Corona vs Flash

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I’m just wondering… With Adobe’s iPhone packager back in the game, and Air for Android (and presumably Win7 and who knows what else) on the horizon, how does Ansca plan on differentiating Corona from Flash when it comes to cross-platform game development? It’s already possible, using the Flex SDK and your text editor of choice, to make Flash games for free, and pretty soon you’ll be able to distribute those games (again: for free) on virtually any device that can be used for gaming without having to modify a single line of code. Add to that the myriad open-source libraries available for Flash game development (Box2D, Flixel, Flashpunk, etc.) and… well, it’s kind of scary!

I’m not trying to stir up trouble. I purchased Corona GE, and I’m quite happy with it so far. I’m just genuinely curious about Ansca’s strategy. [import]uid: 10327 topic_id: 3221 reply_id: 303221[/import]

#2

As long as Flash continues to create iPhone games that run like a slug then I don’t think Ansca has anything to worry about [import]uid: 7863 topic_id: 3221 reply_id: 9613[/import]

#3

i’d forgotten how well Flash actually runs on Android in the browser player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZaIrZLDp0#t=8m00s

but yes the iPhone packager seems to have a long way to go, so I’m probably sticking to Corona for a while… well… at least if I can get round this problem :frowning:

it is worth reading some of the issues around “Trading Stuff in Outer Space” though… it wasn’t optimized at all really: http://coderhump.com/archives/517 [import]uid: 6645 topic_id: 3221 reply_id: 9710[/import]

#4

@jmp909 - I did my own tests and spent several weeks trying to get a game to work on an iPhone 3G that was created with the iPhone packager and it just didn’t happen. The same game runs smooth as anything on iPhone 3G when created in Corona. It is possible I haven’t optimised as much as I could in Flash but if it required more then it isn’t worth the effort as it would be quicker to rewrite in Corona. [import]uid: 7863 topic_id: 3221 reply_id: 9712[/import]

#5

i’ve got it working by the way :slight_smile: … check the hackintosh sticky thread linked in my post above [import]uid: 6645 topic_id: 3221 reply_id: 9789[/import]