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Corona SDK Mobile Game Development: Beginner's Guide

By : Michelle M Fernandez
Book Image

Corona SDK Mobile Game Development: Beginner's Guide

By: Michelle M Fernandez

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Corona SDK Mobile Game Development Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Downloading and installing Corona


You have the option of choosing the Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows operating system to develop on. Keep in mind the following system requirements that are needed to run the program. The most compatible version used for this book is Build 2014.2511.

If you are installing Corona for Mac OS X, be sure that your system has the following features:

  • Mac OS X 10.9 or later

  • An Intel-based system that runs Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, or Yosemite

  • A 64-bit CPU (Core 2 Duo)

  • OpenGL 2.0 or higher graphics system

If you are running Microsoft Windows, be sure that your system has the following features:

  • Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, or XP (Service Pack 2) operating system

  • 1 GHZ processor (recommended)

  • 80 MB of disk space (minimum)

  • 1 GB of RAM (minimum)

  • OpenGL 2.1 or higher graphics system (available in most modern Windows systems) 

  • The 32-bit (x86) version of the Java Development Kit (JDK)

  • The Android SDK is not required to create Android device builds with Corona on Mac or Windows