Index

A

• accelerometer events
  • properties / Accelerometer
• Android build
  • creating / Time for action – creating an Android build
• Android device
  • app, loading on / Time for action – loading an app on your Android device, What just happened?
• app icon
  • requirements / Prepping your app icons
• App ID
  • creating / Time for action – creating an App ID
• Apple Developer website
  • URL / Time for action – obtaining the iOS developer certificate
• Apple website
  • URL / Time for action – downloading and installing Xcode
• application
  • testing, on iOS device / Testing our application on an iOS device
  • testing, on Android device / Testing our application on an Android device
  • configuring / Configuring the application
  • build configuration / Build configuration
  • dynamic scaling / Dynamic scaling
  • building / Building the application
  • groups, displaying / Displaying groups
  • system functions, defining / Working with system functions
• application icon
  • about / Application icon
• apps
  • networking / Networking your apps
• apps, networking
  • post, sharing to Twitter / Posting to Twitter
  • post, sharing to Facebook / Posting to Facebook
• arithmetic operators
  • about / Arithmetic operators
• array
  • table, passing as / Passing a table as an array
• assignment
  • about / Valuable variables
• assignment conventions / Assignment conventions
  • valid variables / Assignment conventions
  • invalid variables / Assignment conventions
• audio
  • about / Time to play
  • .loadSound() function / audio.loadSound()
  • .loadStream() function / audio.loadStream()
  • .play() function / audio.play()
  • looping / Looping
  • simultaneous playback / Simultaneous playback
  • playing / Time for action – playing audio
  • repeating, with delay / Have a go hero – repeating audio with delay
  • controlling / Time for action – controlling audio, What just happened?
  • alterations / Alterations to audio
• audio, fading
  • about / Fading audio
  • audio.fade() function / audio.fade()
  • audio.fadeOut() function / audio.fadeOut()
• audio.dispose() function
  • audioHandle / audio.dispose()
• audio.fade() function
  • parameters / audio.fade()
• audio.fadeOut() function
  • parameters / audio.fadeOut()
• audio.getMaxVolume() function
  • parameter / audio.getMaxVolume()
• audio.getMinVolume() function
  • parameter / audio.getMinVolume()
• audio.getVolume() function
  • parameter / audio.getVolume()
• audio.loadSound() function
  • parameters / audio.loadSound()
  • audiofileName / audio.loadSound()
  • baseDir / audio.loadSound()
• audio.loadStream() function
  • parameters / audio.loadStream()
  • audiofileName / audio.loadStream()
  • baseDir / audio.loadStream()
• audio.play() function
  • parameters / audio.play()
  • audioHandle / audio.play()
  • options / audio.play()
• audio.rewind() function
  • audioHandle / audio.rewind()
  • channel / audio.rewind()
• audio.setMaxVolume() function
  • parameters / audio.setMaxVolume()
• audio.setMinVolume() function
  • volume / audio.setMinVolume()
  • options / audio.setMinVolume()
• audio.setVolume function
  • volume / audio.setVolume()
  • options / audio.setVolume()
• audio formats
  • URL / Patents and royalties
• audioPlayFrequency
  • about / audioPlayFrequency
• auto-renewing subscriptions
  • URL / Time for action – creating the In-App Purchase in iTunes Connect

B

• background display, Panda Star Catcher
  • about / Background display
  • background elements, adding / Time for action – adding the background elements, What just happened?
• ball collision, with paddle
  • about / Ball collision with the paddle
  • ball, bouncing against paddle / Time for action – making the ball bounce against the paddle
• BBEdit
  • URL / Choosing a text editor
• BeebeGames class
  • used, for saving values / BeebeGames class for saving and loading values
  • used, for loading values / BeebeGames class for saving and loading values
• block
  • about / Valuable variables
  • used, for printing values / Time for action – printing values using blocks, What just happened?
• body properties, Egg Drop game
  • body.isAwake / body.isAwake
  • body.isBodyActive / body.isBodyActive
  • body.isBullet / body.isBullet
  • body.isSensor / body.isSensor
  • body.isSleepingAllowed / body.isSleepingAllowed
  • body.isFixedRotation / body.isFixedRotation
  • body.angularVelocity / body.angularVelocity
  • body.linearDamping / body.linearDamping
  • body.angularDamping / body.angularDamping
  • body.bodyType / body.bodyType
• body shapes
  • syntaxes / physics.addBody()
  • examples / physics.addBody()
• Box2D
  • URL / Time for action – creating variables for the game
• Breakout
  • about / Breakout – bringing back old-school gaming
  • URL / Breakout – bringing back old-school gaming
• Breakout In-App Purchase Demo
  • In-App Purchase, testing with / Time for action – testing the In-App Purchase with the Breakout In-App Purchase Demo, What just happened?
• bricks, game
  • about / Brick by brick
  • removing / Time for action – removing the bricks
• build configuration
  • about / Build configuration, Build configuration
  • build.settings file, adding / Time for action – adding the build.settings file
  • Orientation support (iOS) / Orientation support (iOS)
  • Orientation support (Android) / Orientation support (Android)
  • version code field / Version code and version name (Android)
  • version name field / Version code and version name (Android)
  • application permissions (Android) / Application permissions (Android)
• builds
  • installing / Developing on devices
• button, running
  • functions / What just happened?

C

• Certificate Authority (CA) / Time for action – obtaining the iOS developer certificate
• chunk / Time for action – printing values using blocks
• collision events
  • about / Collision events
  • global collision listeners / Global collision listeners
  • local collision listeners / Local collision listeners
  • game listeners, adding / Time for action – adding game listeners
• color-coded vector graphics
  • about / physics.setDrawMode
• comment / Valuable variables
• Composer API
  • about / The Composer API
  • game, developing with / Game development with the Composer API
  • game file, altering / Time for action – altering the game file, What just happened?
• concatenation operator
  • about / Concatenation
• configuration
  • defining / Return to configuration
• content
  • scaling / Dynamic content scaling
  • alignment, xAlign / Dynamic content alignment
  • alignment, yAlign / Dynamic content alignment
• content scaling
  • about / Content scaling on an easier level, The best of both worlds
• content size properties
  • about / Content size properties
  • display.contentWidth / Content size properties
  • display.contentHeight / Content size properties
  • display.viewableContentWidth / Content size properties
  • display.viewableContentHeight / Content size properties
  • display.statusBarHeight / Content size properties
• Corona
  • downloading / Downloading and installing Corona
  • installing / Downloading and installing Corona
  • setting up, on Mac OS X / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Mac OS X, What just happened?
  • activating, on Mac OS X / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Mac OS X, What just happened?
  • activating, on Windows / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Windows
  • setting up, on Windows / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Windows
  / Image autoscaling
• Corona audio system
  • about / Corona audio system
  • URL / Corona audio system
  • sound formats / Sound formats
  • sound filename, limitations on Android / Sound filename limitations on Android
  • mono sounds, using / Mono sounds at their best
  • maximum number of channels / Maximum number of simultaneous channels
• Corona debugger (Windows) / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows
• Corona Docs
  • URL / The Composer API
• Corona Labs
  • URL / What just happened?
• Corona physics API
  • about / Understanding the Corona physics API
  • setting up / Setting up the physics world
  • physics simulation, starting / Starting, pausing, and stopping the physics engine
  • physics simulation, pausing / Starting, pausing, and stopping the physics engine
  • URL / Time for action – creating variables for the game
• Corona SDK
  • URL / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Windows
• Corona simulator / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows
• Corona store module
  • used, for creating In-App Purchase / Time for action – using the Corona store module to create an In-App Purchase, What just happened?
• Corona terminal / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows

D

• Debugger (Mac) / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows
• debug messages
  • viewing / Developing on devices
• directional changes
  • about / Directional changes
  • ball, updating / Time for action – updating the ball, What just happened?
• display.setStatusBar(mode) method / More display functions
• display functions
  • display.HiddenStatusBar / More display functions
  • display.DefaultStatusBar / More display functions
  • display.TranslucentStatusBar / More display functions
  • display.DarkStatusBar / More display functions
• display images
  • optimizing / Optimize your display images
  • optimizing, URL / Optimize your display images
• display objects
  • about / Display objects
  • properties / Display properties
  • methods / Object methods
  • scaling, on multiple devices / Time for action – scaling display objects on multiple devices, What just happened?
• display objects, properties
  • object.alpha / Display properties
  • object.height / Display properties
  • object.isVisible / Display properties
  • object.isHitTestable / Display properties
  • object.parent / Display properties
  • object.rotation / Display properties
  • object.contentBounds / Display properties
  • object.contentHeight / Display properties
  • object.contentWidth / Display properties
  • object.width / Display properties
  • object.x / Display properties
  • object.anchorX / Display properties
  • object.xScale / Display properties
  • object.y / Display properties
  • object.anchorY / Display properties
  • object.yScale / Display properties
• distribution provisioning profiles
  • URL / What just happened?
• Dropbox
  • URL / Time for action – loading an app on your Android device
• dynamic image resolution
  • about / Dynamic resolution images
  • shapes, creating / Time for some shapes
  • text, implementing on screen / Text, text, text
• dynamic image selection
  • about / The deeper meaning of dynamic image selection
• dynamic scaling
  • about / Dynamic scaling
  • config.lua file, adding / Time for action – adding the config.lua file, What just happened?

E

• easing library
  • about / Easing
  • examples / Easing
• Egg Drop, game
  • creating / Creating our new game – Egg Drop
  • variables, starting / Starting variables
  • variables, setting up / Time for action – setting up the variables, What just happened?
  • main character, controlling / Controlling the main character
  • character, moving / Time for action – moving the character, What just happened?
  • touch events, adding / Have a go hero – adding touch events
  • score, updating / Updating the score
  • score, setting / Time for action – setting the score
  • game environment, displaying / Displaying the game environment
  • background, drawing / Time for action – drawing the background
  • heads-up display (HUD), displaying / Displaying the heads-up display
  • heads-up display (HUD), designing / Time for action – designing the HUD, What just happened?
  • game lives, creating / Creating the game lives
  • lives, counting / Time for action – counting the lives
  • images, adding for game lives / Have a go hero – adding images for the game lives
  • main character, defining / Introducing the main character
  • body, constructing from multiple elements / Complex body construction
  • character, creating / Time for action – creating the character, What just happened?
  • postcollisions, adding / Adding postcollisions
  • collisions, handling / Collision handling
  • body properties / Body properties
  • egg collision, creating / Time for action – creating the egg collision, What just happened?
  • egg display object / Making the display objects fall
  • egg object, adding / Time for action – adding the egg object, What just happened?
  • eggs, dropping / Time for action – making the egg drop
  • game play, ending / Ending the game play, Time for action – calling game over, What just happened?
  • starting / Starting the game
  • activating / Time for action – activating the game, What just happened?
  • about / Continuation of Egg Drop
  • pausing / Pausing the game, Time for action – pausing the game, What just happened?
  • organizing / Organizing the game
  • new main.lua file, adding / Time for action – adding the new main.lua file, What just happened?
  • main menu, creating / Creating a main menu
  • main menu, adding / Time for action – adding a main menu, What just happened?
  • options menu, creating / Creating an options menu
  • options menu, adding / Time for action – adding an options menu, What just happened?
  • credits screen, creating / Creating a credits screen
  • credits screen, adding / Time for action – adding a credits screen, What just happened?
  • levels, adding / Have a go hero – adding more levels
• End-user License Agreement (EULA) / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Mac OS X
• event listeners
  • activating / Activating event listeners
  • collision events / Collision events
• events
  • defining / Understanding events and listeners
  • register events / Register events
  • runtime events / Runtime events
  • touch events / Touch events
• expression
  • about / Expressions
  • arithmetic operators / Arithmetic operators
  • relational operators / Relational operators
  • logical operators / Logical operators
  • concatenation operator / Concatenation
  • length operator / The length operator
  • operator precedence / Precedence

F

• Facebook
  • adding, to apps / Time for action – adding Facebook to your apps, What just happened?
• Facebook Connect
  • about / Facebook Connect
  • URL / Facebook Connect
  • used, for posting scores / Time for action – posting scores using Facebook Connect, What just happened?
  • dialog box, creating / Have a go hero – create a dialog box
• file information
  • saving / Data saving
• files
  • preloading / Preloading phase
  • URL / Getting paths to files
  • reading / Reading files
  • writing / Writing files
  • high score, saving / Time for action – saving and loading the high score, What just happened?
  • high score, loading / Time for action – saving and loading the high score, What just happened?
• focused platform gaming
  • about / Have a go hero – focused platform gaming
• functions
  • about / What are functions?
  • defining / Defining a function
  • display functions / More display functions

G

• game listeners
  • adding / Time for action – adding game listeners
• game messages
  • displaying / Time for action – displaying game messages, What just happened?
• gameplay scene
  • creating / Creating the game play scene
  • game objects, adding / Time for action – adding game objects
  • bricks, building / Time for action – building bricks, What just happened?
• game transitions
  • about / New game transitions
  • screens, changing / Time for action – changing screens after the game is over, What just happened?, Have a go hero – restarting the game
• game upside down
  • flipping / Have a go hero – let's turn everything upside down, The results are in!
• global collision listeners / Global collision listeners
• global variable / Global variables
• Google Play Store
  • about / The Google Play Store
  • launcher icons, creating / Creating launcher icons
  • app, signing for / Time for action – signing your app for the Google Play Store, What just happened?
  • app, submitting to / Time for action – submitting an app to the Google Play Store
  • promos, adding / Have a go hero – adding more promos
• graphics
  • group objects / Group objects
  • animations, turning off / Turning off animations when they're not being used
  • image sizes, optimizing / Optimizing image sizes
• groups
  • displaying / Displaying groups
  • display.newGroup() function / display.newGroup()

H

• Hello World application
  • creating / Time for action – creating a Hello World application in two lines of code
  • modifying / Time for action – modifying our application
  • new font name, applying / Time for action – applying a new font name to our application, What just happened?
  • text objects, adding / Have a go hero – adding more text objects
  • creating, for iOS / Creating the Hello World build for iOS
  • iOS build, creating / Time for action – creating an iOS build, What just happened?
  • loading, on iOS device / Time for action – loading an app on your iOS device, What just happened?
• Hello World build
  • creating, for Android / Creating the Hello World build for Android
• high-resolution sprite sheets
  • about / High-resolution sprite sheets
• HUD element
  • about / Heads up!
  • timer, displaying / Time for action – displaying the timer and score, What just happened?
  • score, displaying / Time for action – displaying the timer and score, What just happened?

I

• ImageOptim
  • URL / Optimizing image sizes
• images
  • about / Images
  • loading / Loading an image
  • autoscaling / Image autoscaling
  • autoscaling, limitations / Image autoscaling
  • placing, onscreen / Time for action – placing images on screen, What just happened?
  • display object properties, adjusting / Have a go hero – adjusting display object properties
• image sheet API / Image sheet API
• image sheets
  • about / What are image sheets?
  • URL / What are image sheets?
• In-App Purchase
  • implementing / The wonders of In-App Purchase
  • types / Types of In-App Purchases
  • URL / Types of In-App Purchases
  • consumable / Types of In-App Purchases
  • nonconsumable / Types of In-App Purchases
  • auto-renewing subscriptions / Types of In-App Purchases
  • free subscriptions / Types of In-App Purchases
  • non-renewing subscriptions / Types of In-App Purchases
  • creating / Create an In-App Purchase
  • creating, in iTunes Connect / Time for action – creating the In-App Purchase in iTunes Connect, What just happened?
  • creating, Corona store module used / Time for action – using the Corona store module to create an In-App Purchase, What just happened?
  • multiple Product IDs, handling / Have a go hero – handling multiple Product IDs
  • testing / Testing In-App Purchases
  • user test accounts / User test accounts
  • testing, with Breakout In-App Purchase Demo / Time for action – testing the In-App Purchase with the Breakout In-App Purchase Demo, What just happened?
  • other In-App Purchase types, using / Have a go hero – using other In-App Purchase types
• iOS application
  • building, for distribution in Corona / Building an iOS application for distribution in Corona
  • building / Time for action – building your application and uploading it to the Application Loader, What just happened?
  • uploading, to Application Loader / Time for action – building your application and uploading it to the Application Loader, What just happened?
  • universal iOS build, creating / Have a go hero – making a universal iOS build
• iOS applications
  • distributing / Distributing iOS applications
  • app icons, prepping / Prepping your app icons
  • distribution certificate, setting up / Time for action – setting up your distribution certificate and provisioning profile for the App Store, What just happened?
  • profile, provisioning for App Store / Time for action – setting up your distribution certificate and provisioning profile for the App Store, What just happened?
• iOS build
  • creating / Time for action – creating an iOS build, What just happened?
• iOS developer certificate
  • obtaining / Time for action – obtaining the iOS developer certificate
• iOS device
  • app, loading on / Time for action – loading an app on your iOS device, What just happened?
• iOS devices
  • adding / Adding iOS devices, Time for action – adding/registering your iOS device
  • Xcode / Xcode
  • iTunes / iTunes
  • registering / Time for action – adding/registering your iOS device
• iTunes / iTunes
• iTunes Connect
  • about / iTunes Connect
  • contracts, requesting / Contracts, tax, and banking
  • tax / Contracts, tax, and banking
  • banking / Contracts, tax, and banking
  • application, managing in / Time for action – managing your application in iTunes Connect, What just happened?
  • URL / Time for action – managing your application in iTunes Connect, What just happened?
  • In-App Purchase, creating / Time for action – creating the In-App Purchase in iTunes Connect, What just happened?

J

• Java Development Kit (JDK) / Downloading and installing Corona

L

• # length operator / The length operator
• length operator
  • about / The length operator
• listeners
  • defining / Understanding events and listeners
• loading screen
  • creating / Creating a loading screen
  • adding / Time for action – adding the loading screen, What just happened?
• local collision listeners / Local collision listeners
• local variable / Local variables
• logical operators
  • and operator / Logical operators
  • about / Logical operators
  • not operator / Logical operators
• lose condition
  • creating / You win some, you lose some, Time for action –making win and lose conditions
• Lua
  • about / Lua to the rescue
  • URL / Lua to the rescue
  • variables / Valuable variables
• Lua Glider
  • URL / Choosing a text editor

M

• Mac
  • simulator, used on / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows
• Mac OS X
  • Corona, setting up on / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Mac OS X, What just happened?
  • Corona, activating on / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Mac OS X, What just happened?
• memory efficiency
  • about / Understanding memory efficiency
  • considerations / Understanding memory efficiency
  • graphics / Graphics
• memory management
  • about / Memory management
  • audio.dispose() function / audio.dispose()
  • audio, disposing / Have a go hero – disposing audio
• memory usage check
  • URL / Understanding memory efficiency
• memory warnings, iOS devices
  • URL / Optimize your display images
• menu screens
  • creating / Creating menu screens
  • main menu screen, adding / Time for action – adding the main menu screen
  • help screen, creating / Have a go hero – creating a help screen
• methods / Objects
• modes, physics engine
  • about / physics.setDrawMode

N

• native.showWebPopup() function
  • parameters / What just happened?

O

• object
  • about / Objects
  • display objects / Display objects
• object methods
  • object$addEventListener() / Register events
  • object$removeEventListener() / Register events
• objects
  • moving / Moving in the up direction
  • removing, from scene / Removing objects from the scene
  • variable references / Variable references
• onBuyLevel2Touch(event) function / What just happened?
• Open Audio Library (OpenAL) / Corona audio system
• operator precedence / Precedence
• options, audio.play() function
  • parameters / audio.play()
• Oracle
  • URL / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Windows
• Orientation support (Android) / Orientation support (Android)
• Orientation support (iOS) / Orientation support (iOS)
• Outlaw
  • URL / Choosing a text editor

P

• paddle movement
  • about / Paddle movement
  • paddle, dragging in simulator / Time for action – dragging the paddle in the simulator, What just happened?
  • paddle, moving with accelerometer / Time for action – moving the paddle with the accelerometer
• Panda Star Catcher
  • about / Panda Star Catcher, Game time!
  • setting up / Game time!
  • variables, setting up / Time for action – setting up the variables, What just happened?, Let's start the round
  • game, starting / Time for action – starting the game, What just happened?, Starting the game
  • panda, reloading on stage / Time for action – reloading the panda on the stage
  • score, tracking / Time for action – tracking the score
  • time, notifying / When the game ends
  • game over screen, displaying / Time for action – displaying the game over screen, What just happened?
  • timer, setting up / Time for action – setting up the timer, What just happened?
  • power shot, creating / Time for action – making the power shot
  • panda character, creating / Time for action – creating the panda character
  • star collisions, creating / Time for action – creating star collisions, What just happened?
  • star count, tracking / Have a go hero – tracking the star count
  • panda, launching / Time for action – launching the panda, What just happened?
  • display objects, organizing / Organizing display objects
  • layers, reordering / Time for action – reordering layers
  • stars, creating / Time for action – creating stars in the level, What just happened?
  • game, initializing / Time for action – initializing the game
• parameters, body shapes
  • about / physics.addBody()
• patents
  • about / Patents and royalties
• paths
  • obtaining, to files / Getting paths to files
• physical bodies
  • implementing, to brick objects / Let's get even more physical
  • physics.addBody() / physics.addBody()
• physics
  • .start() / Starting, pausing, and stopping the physics engine
  • .pause() / Starting, pausing, and stopping the physics engine
  • .stop() / Starting, pausing, and stopping the physics engine
  • .setGravity / physics.setGravity
  • .getGravity / physics.getGravity
  • tilt-based gravity / Tilt-based gravity
  • .setScale / physics.setScale
  • .setDrawMode / physics.setDrawMode
  • .setPositionIterations / physics.setPositionIterations
  • .setVelocityIterations / physics.setVelocityIterations
• physics.addBody()
  • physics, starting for paddle / Time for action – starting physics for the paddle and ball
  • physics, starting for ball / Time for action – starting physics for the paddle and ball
• provisioning profile
  • about / Provisioning profiles
  • creating / Time for action – creating a provisioning profile, What just happened?

R

• register events / Register events
• relational operators
  • about / Relational operators
• return function
  • parameters / Transitions
• royalties
  • about / Patents and royalties
• runtime configuration
  • about / Runtime configuration
  • content, scaling / Dynamic content scaling
  • content alignment / Dynamic content alignment
  • image resolution / Dynamic image resolution
  • frame rate control / Frame rate control
• runtime events
  • about / Runtime events
  • enterFrame / enterFrame
  • accelerometer / Accelerometer

S

• sample code
  • about / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows
• shapes
  • creating / Time for some shapes
  • display.newRect method / Time for some shapes
  • display.newRoundedRect method / Time for some shapes
  • display.newCircle method / Time for some shapes
• simulator
  • used, on Mac / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows
  • used, on Windows / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows
  • about / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows
  • sample project, viewing / Time for action – viewing a sample project in the simulator, What just happened?
  • device shell, using / Have a go hero – use a different device shell
• sounds, controlling
  • about / Time to take control
  • audio.stop() function / audio.stop()
  • audio.pause() function / audio.pause()
  • audio.resume() function / audio.resume()
  • audio.rewind() function / audio.rewind()
• sprite
  • about / It's sprite mania!
  • image sheet API / Image sheet API
• stage object
  • about / Removing objects from the scene
• statements / Valuable variables
• store.init() function
  • about / store.init()
  • event.transaction object / event.transaction
• store.loadProducts() function
  • about / store.loadProducts()
  • parameters / store.loadProducts()
  • event.products / event.products
  • event.invalidProducts / event.invalidProducts
• store module, Corona
  • about / Corona's store module
  • URL / Corona's store module
  • store.init() function / store.init()
  • store.loadProducts() function / store.loadProducts()
  • store.canMakePurchases function / store.canMakePurchases
  • store.purchase() function / store.purchase()
  • store.finishTransaction() function / store.finishTransaction()
  • store.restore() function / store.restore()
• strings
  • about / Strings
  • quoting, ways / Quoting strings
  • quoting / Quoting strings
  • working with / Time for action – getting our hands full of strings, What just happened?, Have a go hero – pulling some more strings
• Sublime Text
  • URL / Choosing a text editor
• system functions
  • working with / Working with system functions
  • system.getInfo() / system.getInfo()
  • system.setAccelerometerInterval() / system.setAccelerometerInterval()
  • variables, creating for game / Time for action – creating variables for the game, What just happened?

T

• table
  • about / Tables
  • passing, as array / Passing a table as an array
  • contents, altering / Altering contents in a table
  • populating / Populating a table
• table fields / Table fields (properties)
• text
  • implementing, onscreeen / Text, text, text
• text display objects
  • size, setting / Applying color and string value
  • color, setting / Applying color and string value
  • text fields, setting / Applying color and string value
• text editor
  • selecting / Choosing a text editor
• TextMate
  • URL / Choosing a text editor
• TextWrangler
  • URL / Choosing a text editor
• timed functions
  • about / The value of timed functions
  • timer function / Timers
• timer function
  • about / Timers
• tostring() method / Time for action –making win and lose conditions
• touch events
  • about / Touch events
  • touch (single touch) / Touch (single touch)
  • tap / tap
• transaction object
  • read-only properties / event.transaction
• transitioning levels
  • about / Transitioning levels
  • resetting / Time for action – resetting and changing levels, What just happened?
  • changing / Time for action – resetting and changing levels, What just happened?
  • adding / Have a go hero –add more levels
• transition library
  • about / Transitions
• transitions
  • about / Transitions
  • transition.to() / Transitions
  • transition.from() / Transitions
  • parameters / Transitions
• Twitter
  • URL / Posting to Twitter
  • adding, to apps / Time for action – adding Twitter to your apps, What just happened?

U

• Unique Device Identification (UDID) / Adding iOS devices
• unpackValidProducts() function / What just happened?

V

• values
  • types / Types of values
  • nil / Types of values
  • boolean / Types of values
  • numbers / Types of values
  • string / Types of values
  • tables / Types of values
  • functions / Types of values
  • printing, with blocks / Time for action – printing values using blocks, What just happened?
• values, for parameters
  • about / system.getInfo()
• variable references / Variable references
• variables
  • about / Valuable variables
  • global variable / Global variables
  • local variable / Local variables
  • table fields / Table fields (properties)
  • assignment conventions / Assignment conventions
  • creating, for game / Time for action – creating variables for the game, What just happened?
• vector objects
  • strokes, applying / Applying stroke width, fill color, and stroke color
  • stroke width, setting / Applying stroke width, fill color, and stroke color
  • fill color / Applying stroke width, fill color, and stroke color
  • stroke color, setting / Applying stroke width, fill color, and stroke color
• volume, audio system
  • about / Volume control
• volume control, audio system
  • audio.setVolume function / audio.setVolume()
  • audio.setMinVolume() function / audio.setMinVolume()
  • audio.setMaxVolume() function / audio.setMaxVolume()
  • audio.getVolume() function / audio.getVolume()
  • audio.getMinVolume() function / audio.getMinVolume()
  • audio.getMaxVolume() function / audio.getMaxVolume()

W

• win condition
  • creating / You win some, you lose some, Time for action –making win and lose conditions
• Windows
  • Corona, activating on / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Windows
  • Corona, setting up on / Time for action – setting up and activating Corona on Windows
  • simulator, used on / Using the simulator on Mac and Windows
• workflow
  • optimizing / Optimize your workflow
  • memory, using / Use memory efficiently

X

• Xcode
  • downloading / Time for action – downloading and installing Xcode
  • installing / Time for action – downloading and installing Xcode
  / Xcode