04 February 2013
There wasn’t a normal Monday Corona Geek hangout last week because I was flying back from California, but I did have the opportunity to talk with Ricardo Rauber Pereira about his new Corona SDK development tool, Game Coder which is a new iOS app that allows you to build a game on your iPad. Ricardo explained how projects can be exported to Corona for editing and then published for iOS devices....
04 February 2013
Using a clever and intuitive physics-based game design, What the Block?! is a challenging game that will put both your strategic thinking skills and your dexterity to the test. Based on Tetris-like principles, What the Block?! requires careful planning to successfully progress in the game....
01 February 2013
It's been a crazy busy week here at Corona Labs. Here's a quick recap of some the things we've been working on this week. Starting this time last Friday, members of the team hung out at Global Game Jam in San Francisco and it was wicked awesome. There were a ton of creative people all packed into one big warehouse sized space and I got to talk with some amazingly talented people. Here are some images and video from Global Game Jam, San Francisco. Here's a quick interview with one of the teams that participated at Global Game Jam in...
01 February 2013
This could be the year for RIM's rebirth. The previously struggling company made a splash with Tuesday's announcements: they're rebranding the company name to “BlackBerry,” hiring Alicia Keys as the new Global Creative Director, unveiling the BlackBerry 10 operating system, and announcing two new phones: the BlackBerry Z10, a touchscreen smartphone, and the Q10, a smartphone with a physical keyboard....
31 January 2013
To celebrate the second issue of 10Finger’s CoronaPaper, Linda Ettehag writes on a brand-new physics discovery that will “wow” Corona developers. 10Fingers is offering CoronaPaper for free from January 31 – February 4, 2013! Don’t miss your chance to experience the latest and greatest Corona tutorials, app reviews, news on APIs, and more....
30 January 2013
It's Wednesday and time for another FAQ session. This week it's not really an FAQ, but more of an update on recent Mac Simulator changes that are available in the Daily Builds....
28 January 2013
Created for toddlers and preschoolers, Beck and Bo encourages curiosity and exploration in youngsters. Already a hit among parents, Beck and Bo landed in the Top 10 of Paid Educational Games on iTunes....
26 January 2013
So yesterday's launch of Global Game Jam here in San Francisco went well. As people arrived they were encouraged to create fun hats to wear. That helped to bring people together at the various tables around the room. Most people put their name on their hat as a form of name tag. Overall, it was really just a time for people to get to know each other and talk because some people knew each other, but a lot of them didn't....
23 January 2013
During this week's Corona Geek we hung out with Brian Burton, George Deglin, Long Vo, Ed Maurina, Matthew Chapman, and Gerald Bailey. We started the show off with some technical issues, but fortunately those issues didn't keep us from finding out how Hiptic games created and marketed a brand new game in just 11 weeks, and how a third party Corona SDK library can help you with some of the common tasks involved in creating games and apps. See the show notes below for more details....
21 January 2013
Experience Life allows children to discover and navigate through the inner workings of the human body with bright illustrations, loads of interactivity, and easy to follow content. ...
