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Flash Lite Friday - Tip of the Day #15

Friday, January 18th, 2008

What’s better than ten tips for the price of one? Wait a second … but, these are FREE! What more can you ask for?
If you haven’t read Mariam’s devnet article: “10 tips Flash Lite games”, then it’s probably best to do so, for those starting with Flash Lite.
The tips are for those new to [...]

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New BlackJack and Kaboom! game widgets available on Chumby

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

There are two new games on the chumby.
One is a BlackJack (”Luck-a-Zino”) game and the other is a bomb defuse game called “Kaboom!”.
If you have a chumby, add’em to one your channel lineups and have a go (or just play them via the virtual chumby … if you’re waiting for yours to arrive [...]

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Adobe DevNet article: 10 tips to help you develop better Flash Lite games

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

A new Adobe DevNet article: “Ten tips to help you develop better Flash Lite games” is available from Mariam.
“Mobile games are a big business with many talented developers creating compelling device content. Although most developers can write effective code, create interesting graphics, and test their games successfully, it is always helpful to review the best [...]

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Dojo Monkey (a Flash Lite game & animated series) has landed!

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Dale released news about Dojo Monkey (a new Flash Lite brand).
You can read all about Dojo Monkey over on his blog, or just stop “monkeying around” (sorry, I couldn’t resist) and go directly to the dojomonkey site.
There’s a Dojo movie trailer trailer you can watch and some freebies you can pick up.
Always winning to [...]

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Frame27 accepting Flash Mobile Games for review in 2008

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Have a new Flash Lite game you’ve created? Want it reviewed by professionals?
Frame27 is an additional way your Flash Lite game noticed.
Although we have a few in queue, we are accepting games for review all during 2008.
Head over the frame27.blogspot.com and check it out.
- Scott Janousek (one of the game reviewers)

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Another hybrid portable gaming device from Nokia?

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Engadget had a post speculating about some potential plans from Nokia to revist the portable gaming hybrid arena (info originally from unwiredreview.com) … possibly because of recent talks of a “PSP phone”? … or perhaps just because they believe now is the right time for another try?
If you think about it … they might as [...]

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iRiver Clix+ PMP launched in Korea (Flash Lite 2.1)

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

If you head over to iRiver’s site you can see the new iRiver Clix+ PMP.
As far as I can tell, it’s essentially the previous Clix plus DMB capability (of course, only in Korea! ), SRS Wow HD, and some other enhancements.
The spec says it has Flash Lite 2.1 preinstalled … which (as [...]

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Steam Iron - mobile RTS multiplayer game destined for Korean handsets

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Caught this via the guys over at finalhome.
Steam Iron appears to be a mobile RTS game to be played through GPRS in Korea launching next year. Looks very cool. It’s made by mikoishi, based out of Singapore.
… and, no, to my knowledge, none of it is Flash Lite!
But, check out their promo site - [...]

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Adobe Flash Lite Receives First Spike TV award for Innovation in Mobile Gaming

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Pretty cool news.

Adobe Wins Prestigious Industry Award
Adobe Flash Lite Receives First Spike TV award for Innovation in Mobile Gaming
SAN JOSE, Calif. — December 12, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced that its Flash Lite software received the first Spike TV award for Innovation in Mobile Gaming at Spike’s Video Game Awards Ceremony. The [...]

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Chipuya Town: a Japanese Flash based MMORPG on keitai

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

In Japan, there’s a new mobile service called Chipuya Town.
It’s a virtual world accessible on Flash enabled keitai. Users can create avatars in a virtual 2-D world that represents Tokyo’s Shibuya shopping district.
Essentially it’s a Flash based MMORPG targeted at younger Japanese women. Within the world players socialize with each other, and attain “Groove” [...]

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