Jan 27, 2012

A busy week (or so) of posts. The hot topic lately seems to be not just Stage3 but specifically 2D game development using Stage3D. Each week seems to bring upates to new or existing game engines and frameworks for 2D game development as well as tutorials on the topic. This week is no exception. Cool Stage3D Stuff A new version the Genome2D framework...

Jan 26, 2012

Back in the summer, I was lucky enough to get my hands on some early builds of Stage3D for mobile. I built some simple examples, including basic geometric shapes and simple 3D bubble charts inside of mobile Flex/AIR applications. I have been asked numerous times for the source code, and I’ve finally given in, and am sharing some source code. I am not...

Jan 23, 2012

With the shift of my focus on Flash’s gaming focus it means I get to attend game conferences. Adobe will have a presence at GDC and Flash Game Summit as well as other events through the year. I will be in San Francisco for both Flash Game Summit and GDC. If you haven’t taken the time to come up to speed on Flash Player’s current useful gaming...

Jan 23, 2012

Flex is now an Apache project in incubation (as PhoneGap under the name ‘Cordova’). The community is hyper-active and it’s not a surprise. If you look at what the community has achieved around Flex since its creation, you’ll directly understand why Apache Flex will be successful. Macromedia, and then Adobe, defined Flex’s vision, launching and...

Jan 20, 2012

Flash Builder 4.6 includes a new feature to allow you to add a dynamic splash screen component to your mobile application. This feature will allow you to load a different image based on a few different properties you can set to ensure you get the best image for the right device. The properties you can use to determine which image is displayed for the splash...

Jan 19, 2012

It’s been quite the roller coaster in the Flex world these past few months to say the least! Now seemed like a good time for an update on the latest status of things. Adobe Flex to Apache Flex Adobe Flex is now Apache Flex (in case you’ve been under a rock lately or perhaps just discovered Flex ). It’s been contributed to the Apache...

Jan 19, 2012

Flash (and then Flex) has always been the first choice technology for streaming audio content. I had the chance to work on a very cool mobile application for Radio X-Track. In this article, I’ll showcase this mobile app and share with you some tips on developping this type of application. As I was developing the Radio X-Track mobile apps, Christophe...

Jan 18, 2012

If you hadn’t heard already, Flex has been accepted by the Apache Software Foundation. If you are wondering what exactly this means, or you have asked yourself any of the following questions, then you might want to check out the Adobe Flex User Group Tour: Do you want to learn more about the future of Flex? Do you want to learn more about the Flex...