Hi,
I have 2 question.
1 - Can we develop a game with Isometric view?
2 - Does Corona support Windows Phone 8. if not than any way to port game to windows 8 if developed in Corona?
- I believe that Ansca are working on this at the moment, and it will be in the graphics 2.0 update. In the meantime dyson122 has integrated isometric views into his Million Tile Engine: http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/33119-million-tile-engine-beta-release/page-6#entry189946
2.Corona does NOT support Windows Phone 8. It is already on the Feature Feedback page, with a comment saying that it is a lot of work to do and will not be happening imminently. I’m not sure if there is a way to convert your Corona code to Windows Phone 8, hopefully someone else can help with that.
Thanks for the reply.
I am not talking about Isometric bitmap scrolling world.
Just like a simple tower defence game with fixed isometric tiled map as shown in the screen shot. Is it difficult to make with Corona?
Just a casual reminder, we are not Ansca any more. The company formally changed it’s name to Corona Labs a little over a year ago. 
As for Isometric worlds. You can do it now, but you have to make all your times isometric and do probably more complex math than you really need to. We are working on our Graphics 2.0 engine and Box 2.5D support which will make isometric easier to do.
As for Windows 8, supporting other platforms require a lot of engineering work and support. Our team is always evaluating various markets and platforms. Windows 8 support is frequently asked for, but right now our focus is on Graphics 2.0, Box 2.5D, Game Controller support, more plugins that the community needs.
- I believe that Ansca are working on this at the moment, and it will be in the graphics 2.0 update. In the meantime dyson122 has integrated isometric views into his Million Tile Engine: http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/33119-million-tile-engine-beta-release/page-6#entry189946
2.Corona does NOT support Windows Phone 8. It is already on the Feature Feedback page, with a comment saying that it is a lot of work to do and will not be happening imminently. I’m not sure if there is a way to convert your Corona code to Windows Phone 8, hopefully someone else can help with that.
Thanks for the reply.
I am not talking about Isometric bitmap scrolling world.
Just like a simple tower defence game with fixed isometric tiled map as shown in the screen shot. Is it difficult to make with Corona?
Just a casual reminder, we are not Ansca any more. The company formally changed it’s name to Corona Labs a little over a year ago.
As for Isometric worlds. You can do it now, but you have to make all your times isometric and do probably more complex math than you really need to. We are working on our Graphics 2.0 engine and Box 2.5D support which will make isometric easier to do.
As for Windows 8, supporting other platforms require a lot of engineering work and support. Our team is always evaluating various markets and platforms. Windows 8 support is frequently asked for, but right now our focus is on Graphics 2.0, Box 2.5D, Game Controller support, more plugins that the community needs.