[casual_games] future of shockwave

[jonathan at gametrust.com]

We are hosting a technology panel at the Austin Games Conference
(www.gameconference.com) this Friday, where Tom Higgins, the Technical
Product Manager of Macromedia Shockwave, will discuss the future of
shockwave and likely answer many of the questions you have all presented. 

Here's the full info:

Casual Game Evolution Summit: Tech Today for Tomorrow's Hit
Friday, October 28, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Moderator: Adeo Ressi, CEO, Game Trust, Inc.
- Chris Melissinos, Chief Gaming Officer, Sun Microsystems
- Tom Higgins, Technical Product Manager, Macromedia

Casual Game Evolution Summit: Moving Beyond Downloads
Friday, October 28, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Moderator: Adeo Ressi, CEO, Game Trust, Inc.
- Peter Glover, VP of Games, Shockwave.com
- Margaret Wallace, Co-Founder and CEO, Skunk Studios
- Mark Cottam, United Developers, Mumbo Jumbo
- Brian Robbins, Director of Online Games, Fuel Industries, IGDA

Jonathan Greechan | Game Manager 
Game Trust, Inc. | www.gametrust.com 
jonathan at gametrust.com  | 212.367.7336 x126
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-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Duncan Gough
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 4:58 AM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] future of shockwave

And if you want even more control over your swf, I'd recommend Secure  
Media (although I'm biased because I helped develop it).

http://suttree.com/code/securemedia/

On 24 Oct 2005, at 04:04, BRENT SILBY wrote:

> Thanks for the tip Charles. I appreciate it.
>
> We'll look into securing the files. Of course, however insecure SWF  
> is, its gotta be a lot more secure than the dhtml that we have been  
> using up to now :)
>
> Cheers,
> Brent.
> DEF-LOGIC
> VIDEOGAMES
> www.def-logic.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Parcell" <cparcell at toxictoy.com>
> To: "IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List" <casual_games at igda.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [casual_games] future of shockwave
>
> > Brent,
> >
> > If you guys are going to go with Flash game development, then I  
> would
> > strongly suggest you guys invest in some why to secure your SWF  
> files.
> > Because SWF format is an open format, there are a lot of  
> developers who
> > will decompile your swf files.  Thus, I would look into SWF Encrypt.
> >
> > <http://www.amayeta.com/software/swfencrypt/>
> >
> > Charles P.
> >
> >
> > 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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