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0 points10ren17y ago0 comments

But how in sync is the genre? :-) That's part of my question.

However, it now seems the eeePC is the main factor, as it's straining at some other points in the UI.

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triplefox17y ago· 2 in thread

It is entirely a technical limitation of Flash. You have no way of guaranteeing a set sound latency, or even monitoring how much is present. According to the Adobe devs this might change in future versions.

But for right now, music games on Flash can't live up to the expectations set by games on other platforms.

ALee17y ago

All true on this thread. We push Flash pretty hard (could probably beat it a little further), but if you're interested in helping solve these tough problems, we'd love to talk.

10renOP17y ago

To be honest, until Adobe changes Flash, I think Java is the best bet in terms of responsiveness (there's still random garbage collection delays of around 100ms so not perfect; but an improvement). Installation base is comparable to Flash.

But not in terms of design: for although a Java version theoretically could be as pretty as your Flash version (and it is very pretty), the designer-tool support really isn't there. It would be hard to port; and hard to modify. Sun has some tool support for designers, but I'm sure it has nightmare usability.

I think both design and responsiveness are crucial in your space, so this is a difficult one.

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