Corona Geek

This week we hung out with David L. Hoyt, the world's most syndicated daily game creator, to discuss his latest hit puzzle app. David is well-known for his nationally syndicated puzzle games and brain teasers including USA Today’s Up & Down Words, Jumble Crosswords, and TV Jumble and has recently released Just 2 Words, a Corona-built game for iOS and Android. During today's Corona Geek Hangout, David shared many insights into how he comes up with new puzzle ideas as well as his approach to app marketing....

This week we hung out with Nevin Flanagan to discuss his new Corona SDK Hotshot book, which takes you beyond the basics of developing with a much larger look at game development concepts using Lua and Corona SDK. Nevin is credited as a contributor to the World of Warcraft user interface, so he's been using Lua for a long time and has been using Corona SDK for the last several years. We also talked about the recent NOOK Color announcements and Ouya's hot selling game consoles....

In May, Eric Kinkead gave an excellent talk on app marketing to the Dallas Corona SDK Meetup Group. Eric has had great success with his game Questlord, which is a turn-based Role Playing Game (RPG) in the classic style of the legendary Computer Role Playing Games that defined the genre. Eric shared both his successes and mistakes with marketing Questlord and we got it all on video....