Archive for the ‘Adobe’ Category
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
Adobe Systems Incorporated have launched their new Flash Mobile Gallery Website. Adobe have specifically hand-picked a comprehensive range of mobile content to showcase the very best rich mobile applications that can be developed in Flash.
Flash for mobile, allows developers the ability to create next generation content for mobile phones that can enable new levels of interactive intelligent experiences for the end users – far beyond that of previous TXT-Messaging mobile service applications. Zodal’s RugbyMate application, developed in Flash for Series 60 handsets and also for the Apple iPhone, is featured as one of the top international applications that were selected to be part of the Adobe mobile gallery.
RugbyMate is a real time mobile data application developed by Zodal for the Rugby World Cup 2007 in Paris. Users could easily click through the application on their mobile phone, to keep track of all the teams, scores and game times during the pool competitions and finals, all through a well designed, appropriately branded, user friendly interface application. RugbyMate uses Zodal’s “EventPro” mobile technology server modules written in JAVA and Ruby to enable the back-end real time services for the application, so the system can be re-used for any major sporting event.
Visit the official RugbyMate website here.
Visit the official Flash Mobile Gallery here.
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Flash, Apple, Chris Blair, Flash Lite, Mobile-Devices | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Today New Zealand game publisher Trickysheep Publishing released Zodal’s latest adventure game called “Anika’s Odyssey – Land of the Taniwha”.
Anika’s Odyssey is a magical adventure deep into a lush and enchanted land. Be Anika Greenfield and break through reality, to enter a mystical world inspired by Aotearoa, New Zealand. Throughout the adventure, Anika meets wild and curious creatures and exotic Taniwha spirits (New Zealand Maori word for spirits, pronounced ‘tah-nee-fah’) that inhabit this wondrous wilderness.
The game is an enchanting point and click adventure puzzle game, full of a myriad of surprises and charm. Help Anika Greenfield explore her colorful landscape as she searches to reclaim her beloved friend.
Anikas Odyssey is a free web game and was released on the internet today and launched through the USA Game portal Kongregate, “the YouTube of Online Gaming”. Kongregate a gaming and social networking website allows its members to chat while playing games and post comments about the games while bookmarking their favorites and rating the digital content.
In the first day alone the Anikas Odyssey – Land of the Taniwha has been played over 10,000 times, and fans are already demanding a sequel, with comments of praise and adoration being continually posted, such as this comment from a community member “superb game play, spot-on sound effects, nice puzzles, and much more make this an excellent game!”
As the game publisher Trickysheep hold the IP rights to the Anika’s Odyssey franchise and plan to release a sequel and a mobile portable version of the game in the first quarter of 2008. It is likely that Zodal, New Zealand’s Leading Adobe Flash Game and Mobile Game Digital Development Studio, will again be the assigned Game Developer for the follow up project. Trickysheep are reviewing considerations for game sponsorship opportunities. If you are interested in exclusive rights to the sequel please contact partners@trickysheep.co.nz
From the official Anikia Odyssey webpage here – you can link to the social networking sites and keep up with the community activities of Anika Greenfield with beautifully designed Anika pages on Bebo, MySpace and Facebook. To join the Anika Odyssey community and receive information updates go here.
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Flash, Chris Blair, Flash Games, Gaming, HOT, Interaction Design, Social Networking | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
There are already 400 people signed up for our Live Online Webinar on:
Mobile Gaming for Web2.0 & PSP.
If anyone is interested to learn how to take advantage of the new opportunities emerging in the casual game and mobile game markets you can sign up at Adobe here.
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We will be streaming over the “Adobe Live Connect” technology and the Webinar will cover best practices when designing games which require cross delivery; platforms such as for Web2.0, and mobile devices such as the PSP.
Adobe are organizing a raffle for a free Flash Professional CS3 Software or iRiver Clix (winners choice)
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The Webinar is free – Hope to see you there!
(unfortunately the Seminar time has been optimized for US timezone – so its an early start for us here in NZ: Thursday 27th morning 8.00am NZ time)
The Seminar Title is “Best Practices: Designing & Developing content for the Sony PSP using Adobe® Flash® software” and for US Pacific Time it will be live on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM US/Pacific.
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Flash, Chris Blair, Flash Games, Flash Lite, Gaming, Mobile, Mobile Games, Mobile-Devices, iPhone | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Zodal has released RugbyMate, a next generation 3G mobile utility for keeping track of the Rugby World Cup on your mobile phone. The application is receiving rave reviews in the Mobile Blog Sphere and has also been highlighted in the popular Idealog magazine, a top magazine in New Zealand with a publication focus on entrepreneurial business.
RugbyMate was originally developed for Series 60 mobile phones, such as the new Nokia N95 which support the free Adobe Flash Lite Player, other moble handsets that support the Flash Application are Sony Ericsson, Samsung and Panasonic Phones. The rich graphical mobile utility is also available for free on the Apple iPhone. An updated version of RugbyMate was released today, available for Smart Phones such as i-Mate, Treo, and Blackberry.
The mobile utility is receiving thousands of views, as rugby fans want to support their favorite team such as the All Blacks on mobile, the Wallabies on mobile, South Africa on mobile or their Northern Hemisphere teams and want to keep up-to-date with the exciting Rugby events in France during this 2007 World Cup Rugby Event.
As peoples lifestyles continue to demand more freedom they are they must have access to the scores and information or the ability to check the schedule for the upcoming games while they are out and about with friends, at the beach, or socializing in the city. RugbyMate provides constantly updated information about the latest events at the World Cup direct to your mobile phone. The Rugby Mate application is free, so you don’t have to wait until you get home and back to your old desktop computer to find out what is happening in the action.
If you are interested in downloading the Free Adobe Flash Lite Application or viewing the mobile iPhone Sports Utility on your Apple iPhone then visit the www.rugbymate.co.nz website for more information.
Also keep an eye out for the new Apple iPod Touch available in New Zealand and World Wide and the possible rumors around the Google gPhone for the new mobile experiences which Zodal are preparing to deliver for your enjoyment.
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Flash, Ajax, Apple, Chris Blair, Flash Lite, Gadgets, HOT, Innovation, Mobile, Mobile-Devices, Ruby on Rails, Trends, Web 2.0, Wireless, google Phone, iPhone, iPod Touch | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
TUANZ announced today that Zodal is a finalist in the Mobile Application of the Year Category at the TUANZ Innovation Awards 2007. The team is very excited and we feel that this is a testament not only to our hard work, but also to all of you that have in some way or another contributed to the development of LINKA mobile game server framework – whether through technical assistance, general feedback on the server and its Adobe Flash Lite games, mentoring, support, encouragement and mobile industry and business advice.
We look forward to meeting with the judges in early October for a final presentation of the multi-player game server. The winner will be announced at a Gala Dinner in Auckland on October 11.
To find out more about the Awards as well as to see the tremendous competition that Zodal is up against, go to the TUANZ website:
https://www.tuanz.org.nz/content/0c927847-ec0d-4522-bda8-78c9347dbfeb.html
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Flash, Awards, Chris Blair, Flash Lite, Innovation, Mobile, Mobile Games, Mobile-Devices, New Zealand, Telcos, Telecommunications | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
Today Zodal release a new Developer article titled Designing and developing Flash games for the Sony PSP cementing their position as one of the leading Flash and Flash Lite mobile development studios.
Zodal worked closely with Bill Perry who manages global developer relations for mobile and devices, and other key members of the Adobe Mobile and Devices team to develop a rich new article for Adobe’s Developer Center.
Since firmware update 2.70, Adobe Flash content has been viewable on Sony’s Playstation Portable (PSP) game console.
Like any device, the PSP has strengths, limitations, and unique quirks that game designers and developers need to understand before creating content for it.
Jeff Nusz, Zodal’s lead developer has created this clear step by step tutorial article to help stimulate new knowledge and wealth in the mobile and device Flash developer community. The article takes you through the boundaries of the PSP and looks at how to optimize your Flash programming techniques and graphic design approaches; with hints and tips coming from real life examples and techniques Zodal use as part of their inhouse game development process.
The article is targeted at Flash developers who have built games for desktop computers or mobile devices, and are interested in new opportunities developing for the PSP.
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Flash, Chris Blair, Flash Games, Flash Lite, Gadgets, Gaming, Innovation, Jeff Nusz, Mobile, Mobile Games, Mobile-Devices, Sony PSP, Trends | No Comments »
Sunday, July 1st, 2007
The iPhone has gone on sale in the USA with AT&T as the exclusive mobile operator.
Bill Perry, who manages global developer relations for mobile and devices at Adobe along with plenty of others waited in line for over nine hours to get their hands on the new fabled gadget from Apple.
Alasta at Geekzone believes Vodafone New Zealand will probably never carry the iPhone. However he does mention that in the far-off future, Telecom maybe able to support a UMTS revision of the iPhone, once they get their newly proposed UMTS network operational.
Daryl at Kiwiscanfly posted that Apple is in talks with Vodafone Europe – so then maybe Vodafone NZ will distribute the iPhone eventually.
The iPhone, promoted as one of the best user experiences for accessing the internet via a mobile device, has plenty of features such as widgets for accessing YouTube, however the Safari Browser on the new phone does not display any Adobe Flash content.
This is obviously going to cause huge issues; 1. with developers of internet content and; 2. with the public wishing to access rich web based content from their new iPhones.
Bill Perry writes a very interesting iPhone first-look review at what users can expect when they try to access the large amount of Flash content currently available all over the internet.
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Flash, Ajax, Apple, Chris Blair, Innovation, Mobile, Mobile-Devices, Telcos, Telecom NZ, Telecommunications, Trends, Vodafone, Wireless | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Adobe® AIR™, formerly code-named Apollo, is a cross-operating system runtime that allows developers to use their existing web development skills to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop.
Adobe Labs also features articles that discuss how developers already using HTML, Javascript, CSS, Ajax, Flash, or Flex can start using Adobe AIR to build desktop-based rich Internet applications.
Thus now with the right technical specifics Flash Developers such as Zodal can deliver content and applications not just across devices such as Mobile Phones and the Internet but Build Rich Desktop applications for Mac and Windows computers.
The convergence of Rich Internet applications, better enabled with the new release of Adobe® Flex™ 3, which is a cross platform open source framework for creating rich Internet applications that run identically in all major browsers and operating systems, combined with Adobe AIR means there are some interesting niches and new markets to be captured at the intersections of these methodologies.
There is a great list of showcase apps built in the beta release of AIR – My personal favorites are TWITTER, yourminis.com and Finetune Desktop.
As a side also keep an eye our for the new Flash Player 9 now available and coming soon for Solaris too!
Posted in AIR, Adobe, Ajax, Apollo, Chris Blair, Desktop, Flash Games, Innovation, Web 2.0 | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Qualcomm’s Brew Conference dubbed Into The New, starts today in San Diego, California.
Brew is one of the major alternatives to J2ME (Java) and sits along side JAVA, Windows Mobile and Symbian competing for the Handheld Device Market.
In late 2006 Adobe and Verizon Wireless announced a partnership that would make Flash Lite content available to over 37.5 million Verizon Wireless subscribers. So now with the right technical specifics Flash Lite is available for development and distribution across the Brew market.
Brew’s heartland is the US where it powers Verizon’s successful GET IT NOW digital content portal. Other key stats around Qualcomm’s Brew are:
– Operator customers: 70
– Device partners: 48
– Countries with BREW: 32
– Publisher/developer earnings from BREW apps: $1 billion
There is a huge line up of speakers at this years “Into The New”, from Smashing Ideas GameLoft, EA, Digital Chocolate to Facebook and MySpace.
There will be hands on technology sessions presenting some interesting views such as “Exploring Capabilities of Adobe Flash Lite on Brew” to “Flash Lite on Brew Business Insights”.
Also great sessions fill up the three day conference ranging from “BREW applications with SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)” to sessions on “Multi-player Mobile Gaming” and “The Rise of Virtual Communities and the Implications for Mobile Gaming”.
The interesting value proposition behind Zodal’s Flash and Flash Lite mobile games and mobile applications is that our work flow and development architectures enable us to deliver End User Applications and great experiences across mobiles running Brew, Windows Mobile, Symbian and also across the Internet, IPTV and additionally game devices such as PSP PS3 and Nintendo Wii.
Posted in Adobe, Adobe Flash, Brew, Chris Blair, Flash Lite, Gaming, Mobile, Mobile Games, Telecommunications | No Comments »
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Adobe have now shipped over 200 Million Flash-enabled devices. Adobe’s Flash Lite is fast being recognized as the most pervasive and cross device platform for developing Mobile Games and Rich Graphic Mobile content, giving end users a more engaging user experience.
Flash Lite is supported by Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Windows Mobile and all other leading handset and device manufacturers, so it is not surprising to find majority of consumers are now beginning to possess a mobile device which can support the exciting software and entertainment which Zodal develops.
Zodal’s latest games for MTV skateboard stars “Rob and Big” was developed for Flash enabled device the Sony PSP. Zodal are currently developing three new mobile games in Adobe Flash Lite from right here in New Zealand to be launched across the Flash Lite supported Nokia range of handsets.
All the supporting figures outlining the growth of Flash Lite for mobile devices can be found at Visionmobile, a think tank for mobile strategists. These facts are very interesting to our team here at Zodal, as we continue to develop premium Flash Lite mobile games for the international market with the original fun and excitement of our custom developed Zodal flash phone games leading the way for a more engaging mobile user experience.
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