Cross Game Dev with Corona
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Learn about Cross Platform Mobile Game Development with CoronaSDK from Corona Labs. I discuss some of the benefits I've found with Corona and why I chose this platform for our game development.
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- 2. X-Game Development with Corona Shawn Grimes Senior Mobile Developer Campfire Apps, LLC. #XGameDev
- 4. #XGameDev About Me •Shawn Grimes •@shawng •http://shawngrimes.me •Mobile Developer - Apps/Games •Tag: #XGameDev
- 5. Shawn & Stephanie Grimes
- 6. #XGameDev
- 7. #XGameDev Reach more targeted audience. ?
- 8. #XGameDev My Requirements Primary Secondary • Bring my iOS Cocos2D • Physics engine games to Nook • Database support • Easy to learn • Kindle Fire • Inexpensive, • Active Project/New free=better Features • Fast!
- 9. #XGameDev What I Looked At: • Cocos2d-android • http://code.google.com/p/cocos2d-android/ • Last update: May 2010 • Cocos2d-android-1 • http://code.google.com/p/cocos2d-android-1/ • Last update: GitHub says 2 months ago • Unity 3D • http://unity3d.com/ • Too costly at the time, they now have some more competitive pricing • My games are only 2D, this seemed like using a jack hammer to hammer a nail
- 10. #XGameDev What I Didn’t Look At • GameSalad • http://gamesalad.com/ • Creates HTML5 • Looked promising (now has Win version) • Moai • http://getmoai.com • open-souce/attribution • paid option too
- 11. #XGameDev Why Corona? •Worked on Nook, Kindle Fire (and other Android devices) •Price: Free to try, $350/year for iOS and Android •Very simple to learn (currently teaching to high school students) •Compiles to native OpenGL ES, so very fast!
- 12. #XGameDev Why Corona? - Part 2 • Box2D Physics Engine • SQLite Databases • GameCenter and OpenFeint integration • SpriteSheet support • Facebook Integration • Basic Flurry Analytics Integration • Very active development, almost daily builds • In-App Purchase support • Documented APIs
- 13. #XGameDev Why Corona? - Part 3 •Develop once, deploy to iOS and Android •Content Scaling •Instant Refresh on Simulator •Particle System •Glyph Fonts •Supports tools such as TexturePacker, PhysicsEditor, SpriteHelper, LevelHelper, Glyph Designer
- 14. #XGameDev Corona Cons •A good Lua editor is hard to find •Mac •Corona Complete •BBEdit •PC •Notepad++ •Cider - http://www.mydevelopersgames.com/CIDER/
- 15. #XGameDev Corona Cons •Win version is limited/behind •Native iOS components can not be displayed in simulator •can find 3rd party widgets that emulate native components •Can not build/distribute for iOS •http://www.macincloud.com/
- 16. #XGameDev Code Sample --Create blue background local backgroundSky=display.newRect(0,0,display.contentWidth,display.contentHeight) backgroundSky:setFillColor(98,183,214) -- Add a cloud to the scene local randomCloudObject=display.newImage("bg_cloud3.png") randomCloudObject.x=display.contentWidth/2 randomCloudObject.y=display.contentHeight/2 --Add our hero local heroAngel=display.newImage("char_jump_1.png") heroAngel.x=heroAngel.contentWidth heroAngel.y=display.contentHeight/2
- 17. #XGameDev Project Demos http://github.com/shawngrimes/CloudJumper
- 19. #XGameDev Physics Editor Tutorial http://www.codeandweb.com/blog/ 2012/05/24/getting-started-with-coronasdk-
- 20. #XGameDev Director Class http://developer.anscamobile.com/code/ director-class-10 Available as Storyboards in Corona Build 2012.840+
- 21. #XGameDev Candy from X-Pressive.com •Text Candy •Widget Candy •Particle Candy •http://www.x-pressive.com/
- 22. #XGameDev Artwork All artwork provided by Vicki Wenderlich at www.VickiWenderlich.com •art packs for games •free to use
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