Lights, Camera, RunRevLive
All the latest information about this important event in the RunRev calender

By Heather Nagey

RunRevLive.12 is just a month and a half away. This week we've lots of news to bring you.

EarlyBird Ending
First, if you haven't got your ticket yet - now is the time! The early bird pricing is ending on 31st May and with it your chance to save up to $800. We've a great venue, and a fabulous line-up to bring you. Get your ducks in a row and don't miss the RunRev event of the year! We're looking forward to seeing you there.

Sessions
Check out our schedule page for the latest information about sessions - we've a great line up with both new faces and old. There's something for everyone, with sessions on everything from the role of LiveCode in K12 education to how to use it to turn on the lights in your French Chateau.

I always love Andre Garzia's sessions, and this year he is bringing his enthusiasm to bear on making a mobile game. Just listen to this:

Join me in an adventurous session about building 2D mobile games for the casual gaming market. I will show you some quick techniques to bootstrap your game making career. I will cover how to develop for both iOS and Android in a sane way that is not only player friendly but developer friendly as well. This session is organised as a journey where we move from nothing to a simple game that we can submit for the iTunes App Store and Google Play. Even though our game will be minimal, it will include handling input, dealing with graphics, playing audio and having fun. As a bonus, all attendees will receive access to a pack of source code for simple games and some helper tools that they can dissect to their hearts content.

You just know that's going to be a great session.

Or how about Trevor Devore on the Cloud? This is a hot topic that everyone wants to know more about, and I know Trevor can deliver:

Cloudy with a Chance of Integration
LiveCode is an ideal platform for creating mobile and desktop front ends to cloud services. In this session we will learn how to create robust libraries for communicating with cloud applications. In addition we will investigate caching cloud data in order to improve the user experience.
This topic builds off of my 2011 presentation in iOS cloud libraries which was a very general introduction to cloud APIs and interacting with them. This session will go more into actual library design.

The Scholarship Program
This is where RunRev is proud to give back to the LiveCode community. If you are a student, educator, or cash strapped fan, we're giving you the chance to apply to attend RunRevLive.12 at a greatly reduced price or even free*. Learn all about it here, and if you think you might qualify, send in your application today. We know just how valuable these conferences are, especially for beginners, and we want to give everyone we can a chance to attend and participate.

Excursions
Jo has been hard at work planning evening excursions for us all, as well as arranging transport to and from the hotel, from nearby airports. We'll give you more details about this in a future article!

About the Author Heather Nagey is Customer Services Manager for RunRev Ltd.