Category Archives: Flash

Thoughts on Game Architecture

Posted on June 11, 2009 by keith

I’ve made a few games in my time. And made various parts of a few other games for other people. Most of the games that I’ve worked on have been pretty simple, but recently I’ve been working on some more … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C | 41 Comments

"Vector Blocks" for iPhone Released

Posted on May 25, 2009 by keith

Here’s a vid: Here’s the URL: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=316802490&mt=8 Lite version coming soon.

Posted in Flash | 5 Comments

Cocos2d – 2D OpenGL for the iPhone made Easy. Part 1.

Posted on May 17, 2009 by keith

[NOTE: I checked the cocos2d source out through svn, which I discovered gives you version 0.8. If you download the source, it looks like the latest version available is 0.7.2. I’m not sure how many differences you’ll run into, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash, iPhone, Objective C | 26 Comments

Say goodbye to Flex Builder

Posted on May 16, 2009 by keith

Say hello to “Flash Builder”! Word has been leaking out here and there via Adobe evangelists that the next version of Flex Builder will be rebranded as “Flash Builder”. I’ve actually known about this as a tentative change for a … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 16 Comments

Flash on Tap Workshop: From Flash to iPhone

Posted on May 8, 2009 by keith

As mentioned, I’ll be doing a workshop at the upcoming Flash on Tap conference here in Boston. The name of the workshop is “From Flash to iPhone”, which gives you a pretty good idea what we are going to cover. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Flash, iPhone, Objective C | 10 Comments

Flash 10 BitmapData.draw fails beyond 4096 pixels?

Posted on April 16, 2009 by keith

So Flash 10 allows us to create bitmaps that are larger than the 2880 pixels. Up to 8192 wide or tall (though not both – there’s a maximum pixel count). I’ve covered this in depth in a previous post. But … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 21 Comments

Sys-con / Ulitzer / Slime

Posted on March 28, 2009 by keith

Yesterday, Aral Balkan started twittering like crazy about this site called Ulitzer. I was pretty busy at work so didn’t pay much attention, but then he mentioned my name in connection with it. It turns out that Ulitzer is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash | 16 Comments

FiTC slides and code posted

Posted on February 27, 2009 by keith

As promised. http://www.bit-101.com/fitc/2009/fitc_ams_09.zip

Posted in ActionScript, Conferences, Flash | 4 Comments

FiTC Amsterdam

Posted on February 27, 2009 by keith

Well, I’m back from Amsterdam and had quite an enjoyable time. I wound up on the same flight as Chris and Rebecca Allen, though we didn’t sit near each other. But we hung out at Logan Airport beforehand and got … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Flash | 5 Comments

ActionScript Hero Interview with ME.

Posted on February 12, 2009 by keith

I had the honor of being interviewed live on the Internet by Pablo Parrado, AKA ActionScript Hero this afternoon. If you weren’t able to view the live session, and just can’t get enough of me… first, seek help. Then, if … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Conferences, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C | 2 Comments