luaconf 2016 - becoming a lua powered super hero
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Corona Labs
Becoming a Lua PoweredSuper Hero
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Sean HeadDirector of Engineering
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Charles McKeever Director of Publisher Relations
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Learn how app developers are using Lua to get their ideas in front of more people in more places than ever before. From one developer indie shops to 60 person teams with designers, developers, and business development types, Lua is leading the way to the next evolution of the app economy.
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Corona HistoryStarted in 2009
Quickly gained VC funding
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Corona Goals
● Write code in Lua
● Abstract 20 lines of code down to one line
● Publish to multiple platforms / app stores
● Use a simulator to see instant app changes and to iterate quickly
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Using Lua
● iOS● Android● Kindle● Windows Phone● Windows desktop● OS X desktop● Apple TV● Android TV● Ouya● Steam
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Corona Today
● Purchased by Perk in December 2015
● Perk is a publicly traded on the Canadian stock exchange
● Offices in Austin, Palo Alto, India, Waterloo
● Over 150 people in the company with about 20 people on the Corona side (11 eng, 9 support)
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A lot has changed since
2009
● Apple Open Sources Swift
● Google Android Studio
● Web mobile technologies
● Competition has increased!
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Developer Challenge
● iOS● Objective-C● Swift● Java● C#● HTML● Javascript● CSS● ...
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Developer Challenge
How do you create something consumers haven’t seen before?
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Understanding controllers is VERY important.
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Alfonso John Romero (born October 28, 1967) is an American director, designer, programmer, and developer in the video game industry. He is best known as a co-founder of id Software and designer for many of their games, including Wolfenstein 3D, Dangerous Dave, Hexen, Doom and Quake.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Romero
John Romero
Solution? Use Lua
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Lua History
● 20+ years old
● WOW
● Hardware & software
● Open source code
● Adoption is growing
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Tapps GamesBrazil basedSão Paulo
60 person team200+ published apps
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Red Beach GamesLuaConf sponsorBrazil based37 top 10 rankings7 top 10 grossing ranks
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Takashi IyodaAppLovin Contest1st place winner$25K using Corona
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HerokinsPaolo DebelliniInteractive IoTCorona Enterprise
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Laser Dog2 person team in Leeds
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Egz Game#1 Big Indie Pitchin London
Kestrel Games
Top 5 in Vancouver
Rule with an Iron Fish
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http://www.egz-game.com
http://kestrelgames.com
Quest LordEric KinkeadGame industry veterangoes indie developer
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http://www.questlord.com
Recent NewsServer based AIBeautiful UICustom widgets
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https://www.recent.io
Mobile OctopusLocal small businessapps.
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5 Minute Demo
Sample CodeGet started quickly.
10 Lines of codeLess code to do more.
Simulator in actionSpeed up development
Corona Cannon
Sample CodeGet started quickly.
Project organizationCustom workflows
Advanced featuresMake it fun!
https://coronalabs.com/blog/2016/02/02/corona-cannon-a-new-corona-sdk-sample-game/
Revenue modelMake money with your apps
Paid App
IAP
Ads
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PluginsExtending core functionality
On Demand Resources
iCloud
AppLovin
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And more!
Other ResourcesCoronium - Server Lua
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Chris Byerly @develephantCorona Cloud Engineer
http://docs.coronium.io/en/latest/
Conclusion
● Lua is an incredible language (easy, powerful, and fun)
● Adoption of Lua is growing rapidly.
● Corona has established a strong foundation on Lua.
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DownloadCorona SDK
for freeCoronaLabs.com
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Questions?
Code EditorsAtom package https://coronalabs.com/blog/2016/01/22/corona-autocomplete-package-now-available-for-atom-editor/
Sublime packagehttps://coronalabs.com/products/editor/
Xcode Lua / Corona SDK plugin
Corona plugin:http://www.shakebrowser.net/corona-for-xcode/
Lua plugin: http://www.shakebrowser.net/lua-for-xcode/
Learning MaterialsBurton’s Media Group
Bookshttp://www.burtonsmediagroup.com/books/coronasdk/
Lua intro videoshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxgtJR7f0RBKGid7F2dfv7qc-xWwSee2O
Lua Getting Started Guidehttps://coronalabs.com/learn-lua/
Corona Getting Started Guidehttps://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/programming/01/index.html
Corona Plugin Marketplacehttps://store.coronalabs.com/plugins
Corona Geek Podcasthttps://www.youtube.com/c/coronageek
https://www.youtube.com/user/CoronaLabs
Thank you :-)