23 November 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we continued our desktop game development series with the exploration of vector math calculations for firing arrows at zombies. We also looked at a refined version of last week's simple pathfinding example where enemies are turned into smart zombies that chase the player around the screen as the player moves....
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....
19 October 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we continued with our new game development series focusing on desktop game development using both keyboard and game controller inputs. We discussed desktop vs. mobile project configuration, aspect ratios, and screen redrawing. Download the demo code to see these desktop game concepts in action....
05 October 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we wrapped up our "Monsters Need Coins", game development series with a look at how to create a self-contained visual editor to quickly design game levels. Ed Maurina walked us through the editor's user interface, showed us how to go from an 8x8 grid to a working game level in less than a minute, and walked us through the roughly 1000 lines of code used to create the editor. Download the full source code for the game and the visual game editor to see who everything works....
16 September 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 158, we continued development on our "Monsters Need Coins" game. Ed Maurina walked us through code for creating platforms, monsters, spikes, and coins. We also looked at code for reloading levels when the player runs into spikes. Here are clips from the discussion....
14 September 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we continued our game development discussion by adding turrets that shoot at the player. We also talked about the necessary vector math and concepts around firing bullets in the correct direction. Download the updated project....
31 August 2015
Today we talked with special guests Rob and Simon from Laser Dog about Hopiko, their latest action packed mobile game. We also discussed their plans for publishing Win32 and OS X desktop games with controller support. Plus, now you can download the updated code from our "Using Gravity In Games" development discussion....
24 August 2015
Today we covered part three of our "Using Gravity In Games" game development series with a look at level building. We looked at code for positioning platforms, spikes, coins, and monsters. We looked at how to dynamically center the camera on the player's starting position. Finally, we discussed the benefits of making code reusable and adding the ability to turn features on and off during play testing. Download the updated source code for a full look at how the game works....
