[casual_games] future of shockwave

[BRENT SILBY]

Thanks for your thoughts,
Our games target casual browser gamers--currently aiming mostly at the male market. Our target audience will grow as we develop a range of puzzle based games in the future.

We are thinking of continuing with dhtml but offer shockwave ports of the games. I'd like to continue with dhtml because it is perfect for building widgets for macs and gadgets for the Windows Vista sidebar (I think sidebar gadgets will really take off in the next couple of years).

The reasoning behind offering shockwave ports of the games is to overcome some browser specific issues (for eg Firefox can't display the content at full speed). Shockwave would also give us the opportunity to offer downloadable versions of the games.

So to answer your question, we are still in an evaluative stage.

Cheers,
Brent.
DEF-LOGIC
VIDEOGAMES
www.def-logic.com

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jordan Lee 
  To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List 
  Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 8:31 AM
  Subject: Re: [casual_games] future of shockwave


  Which audience are you targeting with your games?  The shockwave installation process tends to agitate some people, so you might have some problems.

  Macromedia isn't really doing anything to push shockwave, or even director in general, so it's future doesn't seem too bright.

  Have you made the decision to switch to shockwave, or are you still evaluating it?


  Jordan Lee
  CTO, 1 Gaming Inc.



  BRENT SILBY wrote: 
    Good morning,
    We are converting some of our dhtml games to shockwave. The reason we chose shockwave is because it can handle javascript, so the conversion is reasonably straightforward--just requiring a reworking of image handling code etc.

    The purpose of the conversion is partly to overcome some browser consistency issues with dhtml and partly to open up new opportunities for licensing.

    My question is this: What is the future of shockwave? I think that it currently has about a 55% penetration (compared to 97% in flash). Is this figure predicted to remain static, or will it rise (or drop) over the coming years.

    I know its difficult to predict future trends, but if anyone can make a good guess, I'd be interested to know.

    Cheers,
    Brent Silby.
    DEF-LOGIC
    VIDEOGAMES
    www.def-logic.com

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