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#1

Hey guys.

I’m new here, new in mobile apps/gaming and new in coding as well.

I found Corona Cannon a few days back, https://coronalabs.com/blog/2016/02/02/corona-cannon-a-new-corona-sdk-sample-game/ and it seemed a good way for me to try and learn. But all my efforts to implement anything new results in numerous errors.

I tried implementing pinch gesture zoom & ads for instance, failing all the time.

Also, this sample game allows you to go to the next level even if you don’t win the previous ones. 

Tried to change that, failed all the time. 

So i wanted to ask, can anybody tell me, what i should read to understand how to do it?

Or, even better, is there a sample app like corona cannon that has already these functions implemented so that I can I see how it is done?

Unfortunately, since I am unable to code yet, I’m trying to deconstruct code I find to understand how it works by changing it.

And I haven’t found ad implementation or pinch gesture zoom yet.

Thank you in advance.

#2

Hi @stamosgi,

Welcome to Corona! “Corona Cannon” is probably a bit higher-level than you should be starting with as a new user of Corona and coding in general. Instead, I suggest you begin with our Getting Started tutorial which introduces you to basic code concepts, essential Corona concepts, and gets you toward building a couple very simple games.

https://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/programming/01/index.html

Brent

#3

Hello Brent, thank you for your response.

I guess you’re right, I kind of realized it myself that I started of wrong.

The reason is when I was searching which project to study, corona cannon came up and since it was so much more complex than the other ones it made me choose that.

Of course that meant it was harder as well. 

I will follow your advice and I’m sure down the road I’ll find the answers I was looking for.

Thank you again.

#4

Hi @stamosgi,

Welcome to Corona! “Corona Cannon” is probably a bit higher-level than you should be starting with as a new user of Corona and coding in general. Instead, I suggest you begin with our Getting Started tutorial which introduces you to basic code concepts, essential Corona concepts, and gets you toward building a couple very simple games.

https://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/programming/01/index.html

Brent

#5

Hello Brent, thank you for your response.

I guess you’re right, I kind of realized it myself that I started of wrong.

The reason is when I was searching which project to study, corona cannon came up and since it was so much more complex than the other ones it made me choose that.

Of course that meant it was harder as well. 

I will follow your advice and I’m sure down the road I’ll find the answers I was looking for.

Thank you again.