21 August 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....
19 August 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 154, Steven Johnson from Xibalba Studios shared his code for creating a custom 2D shadows shader example and Roaming Gamer’s, Ed Maurina showed us how to simulate and use gravity in a game similar to They Need To Be Fed 3. Download the project source code to follow along with the conversation. If you missed the Hangout, here are clips to help you catch up. Watch the entire conversation, or just the parts that interest you most. Part 1 - 2D Shadows Example Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1KW2MaIcg Part 2 - 2D Shadows Example Code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHp8XMLeoWw Part 3 - They Need To Be...
17 August 2015
Today, we talked with special guest Todd Porter, CEO of BoardCraft about creating 3D printed game pieces. We also continued our gravity game discussion with a look at how to set up our world using layers, how to enable multitouch, and how to capture key inputs on Windows and OS X. The project code and graphics have been updated since last week, so be sure to download the updated source code. ...
14 August 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....
13 August 2015
As of daily build 2015.2695, you can now use native.newTextField() and native.newTextBox() in the Corona SDK Windows Simulator!...
12 August 2015
We have two exciting new plugins available on the Corona Store: A versatile Twitter plugin by Jason Schroeder, and a QR code and barcode reader from Spiral Code Studio. Please visit the store to activate plugins, or to submit a plugin yourself. 1. Twitter By Jason Schroeder [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg7N_f1BoTQ[/embed] Created purely in Lua, this plugin leverages Twitter's powerful web APIs to allow Corona users to access Twitter. You can quickly and easily let users log in, display their profile image, send tweets, and much more. Because this plugin is written in pure Lua, it is supported on all platforms. [crayon-5f8e11d1a35b4846163185/] Check it out on the Corona Store. 2. QR...
12 August 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 153, Steven Johnson highlighted some of the issues related to using exponentially increasing numbers to create custom shader effects. We looked the visual representation of these “numerical issues” and talked about how to overcome hardware limitations to achieve device level precision. Here are clips from the Hangout....
10 August 2015
Today, Steven Johnson shared his code for creating a custom 2D shadows shader example and Ed Maurina showed us how to simulate and use gravity in a games similar to They Need To Be Fed 3. Watch the replay and check the show notes to download the code....
07 August 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....
05 August 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 152, Ed Maurina took us through the basics of social media integration using the Facebook plugin. We looked at logging in, requesting Facebook permissions, and posting updates to the user's timeline. We also discussed briefly, how to create a Facebook app with a highlight on the differences between website apps, and mobile apps. If you missed the Hangout, here are clips to help you catch up. Watch the entire conversation, or just the parts that interest you most. Part 1 - Community Announcements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2zk0jich78 Part 2 - Social Sharing Options https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usB3Ff6mOxA Part 3 - Twitter Plugin Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0FelSUP8OI Part 4 - Social...
