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Flash Professional CS5: Creating a Simple Game for iOS Devices

Flash Professional CS5: Creating a Simple Game for iOS Devices

with Todd Perkins

 


In this course, Todd Perkins shows how to use Flash Professional CS5 to create a game to play on iOS devices, utilizing device hardware like the accelerometer and integration with a local database. The course covers the game development from start to finish, including planning and preparation, character and background animation, creating interactions and scoring mechanism, and finally testing and publishing the app. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:
  • Optimizing assets
  • Planning game play and viewing class structure
  • Making the character move and jump
  • Adding sound effects
  • Adding accelerometer support
  • Creating reusable classes
  • Looping background animations
  • Detecting collisions
  • Using a timer
  • Increasing scrolling speed
  • Acquiring testing certificates and provisioning profiles
  • Troubleshooting performance issues
  • Submitting to the App Store

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author
Todd Perkins
subject
Developer, Web, Games, Projects
software
Flash Professional CS5, iOS
level
Intermediate
duration
2h 8m
released
Feb 25, 2011

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Todd Perkins

Todd Perkins

Todd Perkins is an Adobe Certified Instructor who spends much of his time teaching people how to use Adobe's web development software. Todd has several years of experience teaching people of all ages and backgrounds, and he is an expert at teaching complex concepts in a way anyone can understand. Todd is half of the dynamic duo at the All Things Adobe Podcast (chadandtoddcast.com), and he has authored a vast array of video training titles. Todd also loves to teach in classrooms, consult businesses, and train people online, but what he loves most is playing video games with his amazing wife, Jessica.
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