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By: Chetan Sachdev

Chetan Sachdev — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:47:39 +0000

Hi,
Could you please tell me how I can use Flex in game development. Is there any guidelines or can you tell me the flow of a game development in Flex.

Thanks

By: slangeberg

slangeberg — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:50:15 +0000

Troy,

I’m glad to see a game developer getting excited about Flex 2! I’m an experienced Flex 2 / AS3 dev whose passion lies in games, but not my job. Please contact me, if you’d like to discuss.

Thanks,

Scott

By: Doug Sharp

Doug Sharp — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 03:14:14 +0000

I’m developing an ambitious little game in Flex – ChipWits. Check it out at chipwits.com .

It’s a revival of a robot programming game I did in 1984 on the Mac, C-64, and Apple II.

I am releasing a standalone version that I package with MDM Zinc and then will start right away to create a MMOG version. I’ll be using AMFPHP for db connection.

I thoroughly enjoy the Flex dev environment – feel immensely productive.

The main weakness I’ve found is the lack of profiling tools. Adobe says they’re coming RSN.

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:03:12 +0000

Agreed. 99% percent. (And the freaks out there will ask, and what 1% do you disagree with?)

I think Flash the ubitiquous client front end, that we have all been hoping for. From Java applets, to the latest DHTML revival. We all want to do cool stuff on the browser, and we are willing to jump through hopes to get it.

I think Flash is that RIA we all wanted.

By: Marek Bronstring

Marek Bronstring — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:34:05 +0000

I’ve been building a browser-based game with Ruby on Rails (or at least a prototype, but we’ll probably stick with RoR). It’s been really great for doing lots of object and database stuff with a small team.

Recently I’ve been looking at Flex for building a dynamic front end interface and it’s like we’ve found the missing piece. I’m very excited about using this for gamelike interfaces, much moreso than AJAX etc., as it’s a complete framework of its own.

I’m a designer not a programmer, though. I look at these things from a global perspective, so some of the things you wrote here are real head-scratchers for me. I just discovered your blog and will definitely keep it bookmarked.

By: David

David — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:17:09 +0000

Hi Troy,

Thank you. :)

I’d love to hear more about what you are doing with Flex.

David
Adobe
(I run the Flex product line here among other things -;)