noteworthy’ feature in the App Store....
14 June 2013
Kimberly Voll holds a PhD in computer science and is a professor of software engineering and digital media at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, Canada. Her specialities include artificial intelligence, user experience, and game design. Passionate about game development, Kim runs Full Indie, the local independent games meetup, as well as the Vancouver Global Game Jam. On the side, Kim is a part-time graphic designer, indie developer, and writer. In July, Corona Labs is sponsoring iamagamer, a jam organized by Kimberly that's based on creating strong, female lead characters in games. Register for iamagamer and...
13 June 2013
Offer Yehudai is President and Co-Founder of Inneractive. Offer drives the product vision of Inneractive's ad mediation platform and is responsible for the company's relationships with developers and publishers. Offer has a deep background in mobile, internet and media and manages business development, product development and global scale projects. Inneractive is one of Corona Labs' first Corona Plugin partners, which are available to Corona SDK developers. For more information, please see Inneractive's plugin documentation....
13 June 2013
Hearing game legends John Romero and Brenda Brathwaite tell us why Corona is awesome for mobile app development was inspiring. So in that spirit, here are the top 10 reasons why Corona is a no-brainer for native app development...
12 June 2013
It's Wednesday and time for another frequently asked questions (FAQs) session. Here are some FAQs about upgrading the Corona SDK Simulator....
11 June 2013
Today, we had some very special guests visit the Corona office: game legends John Romero and Brenda Romero. It was really inspiring to meet them. Together, they've had a profound influence on the industry that still reverberates today. John designed such seminal games as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake, and co-founded id Software which holds a near mythical place in the pantheon of game development....
10 June 2013
When Pigsley, the cartoony pig, is transported to Planet Lardo, he’s in real danger. The planet is run by an evil overlord that would love nothing more than to turn Pigsley into a delicious pile of bacon....
10 June 2013
This week we hung out with Eric Dyck and Phil Laird from Tap for Tap to talk about their new Corona SDK plugin. Tap for Tap offers app promotion and monetization for app developers looking to market their apps and increase their sales. Tap for Tap is a Featured Partner on the Corona SDK Plugin Directory....
06 June 2013
Projjol Banerjea is VP Marketing & Business Development at SponsorPay, the world’s leading value-exchange advertising platform. He oversees marketing, including online/offline presence, PR/communications, industry relationships and market research, as well as strategic business development, presales and sales support. SponsorPay is one of our inaugural Corona Plugin partners, which are available for all Corona SDK developers. For more info please see the SponsorPay plugin documentation. Read on for more information about SponsorPay's great monetization services for mobile developers....
