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Backstage2D – the GPU Augmented Flash Display List

May 04, 2012 in Android, Backstage2D, Dev Stuff, Flash, iPhone, Mobile App Development

I’ve been playing with some 2D API ideas built on top of Flash’s Stage3D and Actionscript 3.0. I call it Backstage2D, the GPU augmented flash display list. Currently, Backstage2D’s code base is mostly a playground for proof of concept of some API ideas. Some stuff in this post may not match the git repo (for …...

Flash and AIR, Nothing But Opportunity

November 09, 2011 in Adobe, Android, Commentary, Flash, iPhone, Mobile App Development

Preface: I wrote this one of the last few times the Flash is dead thing made the media rounds, because it seems as though many participants in the discussion are simply missing the bigger picture, that the market for rich interactive work is splitting between app store apps (native applications), and desktop browser-based apps (websites), …...

Performance Benchmarks with AIR 2.7 for iOS

July 03, 2011 in Android, Flash, iPhone, Mobile App Development, Tips Tricks

I’ve been working on this Benchmark based on Iain Lobb’s BunnyMark. Being a bit confused sometimes about what things speed things up or slow things down, I didn’t want to guess anymore, so I grabbed Iain’s code base (cause I’m lazy, and didn’t want to start from scratch), and added some tests for things I …...