Monday, October 29, 2007

Flash mobile games development competition with extra prizes
"Are you a Flash games developer? Whether you're a beginner or an expert, hobbyst or professional, you can put Flash Lite games in front of a big audience, with the chance to build a following. Start now by entering the launch contest, and you can also win significant prizes.

- first prize $10,000
- second prize $7,000
- third prize $3,000
- fourth prize $1,500
- fifth prize $1,000
- plus 5 further prizes of $500 each"
Sounds great, doesn't it? Contributors can download Flash extension suitable for Flash 8 and CS3 which will allow them easy required framework integration.
This is probably that big chance and opportunity to start with flash mobile games development if there was a doubt earlier. More and more mobile devices have flash lite and that number will increase rapidly in following years. New big marketplace is starting to form and early adopters are once who will profit the most.

More info about competition HERE .

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Learning from the source


The best method for learning is learning from the source. When it comes to game development with Adobe Flash, than best place should be Adobe, right?. Watch several videos online and read how to make games with Flash from Jiro Ietaka. Article and videos are hosted at Adobe pages here.

User level for this articles is intermediate.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Popular flash games and sponsorship


Today I present MicroSheep and it's two versions very popular and highly contagiuos flash games Flugtag.

screenshot of popular micro olympics game


First of all this is great game. It has simple rules, but also main ingredient for successful game: you can't stop playing it. One version of this game is hosted on Kongregate in Sports category where it is first by number of plays more than double than second place game. On MicroSheep website there is slightly different version of same game. Actually, game is completely the same except for one image. I'll get back to that. This version is called Flugtag Tournament on website. Second version is Flugtag on Mars where main ship is spaceship and not plane like in first version. Power-ups are different and interesting.

Games on website have Red Bull logo inside game on lounch pad. This clearly indicate that this game is sponsored and with such big company behind it, it's no wonder that game is popular. Question here is this: what came first, game popularity or sponsorship? 

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Thursday, October 11, 2007

Q stands for Quality

CliQs.com is a recently established company that is pioneering an innovative approach to the global classified industry. Brought to life in September 2002, operating from Houston, TX, cliQs.com's mission has been to simplify and secure the world's e-commerce and make it universally available for free.

 

cliqs company logo

 

Sell / buy anything in your area: 100% free of charge. Do you find existing auction sites to be limited and expensive? cliQs.com represents the next generation classified system, offering a more local experience on a global level. Forget about Craigslist, charg ing for their service in larger cities once they become popular. cliQs.com is 100% free and unlike Craigslist, cliQs' website recently received the Webmaster Winning Website Award, ensuring not only unique content, but also a user friendly, high quality graphic design.

 

cliqs company website screenshot

 

Security is important. Cliqs has a patent pending filtering system that will minimize spam on the portal. Also, mobile beta program is currently being tested. You will be able to post anything to cliqs.com using mobile phones. Whether you want to sell , buy or just share a photo, video or a song on the web using your mobile phone, you can just cliQ it from your cell. This is currently a private beta service, so you must receive an invitation from cliQs.com or a cliQs.com beta user to sign up.
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Friday, October 05, 2007

Bluebook online guide

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I'm not an expert in this field, but that didn't stopped me to write few reviews about online poker or online casino websites on several of my blogs. Although this subject is well covered on blogs and websites, there is always something that someone missed and of course, another point of view on same topic is usually welcomed.

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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Traffic report for 09-2007

 
After traffic growth from July to August of 100%, in September, Flanture has traffic raise of 50%, which is still great! I would be very satisfied if next month is 20% better than this one.
 
In September I wrote 8 posts. Two of them were paid reviews. 

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Monday, October 01, 2007

Real world examples and new purposes

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Flash content is easily recognized by its attraction and animation abilities. But, Flash is not only wow looking intros, image galleries and great effects on dropdown menus. There is much more to do with Flash / Flex and there are new ways for implementation.

One successful example of it is this online poker website Bet365. They provide a range of online betting services through their online casino, Sportsbook facility, interactive games section and online poker playing area. They provide a one wallet system so that everyone can enjoy the benefits of their full range of services through one manageable account. More than that, Live In-Play section is done in Flash, live scores and right on the spot betting system.

Another example is MixBook. Here you can see nice looking Flex application that becomes backbone for whole company. You can create your own book by yourself or in collaboration with friends from around the globe, share it or order its printed version which will arrive right to your door step. No registration is required and you get your professional looking printed version for as low as $12.99.

I will just mention it in this post but will write about it much more later flash game development industry with huge number of small studios where age of youngest developers is often smaller than 16. Don’t get me wrong, some of those studios besides good potential, already have good profit.

Flash is a handy tool. But this tool has many purposes and some of them are yet to be discovered.

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