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c0ppo
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I come from Croatia, and have been developer for a long time now. But only desktop and web development (.net, c#, php,...), so I'm rather new to game development. Actually, just started a month and a half ago.
I think I have a great idea for a game (don't we all?:) ), so I finally decided to take my time and learn to code for mobile devices as well. My friend suggested Corona SDK to me, they have a indie game studio. I find it quite easy to learn and use Corona, but even as a novice in Corona, I found some silly limitations to the framework. And then decided to google for alternatives.
That's how I got here. Been reading forum posts, and I see that there are a lot of ex Corona useres here.
So far I can't really comment on gideros mobile, but it seems very similar to Corona (Lua of course), but not limitating like Corona is.
Only downside to gideros is the documentation. At least my first impression. Corona has really nice books, tutorials, and even video courses. So far on gideros I found no tutorials for starters, but the plus is this community which is more willing to help. Again, at least my first impression
So I'm gonna try using gideros, and probably switch from corona to gideros. So guys, If you have any starting point tutorials for newcomers like myself, please reply with links, don't be shy
P.S.
And yes, of course I went trough documentation
I think I have a great idea for a game (don't we all?:) ), so I finally decided to take my time and learn to code for mobile devices as well. My friend suggested Corona SDK to me, they have a indie game studio. I find it quite easy to learn and use Corona, but even as a novice in Corona, I found some silly limitations to the framework. And then decided to google for alternatives.
That's how I got here. Been reading forum posts, and I see that there are a lot of ex Corona useres here.
So far I can't really comment on gideros mobile, but it seems very similar to Corona (Lua of course), but not limitating like Corona is.
Only downside to gideros is the documentation. At least my first impression. Corona has really nice books, tutorials, and even video courses. So far on gideros I found no tutorials for starters, but the plus is this community which is more willing to help. Again, at least my first impression
So I'm gonna try using gideros, and probably switch from corona to gideros. So guys, If you have any starting point tutorials for newcomers like myself, please reply with links, don't be shy
P.S.
And yes, of course I went trough documentation
Comments
* First you can look the files at Documentation folder (except reference_manual.html)
* Then you can look at "The Ultimate Guide to Gideros Studio" https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=149g_P1YlE4_6v_hHbFx3YAaYpdU0HoM70XJSLTE38ww
* Then look at the examples
* Finally look at reference manual
* Also there is a FAQ http://www.giderosmobile.com/DevCenter/index.php/Forum_FAQ
I highly recommend you to dig out this forum. There are really great code snippets and examples buried deep inside:D And always feel free to ask anything that puzzles you, or share anything that you want to share . Who knows? Time will come and it will help any of us in a puzzled state:D
Check out my Gideros games
Website: http://www.castlegateinteractive.com
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Castlegate+Interactive
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