15 July 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 149, Steven Johnson introduced us to creating custom shaders effects in Corona SDK. We explored what shaders are, why we might want to know more about them, and when we should consider using them. We also looked at some shader code examples to see the effects in action. Here are clips from the Hangout....
13 July 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout, Steven Johnson introduced us to vertex shaders as part 2 of our introduction the topic of creating and working with custom shader effects. We looked at several working shader playground examples and learned a tip for using wireframe mode with display.setDrawMode to see the points of a polygon in a vertex shader example....
08 July 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 148, we stepped through the concepts and source code to create a motorized wheeled cart using pivot joints and Corona's built in physics engine. We also explored applying torque and gravity to the cart to get some interesting effects. Here are clips to help you catch up. Download the examples from the Hangout to see how everything works. ...
06 July 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout, Steven Johnson from Xibalba Studios introduced us to shaders, what they are, and when we might use them. We even looked at several working shader playground examples to see the code in action....
01 July 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 147, we stepped through source code to create rag doll characters using pivot joints and Corona’s built in physics engine. We also shared tips for organizing project code. If you missed the Hangout, here are clips to help you catch up....
29 June 2015
On today's Corona Geek Hangout we learned how to build a motorized wheeled cart using Corona’s built-in physics engine and pivot joints. We explored why you should consider adding display objects to a group and how torque affects different parts of a wheeled physics simulation. We also explored ideas for using a wheeled cart in a game. Download the source code from today's discussion....
24 June 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 146, we looked at working with Corona's built in physics engine to create draggable rag dolls, physics bodies, touch joints, and pivot joints. We even look at observing and troubleshooting physics objects using hybrid mode. Here are a few clips from the Hangout....
22 June 2015
Last Monday we started a series on working with Corona's built-in physics engine. We took a look at the Physics API documentation and we discussed the concepts behind constructing a rag doll from primitive shapes. This week we continued the physics conversation with a look at the code used to create the rag doll example and tips on how to organize project code. We even discussed how a simple dress up, or object placement game could be constructed, using the sampler code as a reference....
17 June 2015
Last week on Corona Geek Hangout 145, we looked at extending libraries, loading and saving JSON data, and persisting state across app sessions. The discussion stitched all these topics together into one helpful conversation. Here are clips from Hangout #145....
15 June 2015
Last Monday we looked at creating library extensions, loading and saving data using JSON to persist states between app uses. Today we cracked open the can of joy that is the Box2D Physics Engine. We created draggable rag dolls, used physics bodies, touch joints, and pivot joints. Download the code from today's discussion....
