Sunday, February 15, 2015

How To Be a Gamer: Playing Flash Games

Playing Flash Games
Flash games are interactive media created for online and mobile applications using the Adobe-owned, Macromedia-developed Flash software. Originally developed as an animation program, programmers and artists began using Flash to create interactive games using its proprietary ActionScript code. Flash games range from action/adventure, role-playing, simulations, 2D side-scrollers, and puzzle games, to 3D first-person shooters and massive multiplayer (MMOs). There are tens of thousands of games available across the web, and the applications are boundless for developers. With free online Flash games and even online casino gaming, players are able to enjoy a plethora of unique titles, many with professional production values; solid graphics and sound, engaging storylines and gameplay, simple interfaces, and high replay value. Many of the Flash games are based on popular existing titles as well, and are as addictive as their console, arcade, and PC counterparts.

These days, as more consumers are spending more time online, Flash games are easily accessible online and well integrated on mobile peripherals too. With many of the games being available for free downloads and/or instant play, which do not require any client software to be installed apart from a web browser or browser plug-in. In some cases a game may be free, but charge for extra in-game features. Multiplayer browser games have an additional focus on social interaction, either between several players or on a massive scale. Due to the accessibility of flash games, they are often played in more frequent, shorter sessions compared to traditional computer games.

Don't you just hate it when you find a game that looks so interesting but you can't play it unless you download it first?Since flash games run isolated from hardware in a web browser, they can run on many different operating systems without having to be ported to each platform. Most flash games are less graphically intensive and thus have lower system requirements because they are designed to be played on a wider range of systems and devices. There are thousands of flash games available today; many are completely new and waiting to be played, while others are classic games re-made as browser games; Pac-Man is an example of a classic game and now available as a browser game.

Flash games are worth playing and exploring for those gamers interested in shorter and satisfying gameplay. You will be surprised by how much these games can offer once you tried it; one example is Candy Crush. You can play it on Facebook running Flash software and it is a success with 100 million players now. There are more on the list which I will skip... The list is almost endless. Trust me, you won't regret trying out a few flash games!

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