Re:Defold game engine source now available and free to use f...
by logimame on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:33AM
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The Corona SDK always have a special place in my heart. I was in middle school when I've used it back then, and it tremendously helped in me learning programming at a young age.
Before, I would try to learn how to make games by dabbling with SDL/DirectX/Cocos2D/etc, but figured out that you can't really do much with these frameworks as a beginner than just copy-pasting code in the books and tutorials. I was really able to make "complete" apps once I've grabbed a no-nonsense batteries-included framework like Corona, and I would have wasted far more time on useless low-level stuff if I haven't stumbled upon it.
Oh, and about the unfortunate name they've decided with: who really knew that this coincidence would happen haha...
Before, I would try to learn how to make games by dabbling with SDL/DirectX/Cocos2D/etc, but figured out that you can't really do much with these frameworks as a beginner than just copy-pasting code in the books and tutorials. I was really able to make "complete" apps once I've grabbed a no-nonsense batteries-included framework like Corona, and I would have wasted far more time on useless low-level stuff if I haven't stumbled upon it.
Oh, and about the unfortunate name they've decided with: who really knew that this coincidence would happen haha...