16 November 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we explored a simple method of pathfinding to make zombies appear to chase a player character. We also discussed in-depth what it is like to collaborate with others on a mobile game project, and we looked at a multi-player game that exclusively uses Coronium as it's Lua based cloud backend. Download the source code from today's demo....
13 November 2015
Welcome to the latest installment of From the Forum. In this series, guest blogger Alex Jackson highlights outstanding threads from the Corona Forum. The goal is to bring attention to the most captivating, interesting, and thought-provoking discussions taking place in our very own backyard....
11 November 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 166, we continued develop on our top down shooter desktop game with a look at how to turn static images into moving animated sprite sequences by hand and using an automated "sprite maker" script. We implemented animation sequences for our player’s standing, jumping, walking, and fighting states. Here are clips from the Hangout....
10 November 2015
Today, we're happy to announce that an alpha version of tvOS (Apple TV) is available, starting in daily build 2015.2765. Alpha vs Beta Corona's support for tvOS is currently in an alpha state. In a nutshell, this means we have proven that Corona can work on tvOS. Concretely, the 'PewPew' demo sample works, but almost no testing has been done beyond that. We've learned it's generally a bad idea to release things too early. As a result, we normally choose to delay things until they reach Beta-level maturity. However, we felt it was important to give you an opportunity to play with tvOS/Apple TV...
09 November 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we dove into the concepts and code behind creating cameras that follow the player around the world. We learned how to make the background appear to move while keeping the player in the same place. We started with a look at the full code for manually creating cameras and then we looked at using a camera module to make our code more readable....
06 November 2015
Welcome to the latest installment of From the Forum. In this series, guest blogger Alex Jackson highlights outstanding threads from the Corona Forum. The goal is to bring attention to the most captivating, interesting, and thought-provoking discussions taking place in our very own backyard....
04 November 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 165, we continued our desktop game development series by adding a player, spawning enemies, and adding sprite animations to a top down shooter game. We also looked at using third party art in our game and how that art affected our overall game design and user input strategy. Here are clips from the Hangout....
02 November 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we continued develop of our top down shooter desktop game with a look at how to turn static images into moving animated sequences of images. We implemented animation sequences for the player's standing, jumping, walking, and fighting states. Download the source code for the demo....
30 October 2015
Welcome to the latest installment of From the Forum. In this series, guest blogger Alex Jackson highlights outstanding threads from the Corona Forum. The goal is to bring attention to the most captivating, interesting, and thought-provoking discussions taking place in our very own backyard....
28 October 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 164, we continued with our new game development series focusing on desktop game development using keyboard and mouse inputs. We discussed desktop vs. mobile project configuration settings, aspect ratios, and screen redrawing. We cover what you need to know to set up your project correctly from the beginning. Here are clips from the Hangout....
