Size matters when developing games for the mobile market. Many of the most addicting games are built with very little overhead. In this presentation, we’ll build a multi-screen, multi-input game in under 3KB! You’ll learn techniques on how to bring your games faster to market with rapid prototyping.

1. Build a Flash Game in Under 3KB By Chris Black @chrisjblack

4. Simplicity is Key Start with something you can build in a weekend Some of the best games are simple: Solitaire, Sodoku, Pixelated

5. Rapid Prototyping

6. Popularity Test 263 388 356 http://www.blackcj.com/blog/2009/10/11/build-a-flash-game-in-under-kb/ These three games where voted on and tracked to determine popularity

7. Game Play Beta testing resulted in changing the controls for this mini golf game

8. Accepting Change Games can morph / change quickly Adjusting simple settings could turn a racing game into a space game Make sure you like the game

9. Beta Testers Web Mobile TV Flash is easy to distribute to everyone Keep beta off the app market or you’ll risk negative reviews

10. 3KB Demo Building a Flash game in under 3KB http://code.google.com/p/as3racer/

11. Mobile Demo Use ANT to compile for multiple devices Support coming to Flash in version 5.5 http://code.google.com/p/air-mobile-tools/

12. www.blackcj.com/r.apk

13. Box2D Demo Using Box2D it’s possible to create real life physics very easily It runs great on all devices including iOS, Android and the PlayBook

14. Next Steps

15. Add Sound / Graphics Terry Paton has great games with awesome graphics and sound

16. Multiplayer Adobe P2P / Stratus Influxis Social media integration

17. Monetization Submit to markets Advertisements / Admob BlackBerry is currently the least saturated market

18. Game Developers on Twitter @terrypaton1 @xavivives @iainlobb @trycatchgames @chrisjblack

19. Questions?