18 November 2013
During this week's Corona Geek we talked with Corona Developer and MobileAppChat podcast host, Steve P. Young about how he got into mobile app development, marketing, and podcasting. We also talked about Graphics 2.0 and some important things to know about migrating from 1.0 to 2.0....
15 November 2013
Elpida Voulgari is the co-founder of Avokiddo, a studio focused on creating high quality educational apps for young children. Avokiddo’s Beck and Bo has received several awards, including a 2013 Parents’ Choice Approved Award and was recognized as an App of the Week by Corona Labs. The studio’s latest title, Avokiddo Emotions, was featured on iTunes’ main banner in Education and graced by Apple as New and Noteworthy. Apple also handpicked both apps as “Best for ages 5 and under.” In today's piece, Elpida shares tips on developing children’s apps and discusses elements to consider when creating mobile content for...
13 November 2013
Randy Lowenstein is a creative executive with over 15 years of experience in digital media. In 2011, he co-founded Megapops, an interactive children’s entertainment company focused on creating original content for touch devices. The company's flagship property, Millie Was Here, is a series of book apps that follow the imaginary adventures of a real-life dog. The Millie Was Here series has been featured multiple times on the App Store....
11 November 2013
During this week's Corona Geek we talked with children's app developer Greg Pugh about creating children's apps using Corona SDK. As a one person shop, Greg has successfully created a series of very creative interactive children's books using Corona SDK and Kwik. He shared a number of tips and insights that you'll want to hear, even you're not creating children's apps. We also, looked at code for creating 2.5D perspective using the new Graphics 2.0 engine....
11 November 2013
When brainstorming ideas for his latest word game, Justin Giles of Greenrift Software wanted to create a game that challenged the status quo of the genre. Inspired by classics such as Boggle and Scrabble, Justin launched Perplexicon, presenting players with a 7×7 grid sparsely populated with a mix of letter tiles, required tiles, empty spaces, and other elements for novel gameplay....
08 November 2013
Anders Linneman Hjarnaahas has worked in the web industry for 17 years and runs his own web agency, CPH Cloud, in Copenhagen, Denmark. With a solid background in ASP and ActionScript, Anders quickly picked up Corona SDK and began working on his first mobile game, CodeCrusher. In his guest piece, Anders writes on how he recreated the classic Mastermind board game for mobile devices with the launch CodeCrusher....
07 November 2013
Nick Nebelsky, Creative Director and CEO of Intense Media, LLC, always dreamed of owning his own media company and now it’s starting to take shape. He and his writing partner, Dr. Mike Perko, Phd., just finished a multi-state book signing event at 7 Costco Clubs in the AZ and NC metro areas. Their book, Cornered! which also is available as an app, deals with a sensitive issue that children are faced with today - bullying. The book looks at the issue through the eyes of Sheldon, a square-shelled turtle....
06 November 2013
With the release of Graphics 2.0 and our new partnership with Microsoft, October was a busy month! Our Ambassadors have also been hard at work creating Corona-powered apps, organizing events in their local areas, and sharing their knowledge with the community. Here's a recap of some of our Ambassadors' fantastic October accomplishments....
04 November 2013
Riding on the coattails of Streetfood Tycoon, a game that’s enjoyed 9M+ downloads, developer Erick Garayblas partnered with graphic artist Ryan Sumo to launch Elevator Joe in September 2013....
04 November 2013
During this week's Corona Geek we talked about some of the new features of Graphics 2.0 with Corona developer, Raymond Delia from S.K. Studios. Ray showed off some very interesting examples using paths in Corona SDK. We also took a look at Anchor Points, and Filter Effects....
