The classic board game Snooker can now be played on your mobile phones. We recently launched ‘Snooker’ on Nokia’s Ovi Store. There are 3 game play options: 8 Ball Game, 9 Ball Game & Snooker.
Please click on the link below to have a quick glimpse of the game play.
‘The Story of ‘Valentine’s Day’ in Comics form and ‘Tips for Valentine’s Day’ will be available on Nokia’s OVI,Apple’s Itunes and Android Market Place in the next few days.
Comicshead, a Nextwave Multimedia venture, has launched Rambow Ramu, India’s first and probably among the first mobile comic series in the world . For the first time a complete comic series will be published in the mobile medium.
Rambow Ramu is available for free download in Ovi Store from Nokia, iTunes Store from Apple, and Android Store. The Rambow Ramu series will also soon be available for Windows mobile.
Rambow Ramu is a comic series about the misadventures (read dreams) of a village lad, who lives, breathes, eats and sleeps to be the next ‘King Of Bollywood’. The series, which was launched recently, is receiving an overwhelming response from all over the world. Ninety-eight percent of the reviews received are very very positive.
Every few weeks new volumes of the comics are to be released.
Nextwave has already launched ‘The Story of Gandhi’, ‘Thomas Alva Edison’ and ‘Panchatantra Tales’ on various mobile app stores.
To download the comic series free search for Rambow Ramu in the App stores of Nokia ,Apple and Android .
Spread out initialization across movie and not all on Frame 1, doing to much in the first frame like slowdown the start of the application
Using gotoAndPlay() still loads content in the frames you skip, so use separate movie clips and link it via Actionscript
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Pre-calculate values using Math and store for access later, so try and minimize the use of Math and floating point numbers
Remove smaller loops and write each iteration separately
Use XML carefully and in small chunks, if possible, use simple name/value pairs for data. But light-weight data is good for your application and costs users less
Experiment with frame rates, starting with 10, 16, 24 or 32. Calibrate device profiles in Device Central CS4. Testing in Device Central CS4 gives 80% realistic performance as per the targeted device
Always test on a real device
Tips for optimizing visual assets
Optimize artwork prior to bringing it into Flash
Import gradients as bitmaps rather than vectors. Linear gradients easier to render than radial
JPG’s decompression can slowdown performance, so consider PNG’s wherever possible
Minimize areas of transparency inside PNG’s
Avoid rotating or scaling of bitmaps, Flash lite doesn’t support bitmap smoothing
If you are using vector shapes, try to keep simple as possible. Use Modify -> Shape -> Optimize
Corners and straight lines are easier to render than curves
Convert vector strokes and outlines to fills
Consider replacing small vector graphics with bitmaps
Use Graphic symbols over Movie clips where possible
Nextwave Multimedia’s new venture Comics Head launches mobile content in the Android Market place.
3 mobile illustrated stories, ‘The Story of Gandhi’, ‘Panchatantra’ and ‘Thomas Alva Edison’, are right now available for download.
These comics are already available in Nokia’s OVI and Apple’s Itunes. The comics will be soon available on Windows mobile market place and Sony Ericsson’s app store.
