If you're a subscriber to CoronaLabs formerly known as anscamobile you'll know that CARLOS M. ICAZA was the co-founder and CEO. As with all fast moving objects in Silicon Valley, things change and recently Carlos left Corona and started Lanica a remarkably similar outfit to CoronaLabs. How similar you ask? Well let's see. (Note that these are based on the beta version description found about Platino)
Feature
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CoronaSDK
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Platino
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scripting language
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Lua
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Javascript
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physics engine
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Box2D
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Box2D
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cross platform
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IOS,Android, Nook,Kindle
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IOS,Android
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OpenGL graphics
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yes
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yes
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OpenAL sound
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yes
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no
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IOS Game center
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yes
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no (at least in the titanium SDK docs)
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particles
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yes (3rd party tool)
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yes
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isometric engine
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no
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yes
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spritesheets
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yes
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yes
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shaders
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no (on the roadmap)
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yes
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Mac Apps
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no (on the roadmap)
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no
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import flash assets
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yes (3rd party tool)
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yes (with Animo)
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IDE
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yes (3rd party tool)
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yes (Titanium Studio)
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InApp purchase
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yes
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not that I can tell from the site.
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Platino is also looking to leverage the appcelerator cloud services, something that Corona Labs doesn't offer. This includes a free version with 100 devices for push notifications.