19 Flash Lite - how does it affect game developers?

With Flash MX 2004 Professional it is now possible to create Flash games that will run on mobile phones. These devices are greatly limited in their memory, screen and processors when compared to a modern desktop computer. For this reason Macromedia have created a Flash player that is scaled to suit the limited capabilities. In this chapter we will walk through the limitations inherent in the new player and examine how the ActionScript you write has to be different in style from the script you use to target the latest Flash player for desktop machines.

Flash Lite Features

With Flash MX Professional 2004 there are two versions of the Flash player installed on your desktop development PC. When ...

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