Friday 15 April 2011

Turning Molehills into Mountains

Welcome to Molehill Gaming, which from now on I’ll refer to as MG (because best molehill api flash gaming website going is far too long), and your little source for all things Flash & Molehill. If you’re here then you probably know all about this new venture from Adobe, if you don’t then I shall run you down in the simplest of manners. Basically, Flash was never meant to be able to run 3D models, mainly due to its processing of pixels, but now it can. That’s it. The game just got exploded into a massive market which you can see is showcasing almost console quality (depending on your console) graphics.

What is even more delightful about this is the scope of people this will now reach. Think of your brain, it only uses 10% of capabilities, right? Well think of the gaming industry like that. Only 10% of it can really afford to process what you would call a high quality game....not anymore. The brain has just been pushed into using 100% and developers around the world can now put their visions into practise without paying out their nostrils for the pleasure. And we are here to make finding all these flash gaming gems are in one easily accessible place.

We’ve pooled what we know from various sources and gathered them here. You’ll notice a lack of games, well, unfortunately, molehill isn’t released yet for commercial use so only the chosen few have developed in it (try out Zombie Tycoon for an appetiser). I must also quickly note that Flash Player 11, the device needed to be able to view these 3D experiences, is also not available...technically.
If you can't play the games because of your current Flash Player then worry not, friend. Take a simple look to your right and you will glance upon a link to Flash' new player...its debugging right now, keep it on the low down. Then you simply turn it on using your browsers settings and you're good to play.

What we’re setting out to do here is create a community of developers, gamers, freaks and geeks, all who want to enjoy their games in a relaxed atmosphere and where they can shoot the shit with each other. We encourage friendly competition, and sometimes reward it, and from time to time you’ll see competitions for user created content, as well as bringing along some more friends to join our happy family.

I’ll leave you to look about the place and get customised. We would love to hear from you on any matters Molehill and we promise we will always reply to our friends. This is a new level in Flash gaming and we’re hoping to play along with you throughout.

Enjoy yourselves, burrow in, and help create a paradise,

Your friend,

The Mole