[casual_games] future of shockwave

[Rajat Paharia]

Jordan's right - the Express Install in Flash is pretty nice, you can
read about it here:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/download/detection_kit/

He's also right that if you aren't using any Flash 8 specific
functions (like ExternalInterface or FileReference), you can compile
your file to FP7 or FP6.

best, - rajat

On 10/22/05, Jordan Lee <jordan at 1g.com> wrote:
>  With flash 8, macromedia really simplified the upgrade process, which is
> good news for you......when flash 7 (possibly 6 as well, not sure) opens a
> swf published with flash 8, it lets you uprade the plugin directly
>  in the flash movie.  A message apears letting the user know they need to
> upgrade thier flash player to view this content, they click a button to
> upgrade, and thats it.
>
>  Also, Im not sure about this, but I think if you don't use some flash 8
> specific features, you can compile it to a flash 7 or even flash 6 swf file,
> while still allowing people with flash 8 to benfit from some of the
> improvements.
>
>  Jordan Lee
>  CTO, 1Gaming Inc.
>
>  BRENT SILBY wrote:
>
>
> Okay,
> This has been a very useful discussion for me. Its helped us make a few
> decisions.
>
> Last night, my friend and new collaborator ported one of my games to Flash
> 8. He'd already ported it to Director, and the port to Flash 8 was a
> relatively quick process. So, since we can do Flash 8, I think we will
> abandon Shockwave and use Flash 8. We will, of course, continue to develop
> dhtml versions of all games because:
> 1) the coolness factor of being able to use dhtml to produce action games
> (noone else does this), and
> 2) they are easily converted into widgets and gadgets.
>
> The Flash versions can be used for licensing since they do not suffer from
> the cross-browser issues that can affect dhtml games.
>
> So, here is my next question: Does anyone have any data, or predictions on
> the speed of Flash 8 uptake?
>
> Thanks for all your comments in this thread,
> Cheers,
> Brent.
>
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