Create Mobile Games With Corona (For HUDA ADEL ALANAZI) by Domenech, Silvia -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Create Mobile Games with Corona A Note on Formatting Table of Contents Early Praise for Create Mobile Games with Corona Acknowledgments Preface

Corona? Why Corona? Who Should Read This Book? What’s This Book About? How to Read This Book Online Resources Ready, Get Set, Go!

Part 1: Getting Started Chapter 1: Hello, Corona!

A Word on Game Development Getting Started with Corona Building Our First App What We Covered

Part 2: Planet Defender Chapter 2: The Game Loop

What You’ll Learn A Crash Course in Corona Programming Designing Our First Game: Planet Defender Creating the Project Coding the Game Loop What We Covered

Chapter 3: Sprites and Movement

What You’ll Learn Displaying Images Animated Sprites Handling Many Images Moving Images Adding Spaceships to the Game Exercise: Modifying the Game What We Covered

Chapter 4: Input and Menus

What You’ll Learn Touch-Based Input Displaying Scenes Using the Storyboard API Adding Buttons Adding Lives and Difficulty Exercises and Expansion Options What We Covered

Part 3: Vertical-Scrolling Shooter Chapter 5: Representing Movement and Perspective

What You’ll Learn Designing a Basic Scroller Adding Menus and the Basic Framework Adding and Removing Units Displaying Scrolling Backgrounds and Parallax Effects Generating Random Backgrounds Exercises and Expansion Options What We Covered

Chapter 6: Adding Shooting, Collisions, and Power-Ups

What You’ll Learn Shooting Checking for Collisions Adding Animated Explosions Adding Power-Ups Ending the Game Exercises and Expansion Options What We Covered

Chapter 7: Adding Sound

What You’ll Learn Finding Game Sounds Understanding the Corona Sound API Adding Sound Effects Playing Background Music Exercises and Expansion Options What We Covered

Part 4: Tower Defense Chapter 8: Displaying Maps and Sorting Depths

What You’ll Learn Designing a Tower-Defense Game Defining Tile-Based Maps Building Towers Sorting Depths in Corona Exercises and Expansion Options What We Covered

Chapter 9: Adding Movement and Artificial Intelligence

What You’ll Learn Adding Enemies Implementing Enemy Movement Adding Tower AI Exercises and Expansion Options What We Covered

Chapter 10: Loading and Saving

What You’ll Learn Loading Levels Loading and Saving the Game Exercises and Expansion Options What We Covered

Part 5: Physics and Distribution Chapter 11: Physics and the Accelerometer

What You’ll Learn Defining the Project Adding User Input Using the Accelerometer Working with Removable Crates Exercises and Expansion Options What We Covered

Chapter 12: Publishing Our Apps

What You’ll Learn Building and Publishing Our Apps Testing on Our Phones Selling In-App Features Adding Advertisements Exercise: Modifying the Game What We Covered

Appendix 1: Corona Resources

Corona Development Tools Corona Development Environments Art Resources Game Sounds

Appendix 2: Classes in Corona