Flash MX 2004 Games

6 Creating Artwork for Mobile Devices

At the time of writing, December 2003, mobile devices are finally reaching the processing and display capabilities that make a Flash player viable. Despite this, designers still need to be aware of huge limitations when creating artwork for these little computers. Things that you may take for granted on a desktop machine are simply not possible on most mobile devices. In this chapter we will look first at the types of devices that your animation may be seen on. We will look at the problems of different colour spaces to the familiar full colour space you are probably used to when developing content for a desktop. While we are looking at mobile devices we will also consider the user input options and how these ...