Flash & Director Studio Lab

Designing Multiuser Web Sites

Collectif d'auteurs

500 pages, parution le 25/02/2002

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Résumé

What the web was built for - connecting people
Would you prefer to play a game against a machine or another human? Chat with a database, or another human? Learn from a cyber-teacher or from another human? This book takes you through the design and implementation of a new world, where the visually rich content of Macromedia's Flash and Director motion graphics combines with the compelling human interaction of multiuser applications.

It's a fantastic challenge - mainly because humans are less predictable than their mechanical counterparts - but the rewards are demonstrable in the form of improved visitor experiences, user loyalty and higher site traffic. Face it : playing a game against a computer opponent can be fun, but beating a human opponent is more satisfying.

What this book covers
This book takes you from a starting knowledge of Flash and/or Director to a thorough appreciation of the factors involved in using them to design multiuser applications. We recognize that you may well have a definite preference for Flash or Director, but we believe that it's impossible to give a clear view of the potential routes for graphically rich multiuser experiences without reference to both technologies. This book therefore contains two separate sections on the two technologies, with clear and neutral guidance as to the best uses for each.

This book fully adheres to the friends of ED standard of practicat, step-by-step examples, including :

Flash and Shockwave chat applications
A multiuser Flash whiteboard application
Flash and Shockwave avatar-based applications
A turn-based Flash board game
A fully functional 3D Shockwave racing game

Who is this book for?

People who have a sound knowledge of Flash and ActionScript and/or Director and Lingo who want to introduce a new dimension to their design work
Anyone investigating ways of increasing web site traffic
Those looking at the next generation of web games

Contents

Introduction

Why multiuser ?

Flash

Non-realtime connections
An introduction to XML
Persistent connections for realtime interaction
A realtime apllication
Avatars in Flash

Director

Making connections and transferring data
Groups
Administration
A simple application
Scripting the server
Creating avatars
Databases
An advanced application
New directions

Appendix A
Appendix B

Index

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Friendsof ED
Auteur(s)	Collectif d'auteurs
Parution	25/02/2002
Nb. de pages	500
Format	19 x 22,8
Couverture	Broché
Poids	887g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781903450444