21 February 2013
There are thousands of app developers out there. If you can’t distinguish yourself from the others then you will likely find yourself buried in the competition. Many indie developers fail to realize the importance in building a brand to grow the exposure of all of their apps. With this in mind, I'd like to share three tips that helped Learning Gems build our brand....
18 February 2013
Today we discussed app development workflow with with Dr. Brian Burton, Ed Maurina, Gerald Bailey, Ian Masters, Matthew Chapman, and Tetsuo Ono. Overall we agreed that workflow is as varied as the number of development tools on the market, but there are also some best practices that developers can adopt to ensure that they develop their apps as quickly as possible. Listen in on today’s show and hear what this panel of Corona app developers had to share....
18 February 2013
In the past month, we've been focusing Corona Daily Builds on lots of small details, and in particular, what I call invisible issues. These are the kinds of things that don't make sense to address in the short-term, but are vital to the long-term health of the platform. One such invisible issue has been Android permissions, or more precisely, the default permissions. ...
18 February 2013
Grab your ski poles and smash down the mountain in a race for the finish line. Perfect for snow season, the action-packed Filip Flisar Ski Cross, will have you tackling the hills and racing against skilled opponents....
15 February 2013
Throughout the past several months, there’s been a lot of buzz around the effects of violence in gaming on young minds. In January, President Obama proposed funding to research this relationship following a series of gun-related fatalities. As games become increasingly bloody and more realistic, many wonder whether a daily dose of violent gaming nurtures aggression in children. While children can consume TV and movies as passive viewers, video games require interaction, which is thought to have more influence over the growing mind. ...
14 February 2013
You may not realize this, but if you have a smartphone, you are carrying a game console in your pocket. That old Xbox or PlayStation will be replaced by something you can carry everywhere you go. A lot of folks are seeing this trend and deciding to build Android-based devices to support them, like Ouya, Gamestick, and even nVidia's Project SHIELD. The big thing to realize with all these devices is that they all use console-quality game controllers. And that they use multiple controllers connected to a single device. ...
13 February 2013
It's Wednesday and time for another set of frequently asked questions (FAQs). Here are some FAQs about accessing sub-folders and files....
12 February 2013
During this week's Corona Geek we recapped Apps World North America and we discussed some of the updates that are taking place within the Corona Community. See the show notes for full details....
11 February 2013
Creating a new standard for digital word puzzles, the Corona-built Word Hunt – Word Search combines the principles of the classic game, with awesome steampunk graphics that pop right off the screen....
06 February 2013
During this week's Corona Geek we hung out with Brian Burton, Ed Maurina, Gerald Bailey, Matthew Chapman, David Roulin, Nate Sweet, and Søren Nielsen. We recapped Global Game Jam from Abilene Texas to Lyons France and we discussed Esoteric Software's wildly successful Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to extend the Spine, 2D skeletal animation tool....
