Corona Geek #116 – URL Encoding, Using JSON, and Clash of Clans Hidden Secrets

17 November 2014

Corona Geek #116 – URL Encoding, Using JSON, and Clash of Clans Hidden Secrets

During this week’s Corona Geek Hangout we discussed some of the hidden psychology and creative game mechanics used in the wildly successful Clash of Clans game. We also looked at how to encode urls for use with Corona’s network library and we looked at how Corona simplifies the use of JSON to save and load important game data.

Compete in November’s Corona Geek Games

Play this month’s Corona Geek Games Contest pick, Doctor Spin, for the chance to win a $50 gift card. Post your high score to the Corona Geek Facebook wall to compete! This month’s winner will be announced on December 1st.

Replay Last Week’s Show

• Corona Geek #115 – App Marketing in China, Spawning Enemies, and Being Optimized for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
• Corona University

Resources

• Burtons Media Group – Corona Books – use coupon code CoronaGeek and save 20% at checkout
• Coronium Cloud Server – Newly Updated!
• Spiral Code Studio Corona Games and Development
• Roaming Gamer Game Templates and Tools
• GP Animations Apps and Games
• Crave Creative Widget Themes – Bold, Elegant, Light
• Corona IRC Channel

Blog Posts

• App Localization in 20 Minutes
• Apple on Internationalization and Localization

Apps

• Drill Bill game on Android

Other

• OSX Menubar Application Launcher

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