[casual_games] Flash CS3, anyone?

[John Say]

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>> From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org on behalf of Audry Taylor

>> Sent: ?ri. 15.5.2007 20:06

>> To: casual_games at igda.org

>> Subject: [casual_games] Flash CS3, anyone?

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>> Who's gotten their hands on the new Flash or the new CS3 suite and  

>> what do

>> you think of it compared to previous versions?  Is Adobe doing a  

>> better job

>> with Flash than Macromedia did?

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>> Audry

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We're using it to build both multiplayer Web games as well as a  
fairly ambitious Casual game project, and have been pretty pleased  
with it.
It's an entirely new Virtual Machine (I believe the first upgrade to  
the core since the original - confirmations?).

Some of the greatest improvements have to do with the backend  
communication performance, code structure, and performance on the  
Math/Function side (By the way, check out these performance tests:    
http://www.oddhammer.com/actionscriptperformance/set4/).

Performance improvements an be great for faster physics, 3d math  
calculations for those faked 3d effects, and overall game performance  
and responsiveness (always a good thing)
I think we will really start seeing more games pulled off in Flash 9  
than Flash 8.. we were pretty pleased with the performance of game  
play of PokerPop / SolitairePop (www.playfirst.com), and so with 9,  
we probably can attempt more demanding game mechanics with physics /  
procedural & algorithmic effects and so forth.

John Say,
saydesign.com