17 April 2013
In this hangout snippet from Monday's Corona Geek Hangout, Brian Park shares why he wrote a custom keyboard for his Spelling Test app. He also talks about his adventures in supporting Hebrew as well as multibyte characters....
17 April 2013
We're happy to announce support for Google Play expansion files that will vastly simplify mobile app development. Why would you want to use expansion files? Read the full post to learn more!...
16 April 2013
In this second edition of our new weekly Staff Conversations segment, Corona Labs Core Engineer, Albert Yale talks about ray casting and how it can be used to probe the properties of a world and how it can be used to make game AI smarter....
15 April 2013
This week, we hung out with Spelling Test developer, Brian Park. Spelling Test is the #1 rated spelling app for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and NOOK. Brian shared how his app was originally developed using x-code and objective-c and how after much personal expense and effort he ultimately decided to rewrite Spelling Test himself using Corona SDK. Even though Brian doesn't consider himself a programmer, he's developed an extremely popular cross platform educational app with many advanced features including a completely custom keyboard that suppresses spelling correction when taking tests....
15 April 2013
Developed by Wyse Games, Stay Alight! is a stunning new physics-based game for iPad/iPhone. Within a week of launch, Stay Alight! rose to the App Store's Top 10 of puzzle and arcade games....
12 April 2013
On May 4-5, 2013, Glitch Games is organizing a 48-hour Corona SDK hackathon called Glitch Indie Game (GIG) Jam. Open to Corona SDK developers and those interested in working with the platform, GIG Jam is offering over $3300 worth of prizes spread across five winners. Learn all about the jam in today's piece from Graham Ranson of Glitch Games. Sign up for your chance to win a Corona SDK Pro license, Texture Packer Pro, Physics Editor, SpriteHelper and much more!...
11 April 2013
During last Monday's Corona Geek Hangout, Ben Wong chatted with us on the development of Climate Clock, a #1 weather app in the App Store. The original conversation was an hour long, so we've broken it up into pieces for your convenience. Jump to the portion of the conversation that interests you most and enjoy!...
10 April 2013
On April 1, Walter announced a new initiative here at Corona Labs. We were on the hunt for the most interesting developer in the universe. As the applications poured in, we discovered not just one, but three, fascinating developers in the Corona-sphere!...
10 April 2013
We're introducing a new segment on Corona Geek called "Staff Conversations." Each week, a member of Corona Labs' team will share something new and interesting, from a Corona engineer discussing an aspect of the SDK, to Walter talking about the vision of Corona. To kick things off, we asked David Rangel to join us on Corona Geek and talk about the recent addition of Corona SDK Starter and the upcoming enhancements to Corona Pro. ...
09 April 2013
Last week, we launched a new public release and also launched Corona SDK Starter, so I want to give you a quick update on all the great things we are adding to make Corona awesome for cross-platform app development. I also have some announcements on what we are doing in open source....
