Corona SDK HOTSHOT -- Table of Contents -- Corona SDK HOTSHOT -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Bat Swat - An Introduction to App Event Cycles -- What do we build? -- What does it do? -- How is it excellent? -- How are we going to do it? -- What do I need to get started? -- Describing the game -- Getting on with it -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Defining the event flow -- Getting on with it -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Creating the objects -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Loading art assets and libraries -- Loading the world -- Linking the game with the world -- Loading a new game into the display -- Preparing the game challenges -- Responding to world changes -- Monitoring game progress -- Concluding the game -- Understanding your libraries -- What did we do? -- Creating the interface -- Getting on with it -- Adding visible information -- Updating an information display -- Linking the interface to the game -- Triggering a game event from a world event -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Adding the Shell -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Creating a staging zone for high scores -- Linking the shell into the play cycle -- What did we do? -- What else do we need to know? -- Tracking high scores -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Linking to the database file -- Initializing the database -- Cleaning up old scores -- Considering possible new high scores -- Saving new high scores.

Recovering old high scores -- Communicating scores between modules -- Reviewing new scores -- Displaying the score history -- What did we do? -- Adding finishing touches -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Changing the creatures' motion -- Animating on a custom curve -- Adding visual interest to the high scores -- Parameterizing the game length -- What did we do? -- Game over - wrapping it up -- Can you take the HEAT? The Hotshot Challenge -- 2. SuperCargo - Using Events to Track Game Progress -- What do we build? -- What does it do? -- Why is it great? -- How are we going to do it? -- What do I need to get started? -- Describing the game -- Getting on with it -- Core mechanic -- Interface summary -- Persistence requirement -- Data format -- Additional data requirements -- Preliminary module design -- What did we do? -- Loading a level from a file -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Writing the loader -- Parsing levels from the file -- Parsing the desired level -- Recognizing ends of levels -- Processing each tile -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Displaying the map contents -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Adding the content layers -- Loading the world with a map -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Adding the interface -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Creating the Move requests -- What did we do? -- Making the game playable -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Handling the Move inputs -- Displaying the effects of moves -- What did we do? -- Adding the Shell component -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Counting levels -- Building the selection screen -- Presenting the table -- What did we do? -- Supporting Undo -- Getting on with it -- Recognizing the Undo requests -- Saving move history and backing moves out -- What did we do? -- Preserving game history -- Getting ready.

Getting on with it -- Controlling history selection -- Linking history to the game when loading -- What did we do? -- Game over - wrapping it up -- Can you take the HEAT? The Hotshot Challenge -- 3. TranslationBuddy - Fast App Development for any Field -- What do we build? -- What does it do? -- Why is it great? -- How are we going to do it? -- What do I need to get started? -- Summarizing the design -- Getting on with it -- What did we do? -- Creating the account -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Assembling the translator -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Gatekeeping requests -- Consuming requests -- Maintaining authorization -- Linking the translation loop -- Handling the network requests -- Renewing the access token -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Displaying results -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Constructing the strata -- Adding the controls -- Preloading scene visuals -- Creating the list display -- Adding rows to the display -- Cleaning up the scene after each use -- What did we do? -- Soliciting input -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Creating a backdrop -- Creating the text box -- Processing the user input -- Tying the pieces together -- What did we do? -- Maintaining a history -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Viewing the history -- Enabling both views -- Keeping the effects clean -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Game over - wrapping it up -- Can you take the HEAT? The Hotshot Challenge -- 4. Deep Black - Processing Mobile Device Input -- What do we build? -- What does it do? -- Why is it great? -- How are we going to do it? -- What do I need to get started? -- Creating the player and receiving events -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Creating a placeholder world -- Preparing the physics simulation.

Setting up the ship object -- Attaching behaviors to the player ship -- Adding a library function -- What did we do? -- Processing raw physical events -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- What did we do? -- Bridging physical events to game events -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Tracking time passage -- What did we do? -- Creating the world rules -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Filling the visible field -- Managing the world bounds -- Generating random locations -- Clearing movable objects -- What did we do? -- Creating enemies and controlling collisions -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Spawning enemies at game start -- What did we do? -- Responding to fire controls and creating bullets -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Dispatching fire control events -- Responding to fire events -- Teleporting the player -- What did we do? -- Responding to collisions and handling lives -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Clearing lasers that hit something -- Destroying asteroids -- Handling collisions with the player -- What did we do? -- Recognizing kills and recording scores -- Getting on with it -- Tracking lives -- Displaying lives and the score -- What did we do? -- Game over - wrapping it up -- Can you take the HEAT? The Hotshot Challenge -- 5. Atmosfall - Managing Game Progress with Coroutines -- What do we build? -- What does it do? -- Why is it great? -- How are we going to do it? -- What do I need to get started? -- Tracking progress through the level -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Sliding the background -- Tracking the background progress -- Constructing the enemy behavior -- Getting on with it -- Creating an enemy -- Creating a schedule -- Getting on with it -- Building a schedule framework -- Building the scheduled actions -- Bringing an enemy to life -- What did we do?.

What else do I need to know? -- Scripting behavior -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Writing a ship control script -- Defining ship actions -- Adding a new ship to the level -- Adding weapon fire -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Controlling the boss -- Getting on with it -- Creating the boss object -- Making the boss module available -- Driving the boss's behavior -- Handling the boss's defeat -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Cleaning up and making the game playable -- Getting on with it -- Adding challenges to the level -- Enabling finite lives -- Game over - wrapping it up -- Can you take the HEAT? The Hotshot Challenge -- 6. Predation - Creating Powerful Visuals from Simple Effects -- What do we build? -- What does it do? -- Why is it great? -- How are we going to do it? -- What do I need to get started? -- Planning the dissolve -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- What did we do? -- Applying the dissolve -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Planning the splatter -- Getting on with it -- What did we do? -- Assembling the splatter layers -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know? -- Game over - wrapping it up -- Can you take the HEAT? The Hotshot Challenge -- 7. Caves of Glory - Mastering Maps and Zones -- What do we build? -- What does it do? -- Why is it great? -- How are we going to do it? -- What do I need to get started? -- Parsing a level file -- Getting ready -- Getting on with it -- Splitting the level into map and object data -- Creating the map canvas -- Reading objects into the position data -- What did we do? -- Displaying objects -- Getting on with it -- Supplying visual descriptions of items -- Loading item visuals into the world -- What did we do? -- What else do I need to know?.

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