In their second issue, Flash & Flex Magazine published a new tutorial based on one of my blog posts .
The tutorial is about mobile game development with FlashLite 2.0. In this blog you will find the same example of the Snake game, for Spanish readers.
I finally found an easy way to post on my own blog, besides de WordPress administration page. Word 2007 let’s you post on a couple of blogs systems directly from your computer. You only need to configure your username and password
Time ago, i got an email asking me about to write a tutorial for a new magazine. Flash & Flex Developer’s Magazine, let you contribute with articles and tutorials about development. They are very nice people, and they will publish a tutorial i made about game development with AS3.0.
I know there are a lot of Flash developers out there who will be glad to contribute, and also a lot of readers like you, who will be happy about to have a printed magazine with a CD to keep learning.
Please read their note:
“Flash & Flex Developer’s Magazine is a quarterly publication distributed in English language in USA and devoted to issues like: Action Script Development, Server-Side Interaction or Sound and Animation functions or Mobile World. It is addressed to both: the experts and the newbies.
Each issue will contain a CD with the hottest programmes, applications and video tutorials. Electronic version of the mag available on 19th of May; printed in June! We are still looking for betatesters and authors. If you would like to contribute please sign up: en@ffdmag.com or visit: www.ffdmag.com.”
Last month I used my vacation days to visit another place and forget a bit what computers are. I was a lucky guy, and i went to Brazil, a beatifull countrie with nice beachs, culture and people.
After my vacations, as usual, i had a lot of work pending and a hard time trying to finish a big game at Persuasive Games.
Good thing is that Pocket Pool tutorial, and a Game like Bloons part 2 are comming really soon.
Another good issue, is that i was a secondary runner-up at ActionScript tutorial competition. Thanks to AS.org people for the gift they sent to me.
Finally if you remember Pocket Pool, i want to update on MochiAds biz.
It seems that eCPM is little as time goes by. Not sure why, but i think they should give an advice to the people, or at least the reasons.
Game is stable at 5k-6k every day, and obviuslly game portals has picked the game from others sites. Viral marketing works! :D
My stats!
Finally, you can contact me if you want to be part of the new course where i teach Flash development at Buenos Aires. Starts arround 20 feb.
Thanks for your patience
While trying to publish Pocket Pool (http://www.alejandroquarto.com/wp-content/test/pocketPool_v3.html), I had some time to play a big ammount of webgames. I was surprissed when i saw that one of the most played games at MochiAds is Bloons. This game, is the top one at mochiads ranks, and also is online for playing in a lot of game sites and portals.
First impression is that Bloons is a really simple game, and it is in fact. Also is highly addictive, and is so easy to get stuck at higher levels.
The aim of this tutorial is to introduce the main gameplay feature of Bloons to be able to create new games.
I have to say, is really easy to create a “clon”, but is not my goal, people will not play a bad copy, will play Bloons. The only thing you can do here if you want to monetize a game like Bloons, is just to add new features, gameplay improvements, powerups, etc, and the most important thing: do something creative and original with the game concept.
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