According to the news via Twitter (from people who were close to him), Carlos Icaza, one of the founders of Ansca Mobile which made Corona SDK, died today from injuries suffered in a fall.
Carlos had a huge impact on my game dev career and while I never met him, we had many phone calls over the years and I looked forward to some day meeting in person.
Jay
Rest in peace Carlos, you will be missed. Prayers go out to his family and friends.
That’s shocking news.
I too have had many conversations with him over the years. I was never fortunate enough to meet him in person, but he influenced me in more ways than one.
RIP Carlos. You will be missed.
Holy crap!
Any proofs?
Lots of circumstantial, but posts on Facebook/Twitter from the guy he worked with at Appcelerator, Jeff Haynie, and another FB post from one of Carlos’ cousins are pretty concrete.
Jay
So sad…I’m still in shock
I want to share this:
https://www.gofundme.com/Carlosmanuel
RIP Carlos…great man!
I remember when he came to Columbia College Chicago (my alma mater) for a Corona meetup in 2011. I knew then I wanted to get into mobile game development. He seemed like a nice guy; I shook his hand and everything. I even still have the swag bag he gave all of us. Thanks to Carlos and Corona SDK (then still Ansca Labs) I have a career as a developer.
RIP Carlos
he was a great guy. i remember all the good talks we had about games. he showed me that i am able to do games. can’t be thankful enough.
RIP Carlos, you will be missed.
Would be nice to see something from Corona Labs on this.
I remember emailing with him about the bezier curve stuff. He was always really helpful on the forums and never shied away from email support. Just such a great and enthusiastic guy. Obviously had a lot of energy, it’s so sad.
Yes, you’re right Horacebury. I don’t know why there isn’t an official thread about Carlos… 
He was one of the creators of Corona SDK!
Yeah, I kept waiting to see something, but just heard *crickets*…
While he wasn’t with the company at the end, Corona Labs probably wouldn’t have existed without him, so a nod in his direction would have been highly appropriate.
I’m attributing the silence to someone dropping the ball rather than malice.
Jay
Carlos hooked me up with a Corona subscription when I was just starting, big thanks to him for that. Corona really changed my life, that couldn’t be possible without him.
I’m shocked and saddened.
Fifteen years ago, Carlos and I met at Adobe. I soon found out that he was quite the character and loved playing practical jokes. He also had heart. What I admired about him was his uncanny ability to make people around him feel special.
Later, at Macromedia, we caused a bit of a kerfuffle in an emperor has no clothes sort of way. One of our favorite inside jokes was to randomly make a sheep noise to caricature a certain VP.
It’s that irreverence that drove us to do this startup together. At our best, we were a force to be reckoned with. I would build the product and technology; Carlos would get the word out and nurture the community. Unfortunately, what followed was a long, dramatic, and complicated series of events, and we ultimately went different directions. The entire story is known only to a couple of people, but if it had been about other people, I’m sure Carlos would have relished telling it.
And that’s the one thing I think everyone who knew Carlos would agree on. He loved telling a good story, and even more so, being part of an unforgettable story.
Well I can’t think of a better way to honor his memory than to share one. I’m sure Carlos would have told it better, but here goes:
A few years before Corona, we were working with some folks in LA on a business around digital broadcasting of live music concerts. One afternoon, after getting off the phone, Carlos excitedly told us we needed to fly to LA that evening and “come meet the Crüe”, as in the Mötley Crüe!
Suddenly, we’re rushing to the airport to get on the very next flight to LA, excitedly anticipating meeting the famed band at the Rainbow Bar. When we get to the table, we see three guys. Two of them were associates and the third, it turns out, is a former WWF wrestler — but no Crüe!
It slowly dawns on us that it wasn’t the Crüe we were supposed to meet. It was the “crew”, as in the business team. Later that evening, we were rewarded with a consolation prize when we bumped into a very drunk Tom Arnold.
For those who spent a lot of time with Carlos, this was classic — spur of the moment, life to the fullest, and a touch of Hollywood.
Rest in peace Carlos; you made your dent!
I’m a bit late here, but also want to offer my condolences to Carlos’s family and friends. I was shocked and saddened by the news.
He was a great guy, and I owe him a lot. He gave me a job at Corona when I was starting out and thanks to him (Walter & David) I managed to progress through the ranks to where I am today.
May he rest in peace.
Just an update, since Peach Pellen was also a formidable part of the Corona community and Carlos’ close friend and business partner, there was a tweet from her account just a few minutes ago that she suffered a minor heart attack as a result of the stress of Carlos’ passing, but thankfully should be making a full recovery. Please keep her in your thoughts as well.
Terrible news about Carlos (and Peach naturally)… I have nothing but positive words for Carlos and his support and motivation of the Corona community. My thoughts are with him and his family.
An awesome individual. He will be missed.
Rest in peace Carlos, you will be missed. Prayers go out to his family and friends.
That’s shocking news.
I too have had many conversations with him over the years. I was never fortunate enough to meet him in person, but he influenced me in more ways than one.
RIP Carlos. You will be missed.