Ohh... I understand now about the Java thing. But still, why is Adobe Flash dying? Don't they realize just how MUCH of the Internet runs on it?
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I think it's because Adobe makes shit for software when it comes to flash.
Because everyone relied on their proprietary flash professional to make games.
Once flash develop was made though...
It's an IDE that makes you at least 10x faster at making flash.
And it is free.
Which means we as devs don't need to pay for flash anymore to make flash.
Which means adobe can't make money with flash anymore.
Which means adobe won't support it anymore.
All because they were lazy.
If they had made good software in the first hand, we would never of gotten
flash develop. As it arose out of necessity.
This is my theory. As someone who, knows a lot of Adobe software, but doesn't care much for Adobe as a company.
-MakeGamesHappen
(-John Mark)
I think Java. It's practical, easy to understand, and also somewhat easy to port since both are object-oriented languages.
Good to know!
By the way, I think I have an email from you somewhere buried deep within my inbox that I never answered. I am going to go look now.
-MakeGamesHappen
(-John Mark)
If I understood anything about coding, I'd chuckle and pat you on the back.
Coding, its hard stuff.
Well, depending on what you are making.
Just like legos. :)
-MakeGamesHappen
(-John Mark)
Exactly. Easy as hell to make a cluster of completely useless sh*t and have fun doing it, but when you make it the way it's supposed to be it's complicated and tedious...at least to my knowledge.
Yeah. Linking together code into a large system is an art within itself.
-MakeGamesHappen
(-John Mark)
Hey, I'm back. Still alive...
Will converting to a different code base affect your ability to host on Newgrounds? Just curious, I know nothing about code since Turbo Pascal (hahaha) in High School.
Haxe can compile to Flash. It will not affect newgrounds.
It just means that we can get out to more people and be
more legitimate if we target Steam Greenlight.
-MakeGamesHappen
(-John Mark)
So do you have a time frame in mind for when everything gets moved over and an updated version gets on NG? Just curious, not that I'm in any rush.
I am thinking of launching a kickstarter for a tablet case I made to see if anyone wants something similar. Just to give me practice doing kickstarters. Then from there, doing a kickstarter for the game. Though I feel we need more art before the game is kickstarter worthy.
-MakeGamesHappen
(-John Mark)
Gamedziner
<Cue panic mode>
Wait, WHAAAT?!!?!??! Flash is dying!?! How much time do we have left with it? Will it work after it is unsupported?
<Panic mode turns off>
*Panting* Oh man... That is terrible! On the note of your options, I'd keep Java in mind; after all, 2 extremely popular games, Minecraft and Cookie Clicker, both run on Java fine... Or is Java dying to? *Gulp*
MakeGamesHappen
Java is doing fine. Ironic because many years ago when I made the choice to learn AS3... The other choice I was heavily considering WAS JAVA!!
But I decided to go with AS3 because at the time, it seemed that people were afraid of Java applets and trusted flash more than Java Applets. For example, a lot of browsers defaulted to having Java blocked. And most flash game sites favored Flash over Java.
I am going with Haxe because it is a multi-platform solution.
I have a really good programmer friend who is all about Java.
-MakeGamesHappen
(-John Mark)