[casual_games] Game Authoring Language

[BRENT SILBY (def-logic)]

Hi Charles,
Is it possible to post the results of the test function? I'm interested in comparing its speed to Javascript. Just insane curiosity :)

I predict JS will be slower, yet sometimes it is surprising. I've been able to run scripts with over 20 moving screen elements at 50FPS, on a pretty average machine. Flash often seems to lag with that much movement. Of course, JS does not have anti-aliasing, so that would account for a lot of speed difference.

I understand why people stick to Flash, but I really want to put JS out there. It is a lot more powerful than people give it credit. And there is a certain "coolness" about being able to design games with nothing more than a text editor. But that's the geek in me talking :)

Cheers,
Brent.
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> 
> Flash 8 test code
> -----------------
> class test {
>       public function test () {
>               var t1:Number = getTimer();
>               var x:Boolean = true;
>               for (var i:Number = 0; i < 50000; i++) {
>                       x = this.testFunction(x);
>                       if (x) {
>                               x = x;
>                       } else {
>                               x = x;
>                       }
>               }
>               trace ("result = " + (getTimer() - t1) );
>       }
>       public function testFunction (x:Boolean):Boolean {
>               x = not x;
>               return x
>       }
> }
> 
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