Introduction to Mobile Games

Learn how to make simple games and applications for mobile devices!

What you'll do

Make your own games by reading and modifying source code for existing games as well as create your own brand new game using tools.

What students will learn

• Programming concepts like conditionals, loops, variable access and mutation, functions
• Handling events within a loop
• Cartesian geometry
• A lot more cool stuff that I can't think of!

Sections

:rocket: Section 0: Installation and Introduction to Corona SDK and Lua
:rocket: Section 1: Customize the game Robot Finds Kitten
:rocket: Section 2: Customize the game Speed Maze
:rocket: Section 3: Create your own game: High Five
:rocket: Section 4: Create your own game: Explorer
:rocket: Section 5: Create your own game: Avoid All The Things

Requirements

• A Laptop computer running Mac OS X (10.7+) or Windows 7 or 8.
• Basic typing skills
• An email account

Recommended

• A mobile device running iOS 6 or Android 4.1+
• Basic programming experience

The target age range for this class is fifth grade through high school but younger coders who meet the requirements are welcome.

See the rationale for this course.