Corona sdk beginner not impressed with advertising

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#1

Hi I’m not that happy at all it is stated that corona sdk is suppose to be easy in creating drag and drop games and makes you think that’s all you need

but from what I have seen this is not the case . The marketing strangely is a bit misleading to say the least even so after all this

At least they should of made an effect of having a properly selected tutorials to those new in the game of using corona sdk for the first time

I mean I was going to be willing to purchase but I have now strongly changed by mind

I did go to various places including corona sdk beginer tutorials page but hey they all lead to some one else producing the tutorials and even the official corona sdk tutorials on YouTube are way to difficult to grasp how the hell is someone with no knowledge at all of any programming suppose to follow them.

At least make an effect corona sdk before everyone starts jumping ship I mean just look at the tutorials you expect me to follow

http://corona.techority.com/2011/01/12/corona-for-newbies-part-1/

You guys call this a beginer tutorial I don’t think so having to look through someone’s code just to use a drag and frog interface? I see no sense do you?
Then this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voq1rMy9elU. Does this guy not know he is presenting corona sdk to total newbies what’s that about function x and y position pardon?

Next this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcRaabRAtXo. Both files let you config? Pardon config what ? What the hell is lua anyway are you telling me I have to find out what lua is a learn lua with the poorly tutorials around the web

Take this for example http://bitcast-r.v1.iad1.bitgravity.com/infiniteskills/iskills-media/coronasdk-demo/0201.mp4. What the hell is foo same course goes on about vent handles pardon lol

It all sounds like total garbage and giberish for a total beginer if you ask me how do you expect them to learn this corona folks
I have come here as a last result from some kind folks on here if they can at least point new beginers in the light of the right direction as yo must understand comming from a similar position that I don’t know code I don’t understand any of the tutorials what order should they be in

Why are the tutorials from third party’s and why are the other marshal language

Any one video tutorials would be better after all who wants to sieve through someone code just to learn a tutorial

Many thanks for reading this and your time please suggestions anyone as I think this post would be great for anyone else needing the same advice as I am sure quite a lot of people agree with me from what I have read in various forums and from people talking about corona sdk

Anyone care to jump in?

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#2

Hi codeacademy,

I noticed your comment and thought I could try to help you out a little. I started with the CoronaSDK at the end of last year, without any previous coding experience or understanding as to what was going on at all. Like you, I chose the CoronaSDK as I loved the idea of the drag and drop system, but I soon found out there was a little more to it than that. I had no clue what Lua was either, but having read the introductory notes on here and had a look at some online tutorials I started to feel better and more confident that this system was going to work for me.

If you have questions, the forums and Corona staff are very very helpful, even going as far as to clear up the x and y reference questions you have. I see you have already been to Peach Pellen’s Techority page - her tutorials are amazing, and beyond that she is regularly on the forums to give extra help and advice. Also, you can check out the “Corona SDK Mobile Game Development: Beginner’s Guide” by Michelle Fernandez which has a lot of great advice to get you started. There are a lot of third party tutorials because that is the nature of indie development - people love to help others out and share their ideas.

I think what got me through the first stage of learning was taking tiny steps. If you come across a word or concept you don’t understand then take time to have a look on the forums or the beginner guides and I am sure the answer will be there. I know how frustrating it is to have an idea for a game and you just want to dive straight in, but you will miss all the opportunities to learn important techniques and tricks along the way. This might even give you more ideas for your games.

Like I said, I came to this 9 months ago thinking I would have an Angry Birds type game out by Easter. Obviously this was not the case. While it was very slow going at the start, the sense of achievement in getting a game into the App Store is so worth it when you can look at it and think “I made this.” Right down to the smallest detail, it is your work, and you can be proud you created it from nothing. So please, start small, follow the tutorials, and build. You will find that the CoronaSDK is everything it says it is on the box.

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#3

Thanks you sir know what I was talking about and I feel you have totally understood the question to a tee

Do you mind pointing the tutorials which led to the tiny steps

Peach tutorials should really have been done in video format screencast then learning may have not been so frustrating I feel she should explain the code herself audio

I’m not saying wether she is good at teaching or not just stating the obvious
Or even if on her web page it was displayed but you have to download and run it in corona as far as I am aware

I mean what if some just wants to do the reading part and not dive right into corona that’s why I feel her tutorials are a bit of a miss for now and maybe well into the furture when one does want to download and fiddle with corona sdk

I am going to have to look into that book game devopment by erm Fernandez do you feel this is a book for a starting point for a new beginner?

Also please a link to the beginners guide please and the first starting point please some say learn lua on a similar thread I have on here what do you say?

Thanks look forward to your reply

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#4

No problem, I would start with having a read through the guides here - http://docs.coronalabs.com/guide/index.html

The next thing I did was move on to an easy tutorial, like the “Hello World” one. Once you follow the instructions on that and it works, mess around with it and change stuff to see what changes work and how they effect the program. I remember being told this before, but it is a great example of the importance of ‘understanding’ something rather than just ‘knowing’ about it. Once you understand how the different elements of this tutorial work, try the next one. Then once that is done try to combine what you have learnt into one and keep adding as you go.

I think that the book is a cool way to learn, but have a look at the reviews and the contents and see if it is for you. Once you have some experience of the basics then you will start to look at the techority tutorials and think, “oh yeah, I know what that means”, and be able to add them to your apps. [import]uid: 85388 topic_id: 29623 reply_id: 118937[/import]

#5

Ok thanks greatful for your expertise advice helps me keep n track thank you
Thank you m going through the helpful guides you pointed to now so thanks this is the starting point That was needed best direction the main page of corona tutorials was too confusing this is a much better layout thankyou [import]uid: 169835 topic_id: 29623 reply_id: 119072[/import]

#6

You are welcome. Everyone here is learning and thats what makes it great, creating, developing ideas and learning new techniques. Keep with it and you will see results really soon I am sure. Enjoy :slight_smile: [import]uid: 85388 topic_id: 29623 reply_id: 119080[/import]

#7

Thanks your all really helpful

I had this rant here and now combined the topics incase any one wants to read

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Reference
http://developer.coronalabs.com/forum/2012/08/08/not-impressed-corona-sdk-beginner-rants#comment-119099 [import]uid: 169835 topic_id: 29623 reply_id: 119106[/import]