Comments on: Actionscript to iPhone Announced http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/10/actionscript-to-iphone-announced/ Game development, design, and discussion Fri, 19 Aug 2011 08:30:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: aschearer http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/10/actionscript-to-iphone-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-416 aschearer Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:59:09 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=1022#comment-416 <p>It will definitely be interesting to see what happens with the next version of Flash. We've also got Unity which can target the iPhone and recently announced that it's Indie license is free and then there's Mono Touch, too. So there are really a lot of options available to us, why pick Flash over the competitors?</p> It will definitely be interesting to see what happens with the next version of Flash. We’ve also got Unity which can target the iPhone and recently announced that it’s Indie license is free and then there’s Mono Touch, too. So there are really a lot of options available to us, why pick Flash over the competitors?

]]> By: Steve http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/10/actionscript-to-iphone-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Steve Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:50:29 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=1022#comment-415 <p>I wrote a Flash game in ActionScript 2 a while back, and I was going to try to re-write / port it to the iPhone using Objective-C.. I'll be interested to find out how well a CS5 Flash game will export to the iPhone. I do know that running Flash swfs on my MacBook Pro really tax the CPU. I can always hear the cooling fans switching on, and at high speed whenever the Flash player is used on my MacBook.</p> <p>I am concerned that the new Flash exported iPhone apps may not run very efficiently on the iPhone, use excessive battery power, and have slower movement (animation) than an Objective-C + Open GL ES written app built with the iPhone SDK. Guess we will see..</p> I wrote a Flash game in ActionScript 2 a while back, and I was going to try to re-write / port it to the iPhone using Objective-C.. I’ll be interested to find out how well a CS5 Flash game will export to the iPhone. I do know that running Flash swfs on my MacBook Pro really tax the CPU. I can always hear the cooling fans switching on, and at high speed whenever the Flash player is used on my MacBook.

I am concerned that the new Flash exported iPhone apps may not run very efficiently on the iPhone, use excessive battery power, and have slower movement (animation) than an Objective-C + Open GL ES written app built with the iPhone SDK. Guess we will see..

]]> By: Gornova http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/10/actionscript-to-iphone-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Gornova Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:50:28 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=1022#comment-398 <p>flash for sure, even if i don't have a decent IDE :D maybe haxe, very intersting :D</p> <p>(p.s: could you link me ?)</p> flash for sure, even if i don’t have a decent IDE :D maybe haxe, very intersting :D

(p.s: could you link me ?)

]]> By: Kyle http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/2009/10/actionscript-to-iphone-announced/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Kyle Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:45:05 +0000 http://www.anotherearlymorning.com/?p=1022#comment-397 <p>I've always wondered, what is "the fold". This is a digital medium, not an archaic paper one.</p> <p>On a related note, that is pretty cool that Adobe is supporting another platform. That makes me happy inside, and is making it ever tougher on me to not experiment with ActionScript.</p> I’ve always wondered, what is “the fold”. This is a digital medium, not an archaic paper one.

On a related note, that is pretty cool that Adobe is supporting another platform. That makes me happy inside, and is making it ever tougher on me to not experiment with ActionScript.

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