[casual_games] Re: PopCap developer needed urgently

[Lennard Feddersen]

I haven't used Flash but I thought I read somewhere that it supports the 
MOD music format.  I've used Julien Nevo for MOD composition in the past 
(Battle Castles and 50 Castles) and can recommend him if you need 
somebody.  My songs were weighing in at 100-500K for BC and he was able 
to make smaller ones for 50C (lower resolution samples) because that 
game was being targetted for PDA's as well.

If you go with a different engine like PopCap then you can bolt on the 
Hekkus sound system to play MOD's.  I think he wants something like a 25 
euro donation and a credit if you use his system.

Good luck with your game,

Lennard Feddersen
CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.
www.RustyAxe.com

Lennard at RustyAxe.com
P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466
3521 Dogwood, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4Y7



Andy Makely wrote:

> I work with Flash every day, so I though I'd add some info to the mix.
>
> - As mentioned here previously, Flash handles bitmap images just 
> fine.  Especially PNGs, which retain all of their transparency 
> information.  You can even write code to animate using your existing 
> sprite graphics.
>
> - Flash can achieve an acceptable frame rate if coded efficiently, 
> especially if you are working with a 640x480 screen.  It does get 
> harder to get good redraw speed from an 800x600 Flash canvas, 
> especially if you have a large number of animated sprites.  Recent 
> changes have been made to the Flash rendering code so that 
> single-frame bitmap assets draw MUCH faster than before.  Scrolling 
> backgrounds, for example, are no longer a real performance concern.
>
> - Flash 8 (the most recent version) does not support MIDI playback of 
> any kind.  You can convert your MIDI files to MP3, at the expense of 
> your file size.  You might also be able to build a custom C++ wrapper 
> that encloses your Flash movie, and perhaps get MIDI playback working 
> via the C++ libraries, but it's probably not worth the effort.
>
> - You can get Joystick support via commercial Flash projector tools 
> such as mdm's Zinc.  Flash does support all keyboard and mouse input.
>
>
> I definite understand the concern for not wanting to rebuild the game 
> again.  Flash may not be an option in this case, but many folks have 
> found that it is a viable casual game platform.
>
> --
> Andy Makely
>
>
> On 2/8/06, *Jeff Helfand* <jeff at nevadainteractive.com 
> <mailto:jeff at nevadainteractive.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     Also, we had considered Flash, however, for two
>     reasons, it just didn't make sense.
>
>     1. All of our sprites and backgrounds were created in
>     Photoshop.  Recreating them as vector graphics given
>     our time frame and resources is not an option.
>
>     2. The new version of the game has two new worlds and
>     nine different power ups.  The pace when reaching
>     those levels is much faster.  According to benchmarks
>     I have read, Flash will have performance issues.  It
>     is also mouse driven.  I could be wrong, but can't
>     risk it due to development time constraints.
>
>
>
> -- 
> andy makely
>
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