The time has finally come to lift the lid on this. As you've probably all heard by now, Adobe today announced a brand new feature for the upcoming Flash Professional CS5: Export as iPhone app. Insane! Essentially what this feature will allow you to do is a cross-compilation from SWF to Objective-C - the resulting app is a totally legit iPhone/iPod Touch app which can be submitted to the Apple app Store. In my case that process has already happened, and the app has been approved!
I will post more details about the development process when things have calmed down a little, but for now I'm super exited to announce the immediate availability of my first application for iPhone and iPod Touch: my good old Just Letters game.
I figured this Flash game of mine which stems back from around 2005 would make an ideal candidate for a touch screen device, and I think I haven't been completely wrong with that assumption. Not only is Just Letters one of the first games built in Flash to ever hit the App Store but I have a feeling it is the very first game that use Flash Media Server to provide the real-time features.
In celebration of the launch I am distributing 10 free voucher codes for the US App Store (sorry, the vouchers do not work on App Stores outside the US). The game normally retails for $0.99. Just leave a comment below and I will pick a random 10 later today (leave your email too!).
Please help me spread the word about this game by blogging about it, tweeting or getting your grandma to buy a copy. Don't forget to review and rate it on the App Store too. please point people to the following age when you link to the game: http://www.muchosmedia.com/justletters (muchosmedia is my company, the 'official' developer behind the game).
Last but not least, if you need the game's icon or some screenshots then you can grab a small zip (1MB) from here. It also contains the game description in text format.
Thanks for your support!


#1 by mithical on 10/5/09 - 7:41 PM
Sounds interesting. :)
Will check it out.
#2 by Davis on 10/5/09 - 7:44 PM
It'll be great to be able to cross-compile.
#3 by Lou on 10/5/09 - 7:55 PM
#4 by jz on 10/5/09 - 8:00 PM
#5 by Tehsin on 10/5/09 - 8:01 PM
#6 by Shane on 10/5/09 - 8:05 PM
#7 by Pedro Estrada on 10/5/09 - 8:07 PM
#8 by Øyvind Nordhagen on 10/5/09 - 9:20 PM
#9 by Joe Hakooz on 10/5/09 - 9:20 PM
I'd love to get a copy.
I think it's great that Apple "allowed" this but it appears they made Adobe do all the work. Hopefully some day soon they will join the club and allow native Flash to work...
Thanks!
#10 by Eero on 10/5/09 - 9:25 PM
#11 by Kevin Newman on 10/5/09 - 9:29 PM
#12 by Marcus J Potter on 10/5/09 - 10:02 PM
Bet it was killing you keeping that one close to your chest(smile)
Nice to see your FMS app go to mobile, especially considering its one of THE first flash apps compiled for iphone
well done!
#13 by jason on 10/5/09 - 10:24 PM
#14 by wgrazier on 10/5/09 - 10:38 PM
Even if I don't win one of the free codes, I am excited about trying your app out :)
#15 by Jamie McDaniel on 10/5/09 - 10:38 PM
#16 by Lemon on 10/5/09 - 11:30 PM
#17 by Ensoniq on 10/6/09 - 12:46 AM
#18 by David Rusenko on 10/6/09 - 2:37 AM
#19 by Jay Weiss on 10/6/09 - 4:08 AM
Played with it on the website. I love it.
Give my back my letters!!!
#20 by Shimju on 10/6/09 - 8:27 AM
#21 by Stefan Richter on 10/6/09 - 8:36 AM
#22 by Stefan Richter on 10/6/09 - 9:38 AM
Yes you will be able to use SQLLite. Think of this as AIR for the iPhone - more details here:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/logged_in/abansod_ipho...
#23 by Ryan Henson Creighton on 10/6/09 - 2:31 PM
Here's an article i wrote for someone in the Unity3D community last week:
http://www.untoldentertainment.com/blog/2009/09/28...
#24 by Stefan Richter on 10/6/09 - 8:59 PM
#25 by Ryan Henson Creighton on 10/6/09 - 9:17 PM
#26 by Chris R on 10/6/09 - 10:01 PM
#27 by Shimju on 10/7/09 - 7:45 AM
#28 by Stefan Richter on 10/7/09 - 9:24 AM
#29 by dev on 10/8/09 - 11:18 AM
the bata havent released yet right?
#30 by Maikel Sibbald on 10/12/09 - 7:45 AM
How is it going buddy
#31 by Stefan Richter on 10/12/09 - 9:31 AM
I'm good man, stay in touch and speak soon.
#32 by sarah platt on 10/12/09 - 4:44 PM
http://www.kinura.com/2009/10/newsflash-iphone-fla...
Keep us updated on anything related. Various agencies we work with will want to know how they get Flash video on the iPhone.
#33 by Jason Martell on 10/12/09 - 11:10 PM
#34 by Robert on 8/9/10 - 6:30 PM
#35 by Stefan Richter on 8/9/10 - 7:30 PM
#36 by Joe Hakooz on 8/9/10 - 8:03 PM