18 March 2015
Recently on Corona Geek, we continued working on our endless runner game as part of an ongoing game development series. In Hangout 132 we added code to create the player object, handle touch inputs, and control camera movement. Here are highlights from the Hangout....
16 March 2015
During last week’s Hangout we continued our endless runner game development series. We added a player object, added touch inputs, and created camera movement. This week we added code to handle continuous hallway generation, memory cleanup, and game restarting when the player runs into a wall. We also added particle effects to our player to give the game some extra flare....
11 March 2015
Here are a collection of clips from Hangout 131 where we started writing code to create walls in our endless runner game. The process involved some 2D math, but you don't have to understand all the details to follow along. We also talked with Walter Luh about the recent Corona Free announcement and Corona support for desktop apps....
10 February 2014
During this week's Corona Geek Hangout we discussed the viral success and ultimate demise of Flappy Bird with Goofo Escape game developer Dario Sangiovanni. Dario and the rest of the developer panel shared many insights into what it takes to make a successful mobile game....
28 October 2013
During this week's Corona Geek we talked with cartoonist and Corona developer, Noah Malewicz about his award winning game, CityBirds. Noah created all the art work and code for his game. Noah shares his thoughts on rapid development and how Corona SDK helped him build a game that feels like playing a cartoon....
10 October 2013
For those of you who have played OmNomster, it's likely that you haven't noticed some of the small, subtle details that I've added to the game. That's fine, since these effects shouldn't be exaggerated to overwhelm the game. You actually shouldn't notice them consciously, but they should give you an overall impression that the scene is real and alive....
26 September 2013
From an action-packed arcade game to a turn-based RPG, some games look 10x more awesome on the big screen. To provide Corona developers with more distribution opportunities, we’re thrilled to announce a partnership with OUYA an innovative game console that’s made headlines for their developer-friendly approach to gaming....
23 September 2013
During this week's Corona Geek, Ed Maurina, developer of Super Starter Kit for Corona SDK, shared an in-depth look at the features and applied uses of his third party development kit....
16 September 2013
During this week's Corona Geek, Ed Maurina, developer of SSK Corona, gave an overview of his third party library and how it helps with the creation of Corona-powered games....
12 August 2013
This week we walked through part two of the game code from That’s So Panda’s game tutorial series. The tutorial covers many game dynamics like the use of the physics engine, collision detection, spawning enemies, D-Pad implementation, score keeping, and health meter implementation. Be sure to watch part one of this two part series. In part one we touched on overall game design concepts like story development....
