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Carlos Olivera is the CEO and Founder of Island of the Moon. Carlos has been involved in the mobile industry since 2001, as a software developer and entrepreneur. Previously a team lead and game producer at Gameloft, Carlos has been working with Corona SDK for over 2 years. Carlos lives in Bolivia where he is involved with local universities, developer groups, and other initiatives that allow him to mentor people in game development. In June 2013, Carlos and his team at Island of the Moon, coordinated a hackathon for local university students in Bolivia. Carlos writes on his experience...

Andrzej Zamoyski worked as a game designer at Microsoft first-party developer Lionhead Studios in the UK for 8 years on series such as Fable and Black & White. In March 2012, Andrzej moved to Japan to chase his dreams and enroll full-time in a Japanese language school in Kyoto. During his free time he founded his own mobile development micro-studio called Futuretro Studios, and 6 months later released his first title, Hungry Oni, to critical acclaim. ...

Nicholas Lister is an independent game developer based in London, UK. His first mobile game, Imp Paired, which is built with Corona SDK, is due for release in Summer 2013. Nicholas came to game development in 2010 after turning away from the architectural profession and finding himself in search of a new career. Imp Paired is a bold and humorous memory game, but it also carries a depth of meaning that Nicholas believes to be a residual effect of his architectural education, one for which making games has provided a new outlet....

Pat Wilson, Carrot’s CEO, is responsible for business development and maintenance of all client SDKs. During his tenure with GarageGames, Pat was responsible for creating the next-gen lighting system for the Torque Engine, was the Console Lead (where he was responsible for shipping more than five titles), and published the paper "Light Pre-Pass Renderer: Using the CIE Luv Color Space, ShaderX7." When he is not fine-tuning SDKs for clients, he can be found rocking with the "Legion of Everblight," playing "Civilization V," or beating his head against a chess board. Carrot is a Corona Plugin partner and is available...

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....

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...