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Re: I still use Flash

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Post by layer8 »

sosborn wrote: post #139
dkarl wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's the discipline of data-driven business. If 20 people use your app and despise it and are depressed by it, that's better than 19 people using it and loving it. No sentimentality allowed.

How could anyone possibly measure that an app is despised and depresses people (or vice versa)? Usage can't be it, because I use a ton of software that I despise and get depressed by, but only because I get paid to do so, or the app is so niche there isn't a viable replacement.

They don’t. They just measure that the more “modern” design gets 5% more users, so clearly it must be better.

Re: I still use Flash

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Post by pfoof »

Glad to see someone trying to reverse engineer it somewhat. We had a lot of approaches to clone it: Shumway, Ruffle, cross-compile through Haxe and OpenFL, but we are still not complete. And open-source AIR can be just a dream.

Re: I still use Flash

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Post by quijoteuniv »

zackmorris wrote: post #172
dj_mc_merlin wrote: post #96

I remember creating a simple "catch the falling X" game in Flash 20 years ago. It was basic, but had everything you'd expect in a beginner project: points, multiple game states/screens, a victory condition, basic story (which was just a screen at the beginning, like NES). The thing is, I was a literal child and I also had no clue how to code -- I did everything by following tutorials and gluing together code I copy&p…

That's how I feel about HyperCard. Some apps were so ahead of their time that when they were axed, nothing comparable replaced them. I believe that this is due to a tragedy of the commons in the software industry. We're all so creative, with so many dreams, but spend the majority of our lives working 40 hour weeks to outcompete each other and make rent. Then when someone wins the internet lottery, they succumb to the…

“ Then when someone wins the internet lottery, they succumb to their ego and do a bunch of stuff in business to hoard even more wealth, rather than working to reform the system which keeps so many others down.”

Well said

Re: I still use Flash

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Post by taeric »

dj_mc_merlin wrote: post #96

I remember creating a simple "catch the falling X" game in Flash 20 years ago. It was basic, but had everything you'd expect in a beginner project: points, multiple game states/screens, a victory condition, basic story (which was just a screen at the beginning, like NES). The thing is, I was a literal child and I also had no clue how to code -- I did everything by following tutorials and gluing together code I copy&p…

The scratch set of tools still enables kids do a lot of this stuff.

Re: I still use Flash

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Post by Izkata »

fallat wrote: post #76
ilyt wrote: post #65

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It's like entire industry at one point decide to optimize UIs for the first 30 minutes of usage and not the years of users using apps once they get familiar with them . "oooh let's not put too many buttons to scare users away", "they got 22 inch screens, let's just waste space for no good reason, it looks modern and airy"

Yes. What we see in UI design today is a consequence of game theory at work. It's to optimize business. In fairness you don't want to scare users away. I think though many people equated it all to "clean looking", without realizing removing micro-interactions is a net negative....

One of the early attempts to balance those two goals was an option in the settings to switch between Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced mode. Never really see that anymore.

Re: I still use Flash

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Post by lsferreira42 »

rogual wrote: post #2

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Re: I still use Flash

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Post by mastersummoner »

rogual wrote: post #126
bjackman wrote: post #52

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It was great, loved the concise writing style, and it was a cool story.

Thanks! It's actually great to hear you describe it as concise, I was worried it was a bit waffly to be honest.

It was long because there were a lot of steps to describe. But for each, the writing was concise, interesting and entertaining.

Re: I still use Flash

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Post by astroalex »

I was a huge fan of Hapland back in the day! My friends and I were obsessed. It actually inspired me to make my own Flash games, which is how I learned programming. So nostalgic to see screenshots of that game.

Re: I still use Flash

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Post by texuf »

vkazanov wrote: post #171
dwild wrote: post #167

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The amount of commercial games that used (and still does actually) Flash is much higher than many could believe. Jackbox is probably one that many here have played in the past few years. Some games used it only for UI, like Borderlands.

World of tanks used Flash-based tech for game UIs as well. PS At least that was the case 9-10 years ago when I was involved.

Scaleform - it came with the big world engine
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