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Dev tools · January 14, 2017

Corona SDK

Build games 10x faster.

Corona SDK launched on January 14, 2017 with 117 votes, #342 of 3,671 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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What it does

Corona is a 2D engine lets you build games & apps for all major platforms including iOS, Android, Kindle, Apple TV, Android TV, macOS, and Windows.

Corona is a cross-platform framework ideal for rapidly creating apps and games for mobile devices and desktop systems. That means you can create your project once and publish it to multiple types of devices, including Apple iPhone and iPad, Android phones and tablets, Amazon Fire, Mac Desktop, Windows Desktop, and even connected TVs such as Apple TV, Fire TV, and Android TV. Lua is an open source scripting language designed to be lightweight, fast, yet also powerful. Lua is currently the leading scripting language in games and has been utilized in Warcraft ™, Angry Birds ™, Civilization ™ and many other popular franchises. Select from numerous plugins which extend the…from coronalabs.com

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