Create 2D Mobile Games with Corona SDK

Control Structure Statements

What are control structure statements? Let’s remember our “shopping list” metaphor: a list of instructions to your spouse.

These statements are the real intelligence of your code.

I don’t want to put pressure on you … but you have to master this.

Conditional Statements

This is the basic control statement, and the most used: If … Then … Else.

With this amazing “if” statement, you’re able to execute some code only if a certain condition is verified. I always use this example:

If it rains, take an umbrella.

In Lua and in a “game coding” situation, it looks like this:

This means that if the distance between the ...