Create 2D Mobile Games with Corona SDK: For iOS and Android

Book Description Corona SDK is one of the most powerful tools used to create games and apps for mobile devices. The market requires speed; new developers need to operate quickly and efficiently. Create 2D Mobile Games with Corona SDK gives you the tools needed to master Corona - even within the framework of professional constraints. A must-read guide, this book gives you fast, accurate tips to learn the programming language necessary to create games. Read it sequentially or as an FAQ and you will have the tools you need to create any base game before moving on to advanced topics. The tutorial-based format: Contains step-by-step directions complete with coding and screenshots Is filled with tutorials, tips, and links to useful online resources Includes a comprehensive companion website featuring online exercise files to practice coding, full build samples from the text, additional book details, and more!
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Content

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
Move Objects Around the Screen: Th e Interactive Way
Move Objects Around the Screen: Frame by Frame
Make Th em Fall: Th e Physics Engine
Make Th em Collide But Not Fall
Animate Images With Sprites

Part 4: Advanced Features
Add Sounds and Music
Menu and User Interface
Th e Screen Jungles
Save and Restore Data

Part 5: To the Stores
Test and Debug
Debug
Deploy
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Part 6: Epilog