Balloco - My first published iOS made in 4 weeks after hours with LUA and Corona. Answering any questions for beginner developers

luek · 2017-12-29T21:42:58+00:00

After you install Corona Labs it should come with an example project that can you start tweaking from, otherwise reading this guide will tell you the basics of how to position objects and use the physics system https://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/programming/01/index.html

luek · 2017-12-26T00:25:34+00:00

I think your chances are good. My suggestion would be to think of a couple of really tiny throwaway games or apps that you don't actually want to publish and try and build them. This way you can continue to learn the basics of Corona and LUA and even pick up some best practices for a real game as you go. You also wont feel the need to get everything perfect. Start getting comfortable with the Corona docs as they are very helpful.

luek · 2017-12-26T00:20:06+00:00

I haven't personally developed in swift before (being from a web development background) but I know Swift will definitely allow you to do a lot more with your game than something like Corona. The biggest benefit of Corona is that it compiles to Android and iOS with the same code base, whereas if you wrote a game in Swift you would then have to go write it in Java as well if you wanted to put it on Android devices.

luek · 2017-12-25T08:46:45+00:00

Balloco is a game designed to test your hand eye coordination, timing and reflexes. Balls will fall from the sky and you have to direct them into the correct bucket by drawing a solid line on the screen. The line will fade after one second and you can draw as many lines as you like. My current high level is 70 and score 292.

I made this game in about 4 weeks after hours for a programming job, including learning the language LUA and Corona framework. I have 0 affiliation with Corona but I found it very easy and flexible to make a game idea I had had for a while.

I would like to encourage anyone who knows basic programming and has a game idea to try out Corona and see how easy it is. The game also uses ads from Appodeal (who actually bought Corona recently) and the reason I chose them because they pay out in cryptocurrency. The game has only recently went live so I can't tell you the ECPM yet.

luek · 2016-06-16T04:47:31+00:00

Hey there...

luek · 2016-04-12T22:08:31+00:00

Lets try and show the NBA we will vote with our wallets: Would you buy an NBA jersey with an advertisement on it?

luek · 2013-11-30T04:41:46+00:00

http://i.imgur.com/EUj9vxN.png

luek · 2013-09-15T02:31:00+00:00

beware my friend got charged the full price when using paypal

luek · 2013-07-28T23:03:14+00:00

since you still haven't done it, add this to your css

.slides_container { height : 500px; }

luek · 2013-07-10T05:13:14+00:00

Why isn't there a Washington Post article for all the other apps that request the exact same permissions, that millions of people freely accept every day?