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I’ve been on the GS side of things right before switching to Corona, and can already say that the Corona staff are nothing like the GS staff. GS seems to like to withhold A LOT of important information (not special, surprise announcements, but important things that SHOULD be disclosed), while Ansca addresses issues very quickly and actually LISTENS to their members (anyone read the IAP thread?).
I don’t think Ansca would ever do in a million years what GameSalad is doing to their members.
Plus, it would be really difficult to do considering Corona is a cross-platform development tool (iOS/Android), so I don’t know how GameSalad’s plan would even fit into something like Corona.
Also, read the thread and see how many happy GameSalad subscribers there are now (I can’t find a single one)… I don’t think it would be wise for ANY company to follow in GS footsteps at this point.
I suspect Corona will be getting a flood of new members soon 
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I understand your frustration, but do you really believe in enterprise ethics?
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sorry…IAP? [import]uid: 6086 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7487[/import]
Oops sorry, IAP = “In-App Purchases”
Here’s the thread:
http://developer.anscamobile.com/forum/2010/02/10/gamekitin-app-purchase [import]uid: 7849 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7488[/import]
god i’m thick…but its been 12 hours of GS BullS!! [import]uid: 6086 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7489[/import]
@jonbeebe,
Based on what I’ve read on a bunch of the GS threads, there should already be a spike in Corona downloads today! [import]uid: 8194 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7492[/import]
yeah I expect so …I have got to pull my finger out and get Luaering …I’m all payed up with Corona and good to go:) [import]uid: 6086 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7493[/import]
Welcome new members !
There has been a lot of activity today and I wanted to drop by and introduce myself and welcome you to our community.
I welcome your ideas, thoughts, and any inquiry that you may have about Ansca.
Please feel free to contact me directly at cicaza @ anscamobile.com and share your thoughts and opinions directly if you would like to.
Carlos
el co-founder
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@dknell: I’ve been reading that GS thread, and yup, it definitely looks like people are going to be switching to Corona (I’ve been hearing Corona or Unity… but I think 3D modeling might be out of bounds for most GS developers… so I’m thinking most will go with Corona).
As happy as I am that I’m with Corona, it’s really sad what’s going on over there (for the folks who trusted GS)… I’m glad I made the right choice months ago [import]uid: 7849 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7527[/import]
Hi everybody:
I am Lord Tarantor and I am a GS member or was…
I just learn about Corona and I would like to give it a try.
I don’t know anything about code but being from Puerto Rico and being spanish my native language, at one point in my live I had to learn english to open more doors. Now I have to learn lua… for the same reasons
Thanks for your hospitality
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Unity or Corona is generally the consensus with the group, however I think most of us are really 2D game developers. Whilst 3D games are great, we see the iPhone/iPad/Android as the perfect place to get the most out of 2D games. I personally have 20+ 2D games for every 3D game I own.
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Magenda can you show us what you have made with Corona? Would be good to see what the community is creating
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Forget Unity. It is an overkill and has some very weak points:
- Mandatory Logo (for iPhone Basic license)
- Slow app starting time
- Need for very optimised code, to achieve acceptable speed
- Not optimised code will produce stutters, stutters, stutters…
- Big app sizes
In my opinion Unity is only suitable for 3D (optimum choice for this task).
Unity is not so easy as it seems (been there done that!). I eventually hated Unity…
However, you can consider Cocos2d. Superior library! But get prepared for some serious reading of Obj-C.
If Obj-C is not within your programming IQ bounding box, Corona is your best bet today!
It still lacks many things, but it is an evolving organism. I am optimistic on its future… [import]uid: 7356 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7596[/import]
my thoughts exactly about unity [import]uid: 7911 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7598[/import]
I have made nothing with Corona yet! I have spent just about 10 days of real dev time on it (2-3 hours daily), learnig Lua and the SDK. However, I already feel comfortable with Corona!
In ten days, I have learned the basics of a new language, got introduced to a new SDK and made a mini game without copy-pasting others’ code! For me, this makes me trust the platform.
You will find not many games made with Corona… indeed! But take into account that the community here is still very small and the Game Edition has just been released. If you don’t plan for a cpu-demanding game you will not have problems. [import]uid: 7356 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7599[/import]
What do you mean by “If you don’t plan for a cpu-demanding game you will not have problems.” I thought Corona had great performance??
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looks like a double negative which is a positive [import]uid: 7911 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7602[/import]
What I like more in Corona:
- LUA convenience. I have an easy but real (and mature) language to play with!
- Ansca Team work on technicalities for me, I can focus on game logic and higher level concepts.
- Box2d Physics in minutes!
- Event driven development (e.g. just add a “tap” listener and you have a button…)
What I don’t like in Corona:
- I am depended on Ansca Team’s productivity on technicalities and missing features.
- Some bugs
- Lack of success stories (just as a psychological factor)
- Depth of API
Corona has good performance *for a high level platform*. In my opinion, GS is just a joke comparing to Corona. Games like Doodle Jump, Moron Test, or Flight Control are suitable to Corona’s capabilities. But if you plan for example to built a fast paced game like Monster Dash I would personally go with Cocos2d.
In terms of performance, I have the following general picture in my mind:
Pure Obj-C/OpenGL: 10/10
Cocos2d: 9/10
Unity: 7/10
Corona: 6/10
GameSalad: 2/10 (if app actually start… on my iPhone 3G)
In terms of development difficulty:
Pure Obj-C/OpenGL: 3/10
Cocos2d: 6/10
Unity: 5/10
Corona: 8/10
GameSalad: don’t want to know
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so what you saying is wont have any problems coming from gs [import]uid: 7911 topic_id: 2620 reply_id: 7606[/import]