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Corona SDK Mobile Game Development: Beginner's Guide

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Corona SDK Mobile Game Development: Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Corona SDK is the fastest and easiest way to create commercially successful cross platform mobile games. Just ask Robert Nay, a 14 year old who created Bubble Ball - downloaded three million times, famously knocking Angry Birds off the top spot. You don't need to be a programming veteran to create games using Corona. Corona SDK is the number one tool for creating fun, simple blockbuster games. Assuming no experience at all with programming or game development you will learn the basic foundations of Lua and Corona right through to creating several monetized games deployable to Android and Apple stores. You will begin with a crash course in Lua, the programming language underpinning the Corona SDK tool. After downloading and installing Corona and writing some simple code you will dive straight into game development. You will start by creating a simple breakout game with controls optimized for mobile. You will build on this by creating two more games incorporating different features such as falling physics. The book ends with a tutorial on social network integration, implementing in app purchase and most important of all monetizing and shipping your game to the Android and App stores.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Corona SDK Mobile Game Development Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Time for action – submitting an app to the Google Play Store


We'll be using the Developer Console. This is where your developer profile will be created to publish to the Google Play Store.

  1. Once you're logged in to the Developer Console, click on the button that says Upload Application. You will be greeted with a pop-up window that will allow you to upload your build. Click on the Choose File button and locate the .apk file of your application. Select the Upload button. When your .apk file is uploaded, click on the Save button. Lastly, click on the Close button.

  2. Select the APK files tab and press the Activate link on the right side of the screen to activate the .apk file.

  3. Now, select the Product details tab. In the Upload assets section, you will require a couple of screenshots from your application and a 512 x 512 px version of your app icon. There are optional graphics and videos you can include as well if you desire. Scroll down the page to the Listing details section. Fill out the information...