Kwik and Gideros

kwiksher

Some people have asked about Kwik (http://www.kwiksher.com) availability for Gideros and I want to know your opinion on that. Here's your chance to make Kwik 2 the way you want. Please fill out the following survey (you get a chance to win a FREE serial number for Kwik) and express your opinion: https://app.icontact.com/icp/sub/survey/start?token=cea62ed58eafc9a1901cd077e3de1cdd&sid=2047&cid=945525

Thanks for your help,
Alex

MikeHart

Hi Alex,

nice to see you here. 1 or 2 weeks ago you have mentioned to someone on twitter that kwiksher won't be supporting Gideros. Why the change?

Best
Michael

atilim

Just filled out I'll be more than happy if Kwik gives support for Gideros.

mykyl66

Filled it in last night.

Cheers

Mike

kwiksher

Mike, no changes still for version 1. For version 2, I am evaluating the number of users considering to have Kwik, to take a decision if it is worthy or not to spend time with. Also, Gideros is still far from Corona in several features that Kwik uses. Add to that several external (third part) libraries that I use and will need to be re-written. I really need to understand if the time and money I will need to spend will be returned.

mykyl66

Also, Gideros is still far from Corona in several features that Kwik uses.

Any clues as to what seems to be missing or not featured enough?

Mike

kwiksher

in-app purchase, ui components, comic sdk, device (camera, etc) integration,...

mykyl66

Ok so nothing that cant come with plugins. Cool.

Mike

OZApps

@mykyl, I guess Alex is trying to suggest that anything that is not currently available is a cost either in his time or for a developer to be contracted to do the same, All of that and more can be added using plug-ins but at what cost and ROI.

mykyl66

Yes of course. I was not expecting him to do those plugins himself.

Mike

kwiksher

Yes, Jay is right. Of course I can learn (although it will take time) Gideros implementation of Lua but, the 2 main issues are: a) features not available in Gideros but already available in Kwik (IAP, for example) and b) external libraries used that would need to be re-written.

At this moment I am really interested in to understand how many designers/developers are using Photoshop with Gideros and would be interested in using Kwik. This will be considering in the priorities and investments for Kwik 2.

mykyl66

I use photoshop and have in the past trialed Kwik but at the time was busy getting my main game out. If I ahd still been with Corona I would have Kwik immediately.

Mike

MikeHart

At this moment I am really interested in to understand how many designers/developers are using Photoshop with Gideros and would be interested in using Kwik. This will be considering in the priorities and investments for Kwik 2.

I am using Gimp and Inkscape. Photoshop is way to expensive.

kwiksher

See your point Mike
Seriously, Kwik is for designers, not developers (who will never spend money in Photoshop), that's why I think this is an interesting market to work on.

Atilim, do you have any study or direction for Gideros relating to designers and creative agencies?

atilim

Hi,

Seriously, Kwik is for designers, not developers (who will never spend money in Photoshop), that's why I think this is an interesting market to work on.

Also good point

Currently our main focus is Gideros itself. But giving support to 3rd party applications (e.g. by giving a functional command line interface) is also very important for us. (and we're still working on it)