Posted on January 31, 2010 - by Eric

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

• My flash game of 2009 is Crush the Castle by Armorgames. with Achievement unlocked 2nd then Clockwords 3rd and Cyclomaniacs 4th. #
• Good news. We have earned over $70 of revenue from Mobclix. Bad news: its across 6 months. #
• @monteboyd – haha. or 1 game earning 1000x that. #inotherwords in reply to monteboyd #
• Say what you will of Vampire Weekend but they have my vote naming an album after an 80's videogame featuring two Rambos on a rampage. #
• @photonstorm thats just for the free + ads version of our iphone game. the paid one earned a tiny bit more decent than that. in reply to photonstorm #
• RT: @UntoldEnt: We're having an impromptu play session of ICT! Join us! http://www.interruptingcowtrivia.com #
• im actually having fun with this come2play battleships game. http://www.flashgamelicense.com/view_game.php?game_id=8250 #
• Win a new Nikon D300s (or 2000 photo scans) from @ScanCafe & Scott Bourne. Pls RT. Details here: http://bit.ly/8SJuMT #
• RT: @candywriter: RT @taptaptap: iPhone software sustainability and the death of Mac software: http://is.gd/6xW8G #
• What will an Iphone OS on the iSlate / iTablet mean for game developers? #discuss #
• @AppleiSlateNews hoping gamedevs can easily port iphone games there. i can see interesting possiblities when the 2 device played together. in reply to AppleiSlateNews #
• RT: @JimMacMillan: “Tired of games that are fun?” FarmVille is here: http://su.pr/1vJoQE #
• remind me not to hit R on the address bar in firefox when somebody is looking at my screen. #tube #red #
• Wowza! RT: @photonstorm: yay, my game Star Fish hit Facebook yesterday and has had nearly 200k plays so far, awesome! http://bit.ly/5w2Qyg #
• my 1.10 year old is squealing with glee as she throw natives after natives into the sea in Pocket God. #
• @eyuzwa – im pretty sure lemmings is a bit hard to understand for her (everything is tiny). PG has large stuff, and freeform play. in reply to eyuzwa #
• RT: @gigaom: What’s Inside Apple’s Tablet? http://bit.ly/8MbNwc in reply to gigaom #
• I am actually more excited for the web version of itunes than anything. less friction of web promotion. #
• One of Flash's wall of defense has fallen . Youtube is going html5. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/q7eqXrdy5iw/ #
• Do u want some sweet user interface with some sweet tunes. go here its awesome. http://www.thesixtyone.com #
• +1 RT @djhanks: Must stop multitasking. I’ve just fallen off a unicycle and got dough all over my trombone. #
• we will be getting our beta invite for Flash CS5 within the day! looking forward to playing around with it and giving feedback to Adobe. #
• not yet set in stone, but we MIGHT be making a Haiti related web/iphone release for 2nd week of feb. #
• a potentially cool podcast for Flash devs in games or generalists. Topics include Flash for iphone, flex4, etc http://tinyurl.com/yesfdxn #
• Looking at http://playerio.com/features/multiplayer/ #
• just got in the ADoble Flash CS5 beta! lets c how this flash to iphone stuff works… #
• RT: @Seantron: I tried to decompile a Zynga swf to find out how they are somehow loading byteArrays with Heroin and Crack. #
• cleaned up the blog's css stuff. took out wibliya, properly set the w3 cache plugin, and the tweetmeme is now better configured. done! #
• @Quantum_Sheep thanks! in reply to Quantum_Sheep #
• Touchgrind on a macbook – http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/illusion-labs-shows-off-multitouch-touchgrind-gaming-demo-on-a/ #
• How to avoid creating a sucky iphone app. http://tinyurl.com/y9axzf9 very useful but the stuttering is v. distracting. #
• RT: @AppGamerNet: News: Broken Sword: Directors Cut Out Now http://bit.ly/6UpJFl – YESSSS! #
• RT: @JimMacMillan: Reuters: "Avatar" replaces "Titanic" in record books http://bit.ly/82gAD9 #
• @UntoldEnt for CS5? the public one was cancelled. the private beta continued on. in reply to UntoldEnt #
• installing Flash CS5 viper. installer has bigger buttons but nothing else is new. #
• 1 other improvement. it doesnt ask me to close browsers when its installing, one less annoyance #flash #cs5 #
• spoke too soon, flash cs5 is asking me to close all my browser AFTER installing. #
• Just entered to win an AppleTablet – to enter and keep up with all the latest follow @whythemobile & RT http://bit.ly/5yyi0m #islate #ipad #
• RT: @gamasutra: Interview: ThatGameCompany's Santiago, Hunicke, On Designing For The Love http://bit.ly/7MPvNy #
• if you are an iphone app dev. DO NOT IGNORE this post. http://blog.appsfire.com/how-to-successfully-market-your-iphone-app-an #
• thanks to @a_random_blok and @Mrt3D for the RT and welcome! #
• @rosenz highly doubt that. branding overlap with the macbook. islate for me. 'slate' word has no mindshare owner in the consumer space. in reply to rosenz #
• RT: @MichaelJW: Get detailed statistics about your Flash game with @swfstats: http://bit.ly/btKyr7 #
• Soundsnap – our favorite sound provider here at CG has launched a pricing plan for sounds. old user still has 5 free sounds / month. #nice #
• HeyZap social bar is nice for self-distributed games with mtx but im pretty sure the whiny portal owners will hate it. . #yay #
• Wacom must be very concerned with the implications of Mac people with tablets. #
• @Seantron they could tell that the pen makes a difference but thats hardly a defensible position. in reply to Seantron #
• What do you get when you combine the hottest software and hardware (right now) together? Mass Effect 2 ported to Apple Tablet! #
• @UntoldEnt photograph that or it didnt happen. in reply to UntoldEnt #
• @majicDave HP just release a tablet called HP slate. i wonder if that supports / detracts the iSlate name. well c in a few hours. in reply to majicDave #
• Calacanis is bluffing. iTablet will have 2 cameras. wont have solar, wont have fingerprint, no hdtv tuner, pvr, and no sub $700 variant. #
• new box2dflash is out and lots of new useful features. http://box2dflash.boristhebrave.com/docs/2.1a/updating #
• a dedicated youtube app means iPad still has dont allow flash. #
• Confirmed – iPad still dont allow flash. http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/apple-creation-0128-rm-eng.jpg #
• Can run all iPhone apps unmodified out of the box!!! #
• For the record. iPad name sux & the device is a huge meh. thumbs up for the iphone app compat & the price. boo for no camera, multitasking #
• Who cares about everything else. I want an RTS on iPad. #
• @CocoaGeek you got me on Holy Macaroni. in reply to CocoaGeek #
• @MattRix or Total War! in reply to MattRix #
• MochiMedia recorded video/text chat – https://admin.acrobat.com/_a1002908405/p58668414/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal #
• the iPad provides the ultimate browsing experience – http://theflashblog.com/?p=1703 #
• @fabianv one of my fondest gaming memories are with the broken sword series. in reply to fabianv #
• Tank Facts: Da Vinci invented the wooden precursor to tanks. he also invented the sniper rifle and scissors. #
• whipping out the 40gb external drive containing sound files. today im gonna do all the sound effects for ftanks. #
• The iPad will not start a developer gold rush but a comedy gold rush – CollegeHumor video http://bit.ly/9PHNyR #
• Hey adobe if you want Flash get/stay on more platforms. fix CPU usage or open source it. its that simple. #
• Apple, Google, Microsoft, Linux are all slowly/clearly moving away from Flash. anyone who is not concerned is naive or delusional. #
• @ElliotXtreme – youtube = google. in reply to ElliotXtreme #
• @photonstorm i have a feeling google is doing something with html5 for the vid delivery part. web apps/ria are going to javascript. #
• Even with games – Flash is losing developers to unity and even more with xcode now that its for 3 hot devices (iphone/ipod/ipad) #
• @ElliotXtreme Google is pro javascript from the start, i think they knew then that a closed proprietary technology has more cons than pros in reply to ElliotXtreme #
• @rosedragoness javascript is not java. in reply to rosedragoness #
• i love flash. i am just concerned how adobe is handling the onslaught. save for facebook games every front is eroding. #
• @ElliotXtreme wait a minute. you want flash to disappear, go open source or be made better? in reply to ElliotXtreme #
• @monteboyd flash player sucks battery, keeps crashing browsers, etc. Why not open source that & let community fix it. they cant seem to. in reply to monteboyd #
• just downloaded some tank tracks sound effect from soundsnap. i love that site. #
• @JeffWeber i think given the history of MS and the stake with .net, MS is going after Flash's neck. any semblance of diplomacy is short-term in reply to JeffWeber #
• is it sensible to have two versions of the flash player/vm? proprietary and open-sourced? i bet that would put flash into more devices. #
• my top 3 iphone games right now are mini-squadron, bejeweled blitz, and crush the castle. #
• @ElliotXtreme got ya. flash never had that snappy feel to it. in reply to ElliotXtreme #
• RT @TechCrunch: iPad v. A Rock http://bit.ly/aCl1VM #
• nope! still think the iPad is a horrible name.. #
• wonders how many days/weeks/months till i get used to the iPad name. #
• Youtube WILL drop Flash in the next 2 years: case in point http://jilion.com/sublime/video – a very good starting point for html5 video. #
• @MattRix i know. the point was its being improved rapidly by lots of people because its opensource. ever1 says youtube is just experimenting in reply to MattRix #
• @GenoBaby thats not an impossible task to solve, google has solved much much more difficult problems. in reply to GenoBaby #
• @MattRix Apple problem is 1/2 cpu/battery usage & crashes. problems 5 years & counting. if open sourced flash would be better 4 it. in reply to MattRix #
• @MattRix Apple has pulled out Flash out of safari and have publicly stated that most of their support tickets are caused by flash. in reply to MattRix #
• @MattRix but i think apple wanted adobe to fix it a long time ago (pre iphone) and just blocked them off out of spite. but what do i know in reply to MattRix #
• the other 1/2 of why apple dont want flash on their devices are games, and video/mp3 streaming. it will undermine their stores. #
• but kinda silly since its on hardware they are getting their margins. makes you think that its their content partners who want flash out. #
• @scobleizer on Flash http://scobleizer.com/2010/01/30/can-flash-be-saved/ #
• my speculation on apple vs adobe was right on the money if this report is to be believed. http://tinyurl.com/y8tlwe8 #