[web] Actionscript 3.0 and game development

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Original post by SimonForsman Flash9 / AS3.0 doesn't have any 3d support at all. however it is supposed to have a JIT compiler which would provide performance far superior to that of Flash8. (It should be fast enough to write a good software renderer)

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Original post by Byron After having quite a bit of experience with Flash I finally saw that Flash CS3 is coming out and it has Actionscript 3.0 (I know that Flex has had it for a while) and since a friend of mine and myself are attempting to create web based games I thought I would ask if anybody has had any real experience of creating AS3.0 based games. >I don't have experience creating games in this env, but I am very interested in it and will persue it further with the resources of the company I just took over here in Mill Valley, a small specialty advertizing firms I sold on the concept of 'advergaming.' From what little I have seen out there it seems that AS3.0 and Flash player 9 are a massive leap forwards in terms of performance - or is that just people are running it on more powerful systems? >I believe the former. I have heard that if you are going to write server side apps in AS, it only accepts in the 1.0 version. This is about a three month old statement drawn from an actionscripting 2.0 book I read. This is going to become a major media, imo. I am particularly interested in generating real-time 3D in - I managed to do that in Flash 5 with a couple of hacks but I was wondering how far Flash had progressed in that area. >I believe I read somewhere that you can write it, I have not been up to date as I would like to be because of the acquistion, but in a month or two I will be able to answer that more definitively. Further, I would raise the notion that most of your transmitted files will be swif files for the flash client embedded in the browser, and how much screen real estate do you want the light file to own? Most of the scripting languages I have seen at popcap.com and the like aren't bigger than a 480 X 640 window or to that scale effect, but it is also true that these games are generally tile based designs, and not overly sophisticated. In spite of that, they generate huge traffic and use. Another point I would raise is the mobility element, Flashcast server can pump out swif files to cell phones, and I'm specifically referencing dialing the users number, not coming over an e-mail or through a mini browser, and significant penetration advanted I suggest. Though the percentages of that are small now, it will likely imo to become the dominate entry market for small footprint transmission gaming for mobile devices. I'm all for a full on 3-D game cash yo. I'll be linking an ad in help wanted soon for a few small flash games of my own devisement for the new adco site sometime this fall, for future reference. Sincerely, Art Byron Flash based game development

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Original post by DarkZoulz Have you seen Papervision3D? Clicky