13 May 2013
This week we hung out with Graham Ranson and Simon Pearce of Glitch Games to discuss how they designed and developed their hit game Forever Lost. Both game developers were brutally honest about the process and their design decisions. They also provided some encouraging insights into how two game developers make their living off of a popular game title....
10 May 2013
Last weekend, Glitch Games, creators of the popular Forever Lost adventure game series, hosted a 48-hour Game Jam just for Corona SDK developers called “GIGJam48.” I’m happy to say that I was a participant in the jam, and wanted to write a sort of “post-mortem” for my experience with the event. ...
09 May 2013
Chris Russell is the creator of the Corona-powered Cost a Cake and Cost a Cake Pro for iOS. Created for cake makers, Chris’s business apps have soared to #1 in the Food & Drink category of the US and UK App Stores, and reached the Top 10 in a number of additional stores around the world. Chris initially started the project as a native iOS-only app, but transitioned to Corona SDK for the cross-platform capabilities. Today, Chris shares his experience developing a successful business app with Corona SDK....
07 May 2013
During today's Staff Conversations hangout, Walter Luh demos some of the new 3D-like effects that will be possible as part of Corona SDK's Graphics 2.0. As Walter explains, these types of effects are possible without a Z-axis, which helps to avoid unnecessary confusion for developers who want to include 3D-style animations in an app....
06 May 2013
This week we hung out with Dr. Brian Burton, Christopher Spence, Ed Maurina, Matthew Chapman, Richard Harris, Theo Rushin Jr. to discuss app marketing using YouTube's new One Channel design. We also talked about last weekend's Glitch Games GIGJam and Corona SDK plug-in beta testing....
06 May 2013
Move and Fire is a puzzle game that weaves the basic principles of pinball with the laws of physics. It's both challenging and entertaining, and features standout graphics that pop right off the screen....
03 May 2013
Andy Hadlington is a freelance interactive developer based in the United Kingdom. Once Andy took a dive into mobile development, he created his first 2D top down racer game - Turbo Sprint - with Corona SDK. In his guest piece, Andy breaks down several commonly asked questions about Turbo Sprint. ...
02 May 2013
Before Monday's Corona Geek Hangout, Graham Ranson talked about Glitch Games' hit game, Forever Lost, where he shared some insights into what's coming in future editions of the franchise....
01 May 2013
During the full Corona Geek #37 hangout, we talked at length with Graham Ranson about the upcoming GIGJam 48 hour online game development jam that Glitch Games is hosting on May 4th & 5th for Corona SDK developers. Graham tells us all about what it takes to enter, how to submit your app, and how entries will be judged....
30 April 2013
During today's Staff Conversations hangout, Walter Luh talks about how graphics computing has changed over the last 15 years. He also shares some of his thoughts about the future of mobile graphics and how Corona SDK is going to make 3D like effects possible using a familiar 2D framework....
