Been whacking Flash open again

[Hoj]

Started using it again in college, disappointing about this Actionscript 3.0 though, cba learning anything else at the moment.

[E-Man]

I thought i found HTML and PHP intimidating, but action script is just mortfying. Lol

[Jag9]

Action script is gay. Flash is even gayer (?).

Hate Flash, and everyone that uses it. Would rather using friggin' Silverlight.

[E-Man]

You've mentioned this Silverlight a few times. I've heard of it once when I was installing Messenger Plus! ages ago, but it didn't seem very important.
Care to explain it a bit?

I've never quite minded Flash, especially Adobe Flash CS3.

[Hoj]

Action script is gay. Flash is even gayer (?).

Hate Flash, and everyone that uses it. Would rather using friggin' Silverlight.

Why are you being like that? Is it a web thing? Yano. No Flash etc.

[Jag9]

Silverlight is effectively Microsoft's alternative to Flash. But if you say that in front of any Silverlight developer then you'll probably receive a punch in the face. I believe it's much more powerful than Flash, as in being able to do so much more. Silverlight supports such a wide range of technologies such as the .NET framework with the ability to be developed in VB, Visual C#, XAML/XML and JavaScript. I think one of the things they're trying to push with it is online HD video streaming (obviously with a decent Internet connection etc.).

Another thing it can support is Deep Zoom... I don't know if you've heard of it. Basically, it's an effective method of viewing high quality media on the web that also caters for slow Internet speeds (imagine it being just like how Google Maps works; it only downloads the higher quality version of the image when you zoom into that specific area). Deep Zoom is pretty smart to be fair and its developer tools are free.

Also, Windows Phone 7 mobiles supports Silverlight applications that are developed by anyone. So if you have a WP7 phone, then you'll be able to knock up a Silverlight application in Visual Studio 2010 (requires the Silverlight 4 runtime installation and the appropriate SDK) and whack it on. If you don't have an actual WP7 phone to hand then you can use the WP7 emulator that Microsoft provide for free. I've been using the emulator recently... it's pretty cool.

Flash. I'm not a fan of Flash, not really too sure why. I think back in the day (when I was starting to get into website development (about 2001 properly)), my perception of Flash wasn't a great one. Pretty much every time I seen it on the web it was used pure tackily and just ruined the overall deliverable, pure scruffy and that. Since then I've never really looked into Flash and ActionScript, but I'm sure I'd be able to pick it up. Maybe I was a little harsh in my post above lol.

Anyway, here's a few links (check out the Hard Rock Café links for a pretty good example of Deep Zoom):

• Silverlight.net
• WP7 Developer Tools
• Deep Zoom Composer
• Hard Rock Café - Memorabilia
• Hard Rock Café Deep Zoom Example

[voidSkipper]

I wouldn't be so hasty to disregard AS3, it's a fantastic language. And I say that as someone who's managed to make more than $20k from developing in it between classes.

Developing Flash games with the IDE is an exercise in masochism, though. You want to be using Flashdevelop.

[E-Man]

How has flash been going for you, Free?
You made some pretty amazing things with it I remember.

[Svart likdöd helvete]

I don't understand how flash developers can make so much money!

[Hoj]

As he hell made $20k the n00b.

[Svart likdöd helvete]

Do you people know what I hate?
I hate flash uploaders.
The fucking genius that invented those should be hanged, drawn and quartered.

[Old Craywyn]

Why Albin xD?

[E-Man]

As he hell made $20k the n00b.

Who made $20K?!?

[xela]

The fweespace2pilot innit!

[E-Man]

Oh mercy. SWEEEET MERCY.

[Hoj]

I don't believe him

[xela]

There's only one thing for it!

Spoiler: show

Jeremy Kyle lie detector test!

[voidSkipper]

Most of it came from Insurgo.

Insurgo stats: 14.5million ad impressions
http://www.mochibot.com/shared/shared_s ... aa5f0f94ab

Licenses sold to:
Gimme5Games
AddictingGames
ArmorGames
Bygga Torn
Candystand
EbaumsWorld
Engineering.com
Flowplay
Frosmo
Gamehouse
Nonoba
WhatIsWhat

MultiballRampage also pulled a strong default license from Gimme5Games.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to work on anything since I started uni because of the workload plus my two bands. Puts quite a strain on the pocket, tbh.

[E-Man]

I can't believe how many licenses you sold.
That's amazing.

But what's this MultiBall? I don't think I remember that one.

[voidSkipper]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/540017

It was mainly an exercise in seeing how far I could push flash player 10/as3 special-effects-wise.