12 August 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 153, Steven Johnson highlighted some of the issues related to using exponentially increasing numbers to create custom shader effects. We looked the visual representation of these “numerical issues” and talked about how to overcome hardware limitations to achieve device level precision. Here are clips from the Hangout....
10 August 2015
Today, Steven Johnson shared his code for creating a custom 2D shadows shader example and Ed Maurina showed us how to simulate and use gravity in a games similar to They Need To Be Fed 3. Watch the replay and check the show notes to download the code....
05 August 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 152, Ed Maurina took us through the basics of social media integration using the Facebook plugin. We looked at logging in, requesting Facebook permissions, and posting updates to the user's timeline. We also discussed briefly, how to create a Facebook app with a highlight on the differences between website apps, and mobile apps. If you missed the Hangout, here are clips to help you catch up. Watch the entire conversation, or just the parts that interest you most. Part 1 - Community Announcements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2zk0jich78 Part 2 - Social Sharing Options https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usB3Ff6mOxA Part 3 - Twitter Plugin Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0FelSUP8OI Part 4 - Social...
03 August 2015
Today, Steven Johnson of led us through part 4 of our ongoing discussion on creating custom shader effects. During the Hangout Steven highlighted some of the exponential numerical issues surrounding shader math. We looked at a few visual representations of these “numerical issues” and talked about how to overcome hardware limitations to achieve device level precision....
29 July 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 151, Jason Schroeder showed us how his new Twitter plugin works and Steven Johnson showed an example of a custom shader effect that dynamically fills a glass with fluid as you move a slider. Here are clips from the Hangout....
27 July 2015
Today, Ed Maurina, from Roaming Gamer, took us through the basics of social media integration using the Facebook plugin. We looked at logging in, requesting permissions, and posting updates to a users timeline. We also discussed how to get an app id from the Facebook Developer portal....
22 July 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 150, Steven Johnson introduced us to creating custom vertex shaders effects in Corona SDK. We also looked at some shader code examples to see the effects in action and we revealed a tip for using wireframe mode with display.setDrawMode to see the points of a polygon in a vertex shader example. Here are the clips from the Hangout. ...
20 July 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout, Jason Schroeder showed off features in his new plugin for Twitter integration into Corona built apps and Steven Johnson introduced us to a cool custom shader effect that fills a drinking glass with fluid on the fly....
15 July 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 149, Steven Johnson introduced us to creating custom shaders effects in Corona SDK. We explored what shaders are, why we might want to know more about them, and when we should consider using them. We also looked at some shader code examples to see the effects in action. Here are clips from the Hangout....
13 July 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout, Steven Johnson introduced us to vertex shaders as part 2 of our introduction the topic of creating and working with custom shader effects. We looked at several working shader playground examples and learned a tip for using wireframe mode with display.setDrawMode to see the points of a polygon in a vertex shader example....
