[casual_games] future of shockwave

[Austin Haas]

As far as Shockwave vs. Flash, I can tell you this: I used to work at a 
company that had hundreds of online games with millions of players every 
week. Regardless of our subjective opinion of a games quality, the games 
made in Flash would ALWAYS be downloaded significantly more often than 
games made in Shockwave.

-austin

Austin Haas
Pet Tomato, Inc.
http://www.pettomato.com

BRENT SILBY wrote:
> 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 <http://www.def-logic.com>/
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Jordan Lee <mailto:jordan at 1g.com>
>     *To:* IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List <mailto:casual_games at igda.org>
>     *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 <http://www.def-logic.com>/
>>
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