ABSTRACT

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!

part |39 pages

Lua

chapter |4 pages

Get Prepared

chapter |6 pages

Variables, Tables, and Expressions

chapter |4 pages

Functions

chapter |6 pages

Control Structure Statements

chapter |5 pages

Arrays and Lists

chapter |6 pages

Object-Oriented Programming With Lua

part |23 pages

Display

chapter |5 pages

Texts

chapter |4 pages

Images

chapter |8 pages

Shapes

part |46 pages

Move

chapter |6 pages

Move Objects Around the Screen

The Interactive Way

chapter |5 pages

Move Objects Around the Screen

Frame by Frame

chapter |9 pages

Make Them Fall

The Physics Engine

chapter |7 pages

Make Them Collide But Not Fall

chapter |7 pages

Animate Images With Sprites

part |36 pages

Advanced Features

chapter |4 pages

Add Sounds and Music

chapter |9 pages

Menu and User Interface

chapter |8 pages

The Screen Jungles

chapter |5 pages

Save and Restore Data

part |34 pages

To the Stores

chapter |6 pages

Test and Debug

chapter |5 pages

Debug

chapter |7 pages

Deploy

chapter |5 pages

More With Corona SDK?

part |4 pages

Epilog