Flash Games and Papervision3D - 2 days of training

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“The course was a huge confidence builder. I now feel fully equipped to start creating my own games... you’ve taken away all the stumbling blocks… now I can concentrate on the creative side of games programming.” 

Nicola Birtwhistle, previous course attendee

Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn hard-core Flash programming skills from acclaimed Papervision team member and Plug-in Media CTO, Seb Lee-Delisle. He'll reveal the secrets behind his exceptional visual Flash projects in two intensive days of training, in Birmingham UK.

Whether you're fairly new to Actionscript or a very experienced programmer, you'll add an array of graphical coding techniques to your arsenal.

Either cherry pick the day that you want or save money by coming for both days. 

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DAY 1 - Papervision3D

3D Flash websites are still massively in demand, and you'll learn the fastest way to get started with this popular 3D ActionScript library. 

We'll start with the basics, showing you how easy it is to set up a Papervision project in 20 seconds! Then give you a solid grounding in the basics, including materials, shaders, reflections and importing 3D models. And, just as you'd expect from Seb, we'll be looking at depth of field particles, and super easy augmented reality using the FLARTookit and SimplAR library. 

We will also examine several case studies, including Big and Small for BBC and Staraoke for Cartoon Network. 

You'll take away ready-to-go source code for importing models and changing their materials at run-time, several cool interactive 3D interfaces, particle effects, a 3D pong game, and several FLARToolkit projects, PLUS optimisation techniques such as selective rendering!

DAY 2 - Flash games and interactivity

Put the fun back into Flash with this brand new 1 day game programming course suitable for beginners or advanced Flash programmers alike. 

We'll give you the base code for many game engines including Space Invaders, Asteroids, a top down driving game, 3D soccer shootout and a platform game engine, as well as a simple framework for putting your apps together. 

Several case studies from his team at Plug-in Media with be reviewed in detail, including Extreme Pamplona (Sure for Men), Nev's Jambuster (BBC) and LunarLander3D. 

To keep the price down, we ask that you bring your own laptop. You will receive course materials and further instructions shortly before the course starts. 

Venue is the gorgeous Fazeley Studios in Birmingham. Lunch will be provided. 

Feedback from Brighton training course: 

Overall approval rating : 97.78%

“The course was awesome, it was fun and informative. I found the actual code easy enough to understand and all the explanations were in simple plain terms and I left feeling like I learned a lot. Thank you!”

“Seb is a great teacher and somehow has the ablility to make complex concepts seemingly simple and easy to understand. The course is presented in a sociable and relaxed manner and covers a range of classic arcade game examples.”

“I really enjoyed it, the best bit being that it reinvigorated my initial interest in Flash as a platform – it’s great fun.”

The full unedited feedback can be found here.