Learn Mobile Application Development Textbook
Texas has recently added Mobile Application Development to the approved curriculum for high school students beginning in the academic year 2012-2013. This is a very exciting development for high school students in Texas and, assuming other states follow suit, across the U.S. and potentially the world (okay, yes, I like to think big!).
After carefully combing [...]
Mobile App Development with Corona Now on Kindle
After a great deal of demand (and insistence from my wife) and reformatting assistance from my editor/daughter, I’ve been able to make the first 12 chapters of Mobile App Development with Corona available for the Kindle device through Amazon. Due to how Amazon structures it’s pricing, I was forced to break the book into parts. [...]
Major update to Texture Packer
There has been a major update to the Texture Packer software produced by Andreas Löw. You might recall that I have mentioned Andreas’ software previously to simplify making sprites for your mobile apps.
There are 25 new features included in Texture Packer including:
New layout of the left side panel allowing easier change of exporter
Auto update sprite [...]
Getting Started in Game Development
I am regularly asked by many people, especially high school students, what they need to do/learn to get ready to make games. My advice is don’t wait until your in college to start learning to make games. Start now! With hard work, focus, and dedication, you can have your first game published before you leave [...]
Kwik for Photoshop Makes Mobile App Easy with Corona SDK
Kwik is an Adobe Photoshop plugin that allows you to add animation, videos, sounds, rollover effects, buttons, and much more, all in Photoshop and export the results as a finished mobile app. This product is what the artists have been waiting for! Now they can create the complete app in Photoshop with no coding (though [...]
