Create 2D Mobile Games with Corona SDK

David Mekersa manages the French video game studio Casual Box. David started creating games on Amstrad CPC, then on the Amiga. He is a veteran in the world of new technologies with over 20 years of experience. At times developer, creator, designer, technical director, and head of international projects, he has explored all the intricacies of IT. In 2006, he created the website www.casualgames.frand in 2009 he launched Casual Box, the French video game studio. In his career, he has learned to master new programming languages in few days and to be organized like the pros. His most recent commercial game, Chicken Deep, was created in 2 months using Corona SDK, with no prior competences with the tool.David is president of PixLR, a French video game trade association.

Part 1: Lua



Get Prepared



Variables, Tables and Expressions



Functions



Control Structure Statements



Arrays and Lists



Object-oriented programming with Lua



Part 2: Display



Texts



Images



Shapes



Part 3: Move



Using Transitions to move and animate objects



Moving objects around the screen: The interactive way



Move objects around the screen: Frame by frame



Make them fall: the physics engine



Make them collide but not fall



Animate images with Sprites



Part 4: Advanced features



Compose your screens with Composer



Add sounds and music



Menu and user interface



The screen jungles



Save and restore data



Part 5: To the stores



Make money with your games



Test and debug



Debug



Deploy



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Part 6: Epilog