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Posts Categorized: Corona SDK
Introducing Physics “event.contact”
This week’s tutorial introduces Corona’s new “physics contact”, a method that allows you to access a specific collision — and four new properties pertaining to it — before the collision actually occurs. Among other applications, this can be used to solve the classic “one-sided platform” in 2D platformer games such as Super Mario Brothers, Doodle Jump, and more.
Cyber Monday: Buy Corona SDK Pro, get 60% off Kwik 2 ($150 in savings!)
Cyber Monday is here and Corona Labs is celebrating with the biggest promotion we’ve offered yet. For Corona developers, designers, illustrators and creatives: here’s your chance to purchase Corona SDK and snag Kwik 2, a super popular Photoshop plugin, at a bargain!
Purchase a Corona SDK Pro subscription on Monday, November 26, 2012, and receive 60% off on a Kwik 2 license ($150 in savings).
Corona: New public release is out!
Today, the latest Corona public release is available for download to developers everywhere!
There’s a ton of features, improvements and bug fixes. You can read about them here in the 2012.970 release notes.
The mobile industry has established a pattern of releasing devices in the Fall in preparation for the holiday season. This season we saw the iPhone 5, Kindle Fire HD 7″ and 8.9″, Nook HD and HD+, and iPad Mini. That’s a lot of devices!
Consequently, our biggest focus this time around was on all the new devices and the OS updates that go along with them. Leading up to this public release, we’ve been pumping out daily builds in real time.
Predetermined Transitions & Manual Animation
Predetermining your transition “frames” is another useful trick if you want to squeeze every ounce of performance out of your code. This week’s tutorial from Corona veteran Omid Ahourai shows you exactly how with the implementation of his custom “AK-tween” library.
Corona: Setting a higher standard
This morning we announced more funding! When I think about how much we did with our original funding 3 years ago, I’m extremely excited about what we’re going to be doing in the upcoming year.
With that in mind, I just wanted to share some quick thoughts about where Corona is headed.
Corona, Android notifications, and cross-platform development
So I owe you a story on notifications on Android and Corona which is essentially a story on why cross-platform development is incredibly difficult.
Now if we were just a pure iOS platform, we’d be pumping out features very quickly. However, we also support Android. And actually, if we count our desktop app, Corona Simulator, we also support Mac and Windows.
Of all four OSs, Android really slows down our development. Internally, we have a rule of thumb that features on Android take at least 5-10 times longer. There are two main reasons…
New public release coming!
It’s been such a whirlwind week that I’ve only now been able to sit down and write this post!
Today’s announcement about Electronic Arts and Corona is just the beginning. We’ve got some more kick-ass stuff on the way.
At the same time, engineering is forging ahead. It looks like the season of new devices (Kindle HD, NOOK HD, iPhone 5, iPad Mini) had ended, so we are going to push out a new public release.
New Widgets: Part 1
The Widgets 2.0 library is now available to users with access to Daily Builds. All new widgets share a common trait: each has been written atop a new foundation that is more flexible and stable. Today’s tutorial discusses two of these: “switch” and “segmented control”. Please read further to learn how these new widgets can enhance the user interface of your app.
Creative Effects Using Blend Modes
Today’s tutorial covers Corona blend modes using the “object.blendMode” API, and illustrates how to use them for creative visual effects within your app. Whether you want to achieve a glowing effect like fire or a subtle shadow effect, blend modes can be a powerful tool in your Corona arsenal. This tutorial steps you through the three Corona blend modes, the effect of each, and the technical algorithms involved.
What do you want to build?
With Corona, the possibilities are endless:
…and more!
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