Adobe just released two new compiler tools, a new command line compiler shell called fcsh and a set of Ant tasks specifically for compiling Flex projects.
Archive for January, 2007
Flex Ant
Saturday, January 27th, 2007More Flash Games from the Bros. Chaps
Thursday, January 25th, 2007I haven’t really looked at Homestar Runner in a while but those dudes have really been cranking out some games! I wanted to point out one in particular since it falls into that whole adventure game thing I was talking about before. This one is called Peasant’s Quest. It boasts a text-based command system, save game, inventory, humour and intrigue, plus, it’s a dead ringer for Kings Quest I . Check it out!
Update:
Actually, on closer inspection, most of these games are crap. Although, Population Tire is pretty good and I hear you can play it on the Wii.
Flash Game Roundup
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
Here are a few great Flash games that have held my interest for more than a few minutes. Most links came from Game|Life (thanks Chris).
- Winterbells – Very simple but well build game. Kind of a variant on the kick-up type games.
- Flash Element TD – A Flash game based on a mod of Warcraft III? It’s a simple but addictive strategy game.
- Four Second Firestorm – A WarioWare clone created by several different development teams. Very fun but I don’t know who still wants listen to that Eurotrash Club music.
Oldest New Feature Awards
Monday, January 22nd, 2007OK, OK, I promised myself I wouldn’t knock on Vista until I’ve really given it a fair shot, and I think that’s what I was doing when I went to the Vista features showcase too see what fantastic new innovations are on their way from Redmond. I’m sure it’s no surprise that most of them had already been fantastically innovated by their competitors.
But there are some among these which many of us have been enjoying for so long now that they are as much features of an operating system as a steering wheel is a feature of a car. So without further ado, I present
The Oldest New Feature Awards
Micksna’d!
Thursday, January 18th, 2007Yay! We’ve been added to the news aggregator, MXNA! Now maybe our readership will climb to double digits and you can tell people you were into us before we got cool.