Corona on Windows Phone

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#61

That is the key point - customers have made business decisions that cost money off the back of the announcement last October. Perhaps we should have known better given Corona’s history with delayed or abandoned features.

How many people were on the fence as to whether to renew or move to a different platform, and were convinced to stay or even switch to Corona by the availability of Windows builds in Q1 2014?

For me it was a nice-to-have, but it still potentially cost me a lot of money. This time last year I had an agreement with an old school-friend who was going to port all my apps to native Windows, and he had started work on the basic engine. When the announcement from Corona was released, he decided quite rightly it would be a waste of his time to continue with the ports.

I fully appreciate it’s a very difficult thing to do - so either hire plenty of resource to get the job done on time with a built-in contingency for unforeseen problems, or if you haven’t got the resource required / can’t afford it, don’t bother. 6 months is a very long time in mobile development.

I should say that Corona is an excellent product that has literally changed my life, but some of the decisions or premature announcements made can be baffling.

#62

I agree announcing Q1/2014 was a mistake , though it was probably a mistake rather than a con - the WP8 market is not so enormous that it is going to lure in people who were considering Corona generally, it’s more like ‘added value’.

Sales often do tend to pre-announce things. I remember years ago being asked if our product could run on a PDP/11,my answer was, well, probably, only to be told it had already been sold to run on one … we didn’t have a PDP/11 and no-one had ever used one in the office. 

It’s probably better to sort of provide a ‘running commentary’ on what’s going on (I think Walter does in a podcast recently ?).

As a general rule it’s always better to plan around what is there rather than what is “coming soon” as “coming soon” often never arrives, or is seriously delayed and limited. 

#63

Well, I haven’t seen the podcast. Can you post the link? I would be glad to know what’s going on with the WP8 support.

We’re not trying to imply that was a con but it was a mistake that cost us and still, there is no official statement about that. That’s pretty annoying, isn’t it?

#64

http://coronalabs.com/blog/coronageek/corona-geek-102/

That’s the podcast where Walter discussed a variety of topics.

I did watch the podcast, and I still have no clue on the timeline for WP8 support.

#65

Hi everyone - the WP8 support is in closed beta and a handful of people have now published with it. We are waiting for a few small things to open it up more broadly.

If you really need access ASAP, email me (david AT coronalabs) and I’ll give you access in the next day.

David

#66

Hi David,

I’ve just sent you an e-mail. I’ve made a mistake when writing our e-mail address. Hope you take my follow-up mail into consideration :slight_smile:

We’re very excited about this :slight_smile:

#67

It’s been 5 days and I haven’t heard from David yet. Anyone tried sending e-mail and got access?

#68

bgmadclown - I’ve responded to all the requests I received. I must not have gotten your email. Can you re-send? david AT coronalabs.com

#69

Hi David,

I sent the e-mail from our gmail account which is different from the one that we’re using on Corona subscription. I’m now sending one copy from both. Please let me know if you receive any of those.