What a great time to be a flash game developer!

So you’re a Flash game developer if you’re like me you love playing games but what’s better than playing games is getting paid to develop games. Now getting paid for games isn’t always easy not every client wants a Flash game and not every client can offered the development and design cost while there are plenty of monetization strategy’s I personally prefer to do project based games for clients I recently did a great project like this for Nokia “Fusspot” a great Facebook game that I enjoyed doing.

 
But the best news if you’re a Flash game developer is Mobile or more specific Android, the mobile environment has shifted everything we do as users but as developers and business’s. The iPhone provides great opportunities as a Flash developer not so much your required to learn Object C which is very much like ActionScript both event driven but let’s be realistic learning another language isn’t the issue were developers we know code, frameworks and concepts the issue is “Apple”.

 
What do I mean by “Apple” well in short were required to only sale the games that we develop on the “Apple” App Store, we have to use the tools that only Apple approves, are games has to be approved by “Apple”, “Apple” changes there policy to fit their business needs and now even monetization has to go thru “Apple”, I don’t know about you buts that’s to many apples in one paragraph.

 
And that’s just half of it I can’t use any of existing code or class that I have, none of great Open Source ActionScript 3 Libraries and if I already have a game out on the web I have to redo it from scratch ohh and it will not work on the iPhone browser some web experience.

 
I don’t know about you but I love Adobe, why do we love Adobe its simple it’s all about choice. At the end of the day all I want is great and simple tools to create amazing games, applications and experiences. Adobe does that with no buts in the middle. Personally when I develop a game or application especially mobile I would like to decide on everything, its my game or app, its my choice event if it’s “lampooning public figures” And you know what with Android I get the full web experience Flash works on the web browser what a surprise.

 
Now that where done venting lets get back on track “What a great time to be a flash game developer!” so why is a great time to be a Flash game developer well Adobe has partnered with mochimedia, Kongregate and FlashGameLicense to give away over $30,000.00 in cash prizes for summited a Flash game for Android. I’m noting going to get into the details just an over per site. If you don’t have an Android phone its a great time to get one I well also add unlike the iPhone market with Android your not competing with the top game agencies.

 
mochimedia “MADE FOR MOBILE” $20,000!
1st Place - $7,000 + Adobe CS5
2nd Place - $4,000 + Adobe CS5
3rd Place - $2,000 + Adobe CS5
4th Place - $1,000
5th Place - $1,000
6th Place - 105th Place - $50 each

Contest Info - http://bit.ly/bDFxZg

 
Kongregate “Kongregate is going mobile”
1st place: $5,000 + Adobe Creative Suite
2nd place: $3,000 + Adobe Creative Suite
3rd-5th place: $1,500 + Adobe CS5
10 runner-ups: $750 each

Contest Info - http://bit.ly/baOGla

 
FlashGameLicense - “Cell Your Flash Game”
1st $2,600 + Adobe Creative Suite 5
2nd $1,600 + Adobe Creative Suite 5
3rd $1,100 + Adobe Creative Suite 5
4th-8th $100 + Adobe Flash CS5
9th-10th $100 + 50 FGL
11th-150th $100

Contest Info - http://bit.ly/c14A48