When the Flash player 7 came out it was much faster than version 6 and everybody was waiting for that extra speed boost. Now a lot of people is already talking about “8 balls” (the next Flash release codename) thanks also to the great Flash-Team blog, and you may be glad to hear that the future Flash player will be “a lot freakin’ faster”! Dont’ believe it? Check this post by Tomsamsom over at Stimunation!

SmartFoxServer Lite 0.8.2 is ready for download in the Multiplayer Central.
The new version features some bug fixes and some extra documentation to help you with the development.

Also don’t forget to read the Tutorials, as they will introduce you to the many available features of the Server and Client API.

Check also this post in our boards for further info and upgrade notes.

Enjoy!

We have two new games kindly submitted by John Strow from California, USA.
You can check Cool Balls and Air Shooter in our “Games Showcase”.

I’ve found this nice and quick article about mobile games and how its market is evolving. A good read for all of you interested in handheld gaming

You can read it HERE.

Richard Nias, aka Crashlanding, submitted a collection of 11 tutorials describing all the aspects of developing a space shooter game: movement, shooting, enemies, sound, etc.
You can read them in our Articles section.