28 October 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 164, we continued with our new game development series focusing on desktop game development using keyboard and mouse inputs. We discussed desktop vs. mobile project configuration settings, aspect ratios, and screen redrawing. We cover what you need to know to set up your project correctly from the beginning. Here are clips from the Hangout....
26 October 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we added a player, enemies, and sprite animation to our desktop, top down shooter game. We also looked at using third party art in our game and how that art affected our overall game design and user input strategy. As always, you can download the source code for today's demo....
21 October 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 163, we began a brand new game development series focused on creating desktop games using keyboard, mouse, and eventually game controller inputs. We discussed the various similarities and differences between mouse and keyboard inputs and how to remap inputs to create a unified user experience. Here are clips from the Hangout....
19 October 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we continued with our new game development series focusing on desktop game development using both keyboard and game controller inputs. We discussed desktop vs. mobile project configuration, aspect ratios, and screen redrawing. Download the demo code to see these desktop game concepts in action....
14 October 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 162, we wrapped up our "Monsters Need Coins", game development series with a look at how to create a self-contained visual editor to quickly design game levels. Ed Maurina walked us through the editor's user interface, showed us how to go from an 8x8 grid to a working game level in less than a minute, and walked us through the roughly 1000 lines of code used to create the editor. Here are clips from the Hangout....
12 October 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we began a brand new series focusing on desktop game development using keyboard, mouse, and game controller inputs. Download the full source code from today's discussion to see demos of the various input methods in action....
07 October 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 161, we talked with Dean Murphy, developer of Crystal, a popular iOS 9 ad blocker. Dean talked about why he decided to create what Apple calls "content blockers", what kind of response he has seen from consumers, and what ad blockers mean to both consumers and content creators. ...
05 October 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we wrapped up our "Monsters Need Coins", game development series with a look at how to create a self-contained visual editor to quickly design game levels. Ed Maurina walked us through the editor's user interface, showed us how to go from an 8x8 grid to a working game level in less than a minute, and walked us through the roughly 1000 lines of code used to create the editor. Download the full source code for the game and the visual game editor to see who everything works....
30 September 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 160, we continued development on our "Monsters Need Coins" game with a look at an isolated code example for creating homing missiles. Ed Maurina also showed us how to created turrets, track moving targets, and introduced player decoys to the game....
28 September 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we talked with Dean Murphy, developer of Crystal, a popular iOS 9 ad blocker. Dean talked about why he decided to create an ad blocker and what kind of response he has seen from consumers. We also discussed ad blocking from the perspective of the consumers, advertisers, and content creators. Dean shared some interesting stats and insights into why consumers are deciding to block ads and what Crystal is doing to give consumers more control....
