14 April 2016
Featured App: The Pedestal – a unique take on a jumping game
Learn about the Pedestal, a new minimalist game from Daniel Ivanov in this featured app post....
indie Tag
31 March 2016
Case Study: Glitch Games – building successful cross-platform adventures
In this case study, we take a look at Glitch Games, a two-man indie studio from Oxfordshire, UK, and their success using Corona SDK to build popular adventure games....
24 October 2013
Game Legend John Romero Joins as Advisor, Talks Corona SDK
Today, I'm super happy to announce that John Romero has joined as an advisor! John has had an extremely prolific career across over a hundred games, including the iconic works Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM and Quake. He has seemingly boundless energy. He's not only working on new games, but he's also teaching classes in mobile game development and is a tireless advocate for indie game development....
12 September 2013
Guest piece: For the love of game development
Paul Symons has worked as a Digital Marketer for 15 years and currently works as the head of digital for an agency. He recently took up app development as a hobby to continue his learning. Paul's recent release, Plasma Pig was awarded App of the Week by Corona Labs in June 2013. In his guest piece, Paul writes about the lessons he learned on generating a profit in a competitive market and on developing for the sheer enjoyment of making games....
04 September 2013
Guest Piece: Making a Living in the Indie App Economy
Laura Tallardy lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her husband and their spoiled dog. She wears skinny jeans and works on digital dressup dolls all day, but swears she’s not a hipster. She just released her sixth Corona SDK powered app, Ballet Fashion Show, a ballerina dress-up game for girls. Her other apps Mermaid Fashion Show, Princess Fashion Show, Fairy Fashion Show, Mermaid Princess Puzzles and Fairy Ballerina Puzzles are also available on iOS and Android. Laura's guest piece on making money as an indie app developer has been republished with her permission from The...
29 April 2013
App of the Week: Jackpot Words
Created by Naomi Kokubo of LavaMind, Jackpot Words combines the thrill of casino slots with the challenge of word games....
19 April 2013
Guest Piece: A Global Game Jam (GGJ) Developer Story – San Francisco Style
In January 2013, Alexey Chernikov, a professional game developer collaborated with a mix of of graphic artists, sound engineers, and fellow developers at Global Game Jam (GGJ). Learn why Alexey and his team choose Corona SDK to create a winning game at the 48-hour hackathon....
29 March 2013
Blendamaze: Delighting users with unique gameplay
Nate Dicken is the owner of Borderleap and the creator of Blendamaze, a Corona App of the Week winner. As an artist and indie developer, Nate writes on creating unique gameplay to delight players of all ages....
22 March 2013
“Freeze!” and 100% Indie (Guest piece)
Andreas von Lepel is the developer of Freeze!, an award-winning game and a Corona SDK App of the Week winner. In Freeze!, a doomed hero tries to escape from the evil forces holding him hostage, and he needs you to to outwit his captors. Receiving well over one million downloads, Freeze! won the 2013 Indie Prize Europe award, was featured in the App Store in 149 countries, and receives glowing reviews from players around the globe. As an indie developer, Andreas writes on the evolution of Freeze!, from his development journey with Corona SDK to his recent partnership with Chillingo. ...
08 March 2013
Guest Post: Making Progress as a Solo Mobile Game Developer
Making games can be a lot fun, but it can also be a tremendous amount of work. Many people try to create games on their own but far fewer actually succeed -- myself included. With Kung-Fu Clash, I decided to try things differently than on previous projects. This post discusses some of the approaches that helped me to successfully publish my first game....
