Features

Gideros Studio is a full-featured mobile application development with a focus on graphical application and game programming. With Gideros Studio, now it’s possible to build a proof of concept demo of your application in a very short time. You can test your application idea in your desired platform (either iOS or Android) by simply clicking play button, thanks to very simple, Actionscript-like functions.

Even if you are an experienced mobile designer, fast testing your application concept on the real device will give you a important feedback about the user experience. You can use the accelerometer of iPhone for example, to see if your idea is fun enough.

Gideros Studio

Everything is done through Gideros’ intuitive development platform including a powerful IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and object oriented language.

  • Project management
  • Asset management
  • Asset preview
  • Code highlighting
  • Code autocompletion
  • Code folding
  • Player interface
  • Instant testing over Wi-Fi on real device
  • Packaging

Upcoming development environment features:

 

SDK at a glance

Gideros is bundled with many powerful components to create applications easily:

  • Native iOS & Android plugin support: Gideros Studio has a very powerful feature which enables developers to use a C/C++/Java/ObjC library next to Lua. This way it’s possible to call the library functions under Lua, get the results and interpret them directly under Gideros Studio. GameCenter, SQLite, Flurry, Storekit and Bitop are some of the plugins that come with Gideros Studio. For more information, see Gideros plugins in Developer Center
  • Physics engine: It’s possible to build your next physics-based game using Gideros Studio, thanks to underlying Box2D framework. You can also use several 3rd party applications which are compatible with Gideros Studio which decreases the burden towards programming your mobile application. For more information, check the examples that come with Gideros Studio.
  • Touch & accelerometer sensor, gyro and compass: Gideros Studio includes native (iOS & Android) gyro, compass and GPS support inside core Gideros API. Developers can benefit from device specific hardware events, and use them in their applications directly.
  • 30+ different easing (tweening) functions: Easing (tweening) is a method where a sprite moves at a constant speed of N frames per second. Gideros Studio has a built-in easing system with more than 30 ease-in and ease-out functions. For more information about tweening and Movieclips, see Gideros Studio Reference Guide.
  • Well-designed, object-oriented API: Gideros Studio benefits from Lua and OOP approach, achieving simplicity and conciseness by unified syntax. It leverages your ability to program, and increases your willingness to publish your next game.

Other notable features include:

  • In app purchase support (iOS)
  • UIKit (native widgets) for iOS
  • 2D scene graph
  • Game & application analytics via Flurry
  • Automatic and precalculated texture packs
  • Audio playback
  • Scene transitions
  • Movieclip
  • Font creator
  • Font renderer
  • Landscape and portrait modes
  • Global timer pause/resume
  • Sprites & sprite sheets
  • 32 bit textures
  • Texture atlas
  • Fast orthogonal tilemaps

Upcoming features:


Gideros Studio is the right tool for mobile application development.