STARLINGFRAMEWORK

• It is a Actionscript 3 Framework.

• Used to Built 2D Games.

• Built on top of Stage 3D.

• Port of Sparrow Framework from iOS.

STARLING FRAMEWORK

What is Starling Framework?

• Free and Open Source.

• Platform Independent.

• Familiar AS3 API (Mimics Flash display list).

• Supported by Adobe.

STARLING FRAMEWORK

What is Starling Framework?

STARLING FRAMEWORK

• Previously codenamed “MOLEHILL”.

• A set of low-level GPU-accelerated APIs.

• Runs on top of OpenGL and DirectX on desktop and OpenGL ES2 on mobile devices.

Stage 3D

STARLING FRAMEWORK

• Before Flash Player 11, 3D rendering was performed without using 3D hardware acceleration.

• All 3D rendering was accomplished using the software mode that relied on the CPU for rendering.

• Software mode is slow and cannot be used to render detailed 3D scenes.

• Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), which is part of the video hardware of a computer is totally dedicated to rendering objects in 3D.

Stage 3D – Going Deep in 3D

STARLING FRAMEWORK

• Hardware Acceleration.

• Faster Rendering.

• Better Performance.

• Awesome Games.

Advantages

STARLING FRAMEWORK

Games

Angry Birds on Facebook

Whack River of Olympus

Spaced Away

Enlarge your Underpants

Bestial Combat

Zombie Sports

STARLING FRAMEWORK

• Starling Framework Official Site• http://gamua.com/starling/

• Stage 3D• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/stage3d.html

• More on Starling• http://

www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/introducing_Starling.html

• http://www.molehillgaming.com/

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