Beginning Mobile Game Development with Solar2D
What you'll learn
- After completing the lessons you will have the knowledge to create your own mobile game for iOS or Android.
- You will learn animating objects and sprites, how to play audio and sound effects, and even how to structure a complete game.
Requirements
- System Requirements: macOS® X 10.11 or later, Intel Mac
- System Requirements: Windows XP or later, 1 GHZ processor
Description
Aimed at beginners, this video tutorial course will guide you through the creation of your own game for iOS or Android.
The Solar2D framework used for this course is one of the most powerful 2D game engines available, and it's completely free so get started making your own games!
You Can Get Started, Right Now!
The videos can be viewed online and the sample code can be downloaded to your computer so you can follow along. Since it’s all online and all digital, you don’t have to wait, you can start finding out how to make your own game right now.
Play games other people make, or finally take control and make your own games.
"You got me up to speed in record time and my first game should be out in 4-6 weeks time. Congrats on an awesome course." - Tim Buchalka
Imagine how it will feel when people around the world download and play what you’ve created!
Who this course is for:
- Aimed at beginners who have maybe poked around at Javascript or PHP. Or even someone with zero programming knowledge but a passion for making their own games.
Instructor
![J. A. Whye](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 1,497 Reviews
- 149,666 Students
- 4 Courses
Jay has been programming professionally since 1988, starting with game programming and then over the years moving to internet programming with a major Seattle telecommunications firm. Jay started programming for mobile devices in 2010 and currently has several games and apps in the Apple App Store with more on the way.
In addition to writing hundreds of technical articles over the years, Jay has recorded dozens of hours of tutorial videos. He's been a speaker at technical conferences and enjoys teaching how to make games and apps almost as much as making games and apps themselves.
Jay is a Certified Developer with Corona SDK, and is also diving into Unity to make 2D games and tutorials.