How to Make an Interactive eBook Without Any Code
This is a post by Tutorial Team Member Greg Pugh, author of the Colin Turtle children’s eBook app series. You can also find him on Google+. When people hear that I have written two children’s book apps, a common response I get is “I have an idea for a children’s book, could you help me […] By .
Where To Go From Here?
Congratulations! You now have an interactive eBook app that you created without writing one single line of code! By simply selecting layers in Photoshop and selecting a series of checkboxes, you were able to integrate a physics system, animations, and sounds into an application.
From here, the sky is the limit; you can experiment with all the other features Kwik has to offer and see what you can create! For more info, check out the official Kwik 2 documentation.
Here is the completed project from this tutorial. You can open the main.lua file in CoronaSDK to view it. If you want to open it in Kwik, you will need to unzip the folder, link to it in the Kwik settings window under Project Folder Location, then in the Kwik panel, choose Open Project > eBook > eBook > eBook.kwk.
I hope this tutorial helps you on your journey to create the ultimate interactive book! Drop me a line if you create anything cool, and if you have any questions or comments please join the forum discussion below!
This is a post by Tutorial Team Member Greg Pugh, author of the Colin Turtle children’s eBook app series. You can also find him on Google+.