Intro to Mobile Game and App Development and Corona SDK 2015

Intro to Mobile Game and App Development and Corona SDK 2015, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 4.05, with 62 lectures, based on 35 reviews, and has 176 subscribers.

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Title: Intro to Mobile Game and App Development and Corona SDK 2015

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 4.05

Number of Lectures: 62

Number of Published Lectures: 62

Number of Curriculum Items: 62

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 62

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn about the LUA programming language
Have a better understanding of Corona SDK
Be able to create a catching the coin mobile game
Understand how to create a 2d space shooter

Who Should Attend

This course is meant for individuals that are looking to create their first mobile game but don't know where to start. Although a basic understanding of programming will help, no programming knowledge is needed for this course.
During this course, we'll cover the basics of programming concepts, the LUA language, and Corona SDK. This course is not meant to cover advanced topics because I want you to focus on releasing your first game.

Target Audiences

This course is meant for individuals that are looking to create their first mobile game but don't know where to start. Although a basic understanding of programming will help, no programming knowledge is needed for this course.
During this course, we'll cover the basics of programming concepts, the LUA language, and Corona SDK. This course is not meant to cover advanced topics because I want you to focus on releasing your first game.

How many apps do you have on your mobile device? And out of those apps, how many are games? Chances are you've probably downloaded more than a few. After all, gaming is one of the most popular uses for mobile devices.

“According to App Annie Intelligence, games contributed around 80% of revenue and 40% of downloads generated globally on iOS and Google Play combined in December 2014." – App Annie

If you've always wanted to build and develop mobile games, there's no better time than now to learn and act on that dream. With “mobile gaming [driving] nearly half of all app downloads" (App Annie), this is a field that is going to continue to grow.

Think it's an expensive investment? Not at all – it's now possible to start your game development career without breaking the bank, thanks to a recent update from Corona Labs.

With the release of Corona SDK Starter – a free tier that allows you to download and use Corona for free, as well as publish your game to Google Play, iTunes, the Amazon App Store, and more – it has never been easier or cheaper to start building mobile games for millions of players worldwide.

With Intro to Mobile Game and App Development and Corona SDK 2015, you'll learn about the Lua language, programming concepts, Corona basics, and game development.

Here's what you will learn in this course:

The Programming Language Lua – Build a solid understanding and foundation of the Lua programming language.
Corona Basics – Here, you will discover some of the foundational pieces that make up Corona SDK, such as display objects, events, widgets, physics, and composer. Put Your
Knowledge to Work – Learn By Doing. In this section of the course, you'll build a game called Bob the Catcher to help jump-start your game development career.
Building More – This segment will cover how to create a 2D space shooter game filled with spaceships, lasers, and UFOs.

This online game development course is recommended for individuals who are just starting out in game development, but it can be just as useful for those who have already started their careers. From beginners to the slightly more advanced, every student will find something useful to take away from this course.

Some of the topics covered in this course are:

Variables, Operators, and Tables
For and While Loops
If/Then Statements
Functions
Display Objects
Event Listeners and Physics
Widgets
Composer Scene Management

This course uses the latest public build of Corona SDK, graphics 2.0, and the official scene management tool by Corona – Composer.

Learn how to build games faster and better with Corona SDK and advance your game development career!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1: An Introduction to Corona SDK

Lecture 2: Text Editors

Lecture 3: A Quick Note about HD Videos

Chapter 2: Bootcamp Basics

Lecture 1: What We Will Cover

Lecture 2: Lua – The Language Behind Corona

Lecture 3: Variables – Everything has a Place

Lecture 4: Operator – Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide

Lecture 5: Tables – Storing Them Away Neatly

Lecture 6: For Loops – Repeat, Repeat, Repeat

Lecture 7: While Loops – Stop Me If You've Heard This Before

Lecture 8: If Then Else – Decision Making

Lecture 9: Functions – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Lecture 10: Local vs Global – It’s All About Position

Lecture 11: Some Best of Coding Practices

Chapter 3: Corona Basics

Lecture 1: An Introduction to Corona Basics

Lecture 2: Downloads for Corona Basics

Lecture 3: Installing Corona SDK

Lecture 4: Setting Up Our Project for Corona Basics

Lecture 5: Looking Over Our Project Files

Lecture 6: Getting Oriented – Console and Simulator

Lecture 7: Print Statement – Starting with the Foundation

Lecture 8: Displaying Images – Make It Look Nice

Lecture 9: Displaying Shapes – Basic Shape Creation

Lecture 10: Event Listeners – Make Me Move It

Lecture 11: Widgets – Push Me, Tap Me, Scroll Me

Lecture 12: Physics – Gravity At Work

Lecture 13: Composer – Easily Manage Your Game

Chapter 4: Putting Our Knowledge to Work – Bob the Catcher

Lecture 1: What You Will Be Building

Lecture 2: Downloads for Bob the Catcher

Lecture 3: Setting Up Our Project for Our First Game

Lecture 4: main.lua – Where Everything Starts

Lecture 5: Menu Scene Part 1 – Setting up Our Menu Scene

Lecture 6: Menu Scene Part 2 – Adding Display Objects

Lecture 7: Menu Scene Part 3 – Adding a Play Button with Widgets

Lecture 8: Game Scene Part 1 – Setting up Our Scene

Lecture 9: Game Scene Part 2 – Forward Declares and Functions

Lecture 10: Game Scene Part 3 – Adding Bob The Catcher

Lecture 11: Game Scene Part 4 – It's Raining Money!

Lecture 12: Game Scene Part 5 – Making Bob Work For It

Lecture 13: Game Scene Part 6 – Detecting Collisions

Lecture 14: Game Scene Part 7 – Add Functionality to Our Menu Button

Lecture 15: Download Code so Far

Chapter 5: Adding Some Polish to Bob the Catcher

Lecture 1: Enabling Retina Display Images

Lecture 2: Adding a Coin Sound

Lecture 3: Remove Scenes

Chapter 6: Building UFO Slayer 1983

Lecture 1: A Demo of UFO Slayer 1983

Lecture 2: Going Over Our Project Setup

Lecture 3: main.lua, build.settings, and config.lua

Lecture 4: menu.lua Part 1 – Setting Up Our Menu Scene

Lecture 5: menu.lua Part 2 – Adding Background Music to Our Menu Scene

Lecture 6: menu.lua Part 3 – Finishing Our Menu Scene

Lecture 7: game.lua Part 1 – Setting Up Our Game Scene

Lecture 8: game.lua Part 2 – Creating The Variables For Our Game Scene

Lecture 9: game.lua Part 3 – Setting Up Our Functions

Lecture 10: game.lua Part 4 – Add Graphics and Making Our Game Run

Lecture 11: game.lua Part 5 – Return To Menu, Sending Enemies, And Player Movement

Lecture 12: game.lua Part 6 – Send Bullets and Creating the Game Over

Lecture 13: game.lua Part 7 – Collision Detection

Lecture 14: Download UFO Slayer 1983

Chapter 7: Where To Go For Help

Lecture 1: Corona Forums

Lecture 2: Code Exchange

Lecture 3: Corona Documentation

Instructors

Daniel Williams
Game Developer

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5 stars: 23 votes

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