Good First App? Need Ideas ASAP

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Hi,

I myself am not new here, but I have a friend who is interested in learning app development, and I’m teaching him using Corona SDK. I thought we should start out with something simple, so I’m teaching him with the example of a simple “fart app”.

What do you think would be a good first app, besides the fart app pf course. I don’t want to make a game, because that might be a bit too complicated, he’s only 11 years old, but something very simple that takes only an hour or so to build. I’m not asking for your genius ideas, just a simple example to show him how to make.
Thanks and I would appreciate your ideas ASAP! [import]uid: 7116 topic_id: 13762 reply_id: 313762[/import]

#2

How about a game with bouncy balls?
You can use physics for that.
Have stars floating back and forth along the top of the screen and each touch of a bouncy ball makes it bounce higher.
When one hits a star, you get 150points, for example.

Later, you can add Special Stars which float quickly across the screen and hitting that gives a bonus 1,000 points.

For the negative, you could add a floating spikey thing which… when hit by a ball… loses you a life. [import]uid: 10389 topic_id: 13762 reply_id: 50564[/import]

#3

If you don’t want a game, a soundboard is easy - it doesn’t have to be a fart one XD

They’re simple for newbies and a bit of fun :slight_smile:

Alternatively, dragging things is pretty easy in Corona, so mabye some kind of fridge magnet app?

Peach [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 13762 reply_id: 50576[/import]

#4

as a private tutor I usually start with a simple pong game.

2 paddles, 1 ball + pseudo physics:

xMove = 4  
yMove = 4  
function enterTheFrame()  
 ball.x = ball.x + xMove  
 ball.y = ball.y + yMove  
 if y \<= 0 or y \>= 300 then  
 yMove = yMove \* -1  
 end  
end

rarely takes more than 1 hour…
and you can have some 2player fun at the end of the lesson.

-finefin [import]uid: 70635 topic_id: 13762 reply_id: 50589[/import]