Building on all the previous tutorials, we are going to put everything we have learned to the test by integrating Google AdMob into our test project. Since it is currently one of the most popular ways to monetize your game, we will be looking at video rewards specifically.
For part 4 of the Android Plugin tutorial series, we are not going to use plugins at all. Instead, we will be looking at ShiVa’s event hook mechanism and modify the Android Studio project directly.
Welcome back to another installment of the Lua Unlocked series. In this post, we are going to dive a bit deeper into tables and functions, and see what we can build when we combine the two in a certain way.
This week, we are going to delve into a way to store your environment save data on a remote server using PHP and MySQL. But first, we will have a closer look at the Environment tab in the Game Editor.
Cars are among the most complex physics objects you can create in your game. Although you only need 4 joints, the number of variations on suspension, engine power, friction, and so on are nearly endless. Before you can experiment with your car to find the perfect balance, you first need to understand how to set
ShiVa is a C++ engine with a Lua scripting interface. While this works great for calling API functions, it does have its pitfalls when it comes to organizing and storing data. Since tables are the main (in fact, the only) data structuring mechanism in Lua, these pitfalls become especially apparent when trying to combine ShiVa
Welcome to the probably last entry in this tutorial series. Today, we are going to have a look at the last remaining undocumented RealtimeAPI functions, which allow you to load arbitrary external Lua code, control the garbage collector, and let functions run seemingly in parallel.
Up until now, we only had a look at the new Lua 5.2.3 features included in ShiVa 2.0 and EditorLua. Today, we will have a look at hidden RuntimeLua functions and look at some handy hacks that could make your coding life easier, but also much more dangerous!
Modules for the ShiVa 2.0 Editor are written in Lua (logic) and XML (UI). With far over 2000 Editor API functions and constants, you can write very sophisticated modules with the Editor Lua API alone. Although from time to time, you might run into C/C++ code that does exactly what you need for your ShiVa
At its core, ShiVa is a C++ engine which also allows developers to use Lua directly inside the editor for easy coding. ShiVa has an extensive API with over 5000 functions and constants to choose from. Most of them are covered in our documentation. To make the Lua interface possible, ShiVa ships with a complete