This document discusses using the Corona SDK framework for building mobile games and apps. It describes Corona SDK as a cross-platform framework for building games that uses the Lua programming language. It then provides an example of building a crowd-sourced, location-aware social healthcare app in 15 minutes. Finally, it outlines the basic and pro developer pricing plans for Corona SDK and lists additional Corona SDK resources.

1. Building Games
for Fun and Profit
Using Corona SDK
Baguio GeekCamp
May 5, 2012

2. Radamanthus Batnag
http://github.com/radamanthus
http://twitter.com/radamanthus

3. aelogica.com
scenar.io
Backbone, CoffeScript, JS and CSS wizardry

4. Corona SDK
Wut?

5. Cross-platform
framework

6. For building games
Magic Defenders
Critter Quitter

7. But also useful for
other mobile apps

8. Lua

9. Enough Talk
Let’s Code

10. Let’s build a
Crowd-sourced
Location-aware
Social Networked
Healthcare
Mobile app
in 15 minutes

11. Let’s build a
Crowd-sourced
Location-aware
Social Networked
Healthcare
Mobile app
in 15 minutes

12. Tsibog
aka Where do we eat?
http://github.com/radamanthus/tsibog

13. Other Features
• Facebook Integration
• In-App Purchases for iOS and Android
• Ads (AdMob, Inneractive, InMobi)

14. Basic Account
Free
Simulator only

15. Indie Android
$199 per year
Can build on Android devices
Access to Daily Builds

16. Indie iOS
$199 per year
Can build on iOS devices
Access to Daily Builds

17. Pro Developer
$350 per year
Can build on iOS and Android devices
Access to Daily Builds

18. More Corona SDK
resources
Corona Game Template
http://github.com/radamanthus/nakor
RadLib - Lua helper functions for Corona SDK
http://github.com/radamanthus/radlib
Nakor - Game skeleton generator
http://github.com/radamanthus/nakor

19. More Corona SDK
resources
Planet Cute - free graphics for prototyping
http://www.lostgarden.com/2007/05/dancs-miraculously-flexible-game.html
IGDA Manila chapter
http://www.igda.org/manila
http://www.facebook.com/groups/igdamanila/

20. An 8-year-old boy can
code
So can you