Software, Fitness, and Gaming – Jesse Warden

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Flash Player 11 Feature Requests

I have the following feature requests for the Flash Player.

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April 28, 2011
Spoon in 2 Sentences

Spoon is a fork of the Adobe Flex SDK. Goals are toÂ capitalizeÂ on communityÂ submissions, provide leadership around the process, and ensure feature parity as new Adobe Flex SDK’s are released.

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April 12, 2011
Corona Game Example: Balloon Pop
IntroductionWhat

Here’s a simple, unfinished, Corona game. It shows how to:
- use a sprite sheet for animation
- use tweening to move things
- play audio
- handle touch events
Why

As a Flex and Flash Architect, you’re probably wondering why I’m even bothering with Lua, specifically Corona. Â A few reasons.

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February 1, 2011
Lua for ActionScript Developers: Crash Course

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Preface

I needed a break from Flex for mobile, and wanted to see if there were any other good application frameworks that allowed you to deploy to multiple devices beyond Adobe AIR. Tony Lukasavage had written about a few recently, and Matt Guest had written about his quick experience using Corona for games based on the buzz around Robert Nay, the 14 year old who knocked Angry Birds out of the top mobile game slot via Bubble Ball.

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January 25, 2011