LAFlash – Archive

Flash has long been the best tool for creating casual games for web. It is also an increasingly great option for building mobile games as well. This session will deliver an overview of the current and future state of Flash gaming. Come and learn about the frameworks, tools, and techniques that are being used today by top game developers. Lee will also discuss the relevance of alternate technologies like HTML5 and Unity. Lastly you will hear about the tools and technologies that Adobe is working on to make building games easier.

Recorded Meeting URL: http://bit.ly/laflash_donthatetheplayer_leebrimelow_042511

About Lee:
Lee Brimelow is a Game Developer Evangelist for Adobe and the creator of http://gotoandlearn.com. Read more about Lee.

Site: http://blog.theflashblog.com/
Twitter: @leebrimelow

New to mobile development? Wondering how mobile applications are built? This presentation will walk you the entire development process of the AIR for Android application from design to deployment. Chris Griffith will show you how he designed and built the application using a variety of tools and techniques.

Recorded Meeting URL: http://bit.ly/laflash_airforandroid_flashcs5_chrisgriffith

About Chris:
Chris Griffith is a Staff Engineer in the User Experience group at Qualcomm, Inc. He has over 15 years experience in developing a wide range of prototypes for a variety of clients. He currently works with the full spectrum of the Flash Platform from mobile devices to web/desktop.

He is also an Adobe Community Professional and is presently the co-manager of the San Diego Flash User Group and the Flash Catalyst Community Lead for Adobe Systems, Inc. He also has been involved with the National Science Foundation’s National Science Digital Library project. Recently he has developed several iPhone applications and Android application. He also has written for peachpit.com and O’Reilly’s InsideRIA. When he is not coding, he is either spending time with his family or out sea kayaking.

Site: http://chrisgriffith.wordpress.com/
Twitter: @ChrisGriffith

Interested in developing for the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook? There are a lot of things to consider! We’ll step though environment setup, including the Tablet OS simulator, SDK tools for Flash Builder, throwing together a quick app and compiling a .bar file for the PlayBook. If time allows- we’ll also have a look at the submission process.

Recorded Meeting URL: http://bit.ly/laflash_playbook_201101

About Joseph:
Joseph Labrecque is primarily employed by the University of Denver as Senior Multimedia Application Developer. His responsibilities include a wide variety of undertakings with a specialization in development for the Adobe Flash Platform. He is also the proprietor of Fractured Vision Media, LLC; a local digital media production house specializing in rich media technologies. FVM also serves as a production and distribution vehicle for his many personal works including the dark ambient project “An Early Morning Letter, Displaced”. Joseph is an Adobe Education Leader.

Site: http://inflagrantedelicto.memoryspiral.com/
Twitter: @JosephLabrecque

Meeting Links:
BlackBerry PlayBook:
http://us.blackberry.com/playbook-tablet/

Tablet OS Application Development:
http://us.blackberry.com/developers/tablet/

VMware:
http://www.vmware.com/

BlackBerry® Tablet OS SDK for Adobe® AIR® API Reference
http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/airapi/1.0.0/index.html?all-index-A.html&index-list.html

Vendor Portal for BlackBerry App World:
https://appworld.blackberry.com/isvportal/

Free BlackBerry PlayBook Offer:
http://us.blackberry.com/developers/tablet/playbook_offer.jsp

Below are the links for Paul Taylor’s presentation on tinyTLF.

In this short preso, Paul Taylor will hit the high points of tinytlf, his smallish TLF alternative. tinytlf is built on top of the newest low-level API, the Flash Text Engine. tinytlf renders real HTML and CSS and provides a robust API for decoration, interaction, and text layout.

Recorded Meeting URL: http://bit.ly/laflash_201010_tinyTLF

Site: http://github.com/guyinthechair/tinytlf
Blog: http://guyinthechair.com/
Twitter: @guyinthechair

Below are the links to Alan Klement’s presentation on FDT4.

Powerflasher has just released FDT4 and with it has introduced new features that make coding both easier and more fun. For this presentation, we’ll show off some of those new features as well as show some ways of incorporating PlugrMan and tinyTLF into your workflow.

Recorded Meeting URL: http://bit.ly/laflash_201010_fdt4

Site: http://www.fdt.powerflasher.com/
Blog: http://blog.alanklement.com/
Twitter: @alanklement

Here are the links to Patrick’s presentation Flash interfaces on NFL.com.

Patrick Gunderson will present various projects produced for NFL.com and describe the methods used in their creation.

Recorded Meeting URL: http://bit.ly/laflash_201007_gunderson

Site: http://pat.theorigin.net
Linked-In: Linked In Profile
Twitter: @gunderson

Here are the links to Hiro’s presentation Creating Touch Interaction with Flash.

Hello Design will show the behind the scenes look at the making of a Flash touch screen for TaylorMade Golf.

Recorded Meeting URL: http://bit.ly/laflash_201007_hellodesign

Site: http://www.hellodesign.com/
Blog: http://blog.hellodesign.com/
Twitter: @hellodsgn

Here are the links to Alan’s presentation on animation using Flash.

Alan Cook will go over several methods of character animation with Flash.

Recorded Meeting URL: http://bit.ly/laflash_201006_jibjab

Blog: http://cookedart.blogspot.com/

These are the links to Jacob’s presentation on the Facebook API.

Jacob Bullock will work through the basics of creating facebook applications with AS3. Time permitting we will cover the following topics:
1.) Basic app setup with PHP.
2.) Creating an app with AS3
3.) Posting to a friends wall
4.) Interacting with Photos
5.) Considerations of moving your app to a fan page.

Recorded Meeting URL: http://bit.ly/laflash_201006_facebookapi

Source Files: laflashfbdemo

Blog: http://labs.kineticz.net

http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/p90958222/

Here is the url to the archive of Elliot’s presentation this month on the iPhone packager.  Good info regarding the capabilities of the packager and useful links.

Download Presentation Files

About Elliot Mebane:

Elliot has been developing with Flash for over 9 years.
Contact him at info@roguish.com to talk about working together.