Scotch on Air MMUG-Dublin
As you know we’re all set for our mini conference ‘Scotch on Air MMUG-Dublin’.
In association with Kev McCabe, Scotch on the Rocks, Adobe, our mini conference will go ahead on April 11, 12pm-5.30pm, Westmoreland Bar (Function Room), Westmoreland St., Dublin.
And we’ve got amazing schwag giveaways too!
- 4 * O’Reilly black canvas bags with 4 books
- 3 * AIR launch posters in tubes
- 2 * Adobe CS 3 Master Collection (1 Mac & 1 PC)
- 2 * FlexBuilder 3 (dual platform)
- 1 * 3 Day Scotch on the Rocks Pass
- 0 * Other Goodies
Flex Training Europe 7-9 April
Adobe developer week concludes today. Highlight for me was the ‘Blood From Stone’ Flash Lite session: Here are some random notes:
http://adobemax2007.com/na/sessions/locator/session/WI201W
http://www.biskero.org/?page_id=342
http://flashmobileblog.com/?p=29
http://www.scottjanousek.com/blog/
12/15 frames/sec aim for
medium is good enough quality for graphics
bitmapped backgrounds can adds lots of visual detail more cheaply than vectors can without reducing game speed.
level completion is more important to players than scoring, lower file size use png
watch the memory graph
Maybe don’t rely on dynamic object creation, use all the assets lying offscreen, user won’t see them!!
Consider useing transparent .gif instead of png to lower memory usage
“Flatten your Math” by doing the calculations with a calculator if you need and manual hard code results instead of using processor to calculate!Complicated vector objects eg complex curves ”cost’ more than simple math curves
collision detection is expensive, use grandiose lookup table based on positionrender
using vectors consider take screenshots to use bitmapped images from
use limited color textures plus 16 bit color detection::
Resources:
“20 Tricks to Improve Flash Lite Development“:
http://adobemax2007.com/na/sessions/locator/session/WI201W
Alessandro’s archive of Flash Lite tutorials, articles and white papers:
http://www.biskero.org/?page_id=342
Boston Mobile and Devices Usergroup:
http://www.flashmobilegroup.org/
Australia Mobile and Devices Usergroup:
http://www.ozmadgroup.com/
UK Mobile and Devices Usergroup:
http://www.flashmobilegroup-uk.org/
“Flash Lite Performance Tips (internal)”
http://flashmobileblog.com/?p=29
Document link:
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See ye!
Colm