Hello 2013
I used to suffer from a lack of motivation and sometimes just a complete lack of direction. It’s one of the reasons I started this blog. Just the act of writing out my thoughts seems to get things straight in my head, allowing me to actually be productive and learn new things. I began 2012 […]
Goodbye 2012
Well that’s another year over and it’s been a hugely satisfying one. I’ve also just realised that I’ve kept this blog going for just over three years now, which I’m actually pretty damn proud of. You may have noticed that I haven’t blogged as frequently this year. That’s intentional as I wanted to focus more […]
How To Make Better Games
I don’t get out anywhere near enough these days, so my boss sent me off to the Edinburgh International Technology Festival. I must admit, there was a great mix of presentations over the two days, but it was the gaming related talks that I found of most interest, and I’d like to share some of […]
AIR 3.4 Public Beta
I really must applaud Adobe for their really quick turnaround times for the AIR SDK. The public beta of AIR 3.4 is now available and includes some great new features. Being quite heavily focussed on iOS development myself, I’m delighted to see the following inclusions: Direct AIR deployment using ADT (without iTunes) Push Notifications for […]
Software Developer’s Journal
If you’ve noticed that my blogging has been less frequent the last few months, it’s because I was approached by Software Developer’s Journal magazine about taking on co-editing duties for their July issue. To be perfectly honest, I’d no previous experience as an editor but thought it would be a good opportunity to learn something […]
Flash Rocks
We use Flash a heck of a lot at WeeWorld. In fact, thanks to all those gorgeous vector graphics that Flash is so brilliant at, we don’t necessarily need to limit ourselves to a computer monitor. As part of a recent office refurbishment we decided to scale-up all our fantastic vector artwork, send it off […]
Aqualibrium, Matching Set, and Speedy Cups
Here’s three games all worth a look. I’ll be honest, Flash was only used in one of them but the other two were created by developers who know the Flash platform pretty well. Speedy Cups We’ll start with the Flash one. Developed by ShortCut Studio, this fun little game has you keeping track of the […]
An Introduction to Starling and Sprite Sheets
The April issue of Flash & Flex Developer’s magazine is now available and includes my second Starling framework tutorial. It covers some of Starling’s display list basics and demonstrates how to create animation with the use of sprite sheets. Just head over to the magazine’s offical website where you can download the latest issue for […]
Creating Particle Effects with Starling
I was asked by Flash & Flex Developer’s magazine to write a tutorial covering Starling and its particle system extension. So if you fancy seeing just how easy it is to get really great particle effects up and running using Starling then head on over to the magazine’s official website and grab yourself a copy […]
Flash Roadmap Whitepaper
Adobe released its eagerly anticipated whitepaper outlining the future direction of Flash and AIR. With the desktop Flash Player fighting a losing battle against HTML5, and the mobile player dead, it’s no real surprise that Adobe has decided to focus on gaming and the deployment of premium video. Personally I think this is a good […]