Corona Geek #132 - Game Design Part 4 - Adding Touch Inputs

During last week’s Hangout Walter Luh joined us to discuss the recent announcement that Corona SDK is now free. We also continued our game design series with a look at the 2D math required to create walls at a 45 degree angle. 

 

Replay Hangout #131:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgh5zd3zjsQ

 

This week we’ll add a player object and explore touch inputs for our endless runner game.

 

Each week we’ll be adding new pieces to our game. Download the code from the repo and follow along: 

 

February’s Corona Geek Games Winner Announced

Congratulations to Noah Malewicz from ChunkyApps ( http://www.chunkyapps.com/ ) for being this month’s high score winner. Noah scored 368 on Crossy Road and earned himself a $50 gift card.
 

March’s Game – Let’s Play

The new game for March is Zig Zag Boom, which is also the game we are breaking down in our endless runner game development series. ZZB is available on iOS and Android.
 

To compete in this month’s Corona Geek Games, the rules are simple. Play the game for a high score, then share a photo / screenshot of your score on the Corona Geek Facebook wall ( https://www.facebook.com/CoronaGeek ) for a chance to win. Download Zig Zag Boom now and start playing. Good luck!
 

iOS - http://bit.ly/zzb-ios

Android - http://bit.ly/zzb-ios

 

Suggest a game for Corona Geek Games.

The game can be yours or someone else’s. Games that play for high score on iOS and Android work best. If you have a recommendation, leave it in the comments below or email coronageek@coronalabs.com.

 

Suggest Hangout Topics

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/53368-2015-hangout-topics-and-guest-suggestions/

Hi, you guys are amazing. Thanks for all the tuts so far, loving it :D.

With regards to zigzag, if I am to add a pickup at certain intervals just to lower speed of the player for a defined time frame, where can I do that.

Also how do I change the buttons to png files? The pushButtonClass.lua is all drawing buttons.

Thanks

Thanks, sysads. Glad it’s helpful. I made a note to talk about this on today’s Corona Geek. We may not have time for a full coding session, but we can at least get Ed’s thoughts on it.

Thanks Charles, will watch today’s video then. Cheers

Hi, you guys are amazing. Thanks for all the tuts so far, loving it :D.

With regards to zigzag, if I am to add a pickup at certain intervals just to lower speed of the player for a defined time frame, where can I do that.

Also how do I change the buttons to png files? The pushButtonClass.lua is all drawing buttons.

Thanks

Thanks, sysads. Glad it’s helpful. I made a note to talk about this on today’s Corona Geek. We may not have time for a full coding session, but we can at least get Ed’s thoughts on it.

Thanks Charles, will watch today’s video then. Cheers