Java Magazine is a bimonthly digital publication, brought out by Oracle to ensure the continuing health and growth of the Java technology ecosystem.

The May/June 2012 issue of the Java Magazine features Nextwave in the section on ‘Java in Action’. The story, titled ‘Game On!’ discusses how Java ME is playing a major role in helping mobile app developers profit in India, one of the fastest growing economies, and the world’s second-largest mobile phone market. The article then discusses how Nextwave refocused its business growth strategy to building and marketing its own mobile apps for this vast and exploding mobile phone market.

The Millionaire League

The article also mentions the induction of Nextwave into the Nokia Millionaire League. Here’s a brief excerpt from the relevant paragraph:

“Nextwave Multimedia is a member of the Nokia Millionaire League, a select club of only 350 Nokia mobile application developers from around the world. This exclusive club is reserved for mobile app developers who have had more than 1 million downloads from Nokia’s online app store. Nextwave has had more than 25 million downloads of its mobile apps from Nokia Store.”

The article can be accessed here.

Nextwave Multimedia, declared new ‘Legends’ by Intel for the app Comics Creator.

To know more about this honour click here

We are looking for programmers with a passion for a career in 3D game development

Eligibility:
- Must be an Engineering or Science graduate
- Should have good maths skill
- Should have minimum 1 year experience in developing games with Flash ActionScript 3.0

Please email your resume to 3dgamedev@nextwavemultimedia.com

Nextwave Multimedia is in the process of developing new series of 3D games. We are looking for people with a passion for a career in game development or interactive 3D development.

Eligibility:

Should have good math skills.

Should have basic knowledge of C, C++ or Java or Dot Net or JavaScript or ActionScript.

Must be an Engineering or Science graduate.

Please email your resume to 3dgamedev@nextwavemultimedia.com

Word Jockey: Enhance your word power. Make a word with the given letters to race your horse faster.
Link to ovi: http://store.ovi.com/content/113516

Bowling Wizard: More than a mere bowling game, with mystery, magic and suspense.
Link to ovi: http://store.ovi.com/content/113838

Casual Game Pack: Three simple but hugely entertaining games to play.
Link to ovi: http://store.ovi.com/content/113784

Hit 21 Deluxe: A fast moving card game where you have to do your sums quickly to win.
Link to ovi: http://store.ovi.com/content/113761

Quick Cards: The eternal excitement of snap. U need to be sharp and quick.
Link to ovi: http://store.ovi.com/content/113766

Nextwave Multimedia has won the Intel AppUp Developer Grand Prize Award in the ‘Most Innovative Application Category‘ for their app ‘Comics Creator’. This was a Global competition from Intel with more than 100 entrants. The winner was announced on 14th Feb 2011 at the ‘Mobile World Congress’ at Barcelona, and receives the Grand Prize money of $60,000.

Last year, Nextwave had won the ‘Nokia Calling All Innovators 2010′ - Grand Prize for the same app.

‘Comics Creator’ allows the user to create his or her own comic story, cartoons and photo journals by using a simple and easy to follow application. For artists it gets even better, they can upload sketches, doodles, etc, right away. The app provides the user with a large array of emotive characters, styles of illustration and dialogue box. The user can even save their favourite comic creations in the PC and share them with friends through networking sites, blogs etc.

Download the application from: http://www.appup.com/applications/publisher-Nextwave

For more information about the event check: http://appdeveloper.intel.com/en-us/contest/intel-atom-developer-challenge-winners

Blender is a free open source 3D content creation suite that is creating impactful changes in the 3D animation industry. After being used in the mainstream animation industry, Blender is gaining popularity, and is highly recognized by industry experts.

Our 3D animation team is a passionate league of Blender enthusiasts. For almost two years, we have been producing professional work for our clients using Blender. From architecture to medicine to engineering, we have worked with clients across different sectors. Over the course, we have gained considerable knowledge and experience of the software.

Now, we offer an opportunity for animation professionals to learn from our expertise. We are providing a comprehensive training in 3D animation and modelling by using Blender.

The training will be informal with the focus on practical applications of the software. The course will help you kick start your animation career using Blender.

Professionals with a minimum of one year animation experience can benefit from our training.

It is a short duration course, and only a few seats are available.

GIMP
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), a free open-source picture editing software similar to Adobe Photoshop, has become a favourite with professionals and newbies alike.

Students joining our Blender training programme will also be exposed to GIMP. Our experts will help students create graphics and designs using this graphics software.

For more details, please contact us at: 044-28260450, or mail to: info@nextwavemultimedia.com

The comic series will soon be available on Samsung Corby devices, Nokia E Series and Windows Mobile.
We are working to cover many more devices.

The second episode of ‘Rambow Ramu’ will also be launched soon.The first episode was received with rave reviews.

25 Tips to get you started

Download from here,

OR

http://nextwavemultimedia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/as30-25tips-by-nextwavemultimedia.pdf

These are useful tips in Actionscript 3.0 for beginners and in future more advanced tips will be published.

Prerequisite: Knowledge in Actionscript 2.0

With wmode = transparent, input fields doesn’t allow special characters

Try to avoid using wmode = transparent in the html file and try to do its equilvalent wordaround in Flash itself.

This is Adobe’s bug, not fixed yet.
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-12420