Hi all
Flash in Edge Magazine!
I don't know if Edge is international, but whilst I was looking at that latest 3D magazines I stumbled across a magazine called Edge and it had a gold Wii-mote on the front and some fancy writing. So I picked it up and skimmed though it. It had the usual stuff like any usual game magazine, previews, reviews, un-zipping jokes, and pointless crap.
Until I flicked pass a page with a picture of a little cartoon boy running. "Heck, that looks like Line Rider" I tough. I looked at the other pictures. I saw sticks, then I saw some shots of Castle Crashers. Then I saw the Crazy Monkey Games and Armor Games symbol. Then I saw other assorted pictures that I recognized. "Woah" I thought, "This article is related to Flash" ^-^
So I read it and the people of the magazine were very surprised when they found out that most Flash games are made buy 'teenage coders in their bedrooms'. They said that the Line Rider inspired Nintendo to make a game based around the concept. They also mentioned how some kids are basically rich becasue of making Flash games. One thing that amazed me was that they were unaware of how long it takes to make a quality Flash game. They said 'this spaceship game was made by a German student. It took him 2 years'.
Why am I saying this? Because Flash is being recognized by major game companies, which is really exciting news. Imagine working for Nintendo or Sony in the upcoming years? That would be awesome.