Hello Corona World!

Getting Started Tell Us About Yourself
#1

Hi all,

I am from Taiwan. I “was” a professional 2D/3D game artist and animator. Now I am a freelancer/ illustration teacher. English is my second language.

I am trying Corona because I have no coding background at all, except that if you think the Mel scripting experience in Maya over 10 years ago counts. I used to work with amazing programmers, so I never need to worry about how to code and never think I will code. However, I left game industry for a long time and I would like to make some interactive illustration book apps. I tried a little epub, but not satisfied. I tried a paid Java Android course, failed. Some free classes in Women Who Code Taipei, and still felt coding is harder than making art.  :wacko: A professional developer suggested me try Corona. Therefore, I am here.

I am stuck at Chapter 5. The asteroids are all gone and cannot find problem. I hope I can find some answer here. :ph34r:

Happy coding!

Olina

#2

Hi Olina,

Welcome to Corona! I think you’ll find that coding in Corona (Lua) is fairly easy to learn, once you get going. Many years ago, I also came to Corona as a “graphic designer who had not programmed,” unless you count some simple games done in BASIC on a Commodore 64 back in the old days. :slight_smile:

For Ch.5 of the Getting Started guide, you might want to compare our “source code” with what you’ve written so far. Most likely it’s a simple matter of where you’ve placed different parts of the code.

https://github.com/coronalabs/GettingStarted05

I am currently improving these guides to better illustrate where the code goes in relation to other lines. Ch.2 and Ch.3 are complete, and I’ll be getting to Ch.4 and onward soon.

Best regards,

Brent

#3

Commodore 64!! ha ha ha… amazing!

 

#4

Hi Olina,

Welcome to Corona! I think you’ll find that coding in Corona (Lua) is fairly easy to learn, once you get going. Many years ago, I also came to Corona as a “graphic designer who had not programmed,” unless you count some simple games done in BASIC on a Commodore 64 back in the old days. :slight_smile:

For Ch.5 of the Getting Started guide, you might want to compare our “source code” with what you’ve written so far. Most likely it’s a simple matter of where you’ve placed different parts of the code.

https://github.com/coronalabs/GettingStarted05

I am currently improving these guides to better illustrate where the code goes in relation to other lines. Ch.2 and Ch.3 are complete, and I’ll be getting to Ch.4 and onward soon.

Best regards,

Brent

#5

Commodore 64!! ha ha ha… amazing!