{"id":52330,"date":"2012-11-21T15:06:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T12:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=52330"},"modified":"2020-04-09T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T00:00:00","slug":"zynga-goes-cross-platform-with-adobe-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/zynga-goes-cross-platform-with-adobe-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Zynga Goes Cross-Platform with Adobe AIR, Doubles Its User Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/zynga-goes-cross-platform-with-adobe-air\/#Cross-platform_breakthrough\" >Cross-platform breakthrough<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/zynga-goes-cross-platform-with-adobe-air\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cross-platform_breakthrough\"><\/span>Cross-platform breakthrough<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Zynga, the world&#8217;s widely known provider of social gaming services, has recently announced a mobile version of their popular game <strong>Ruby Blast<\/strong>, making it available not only across different social platforms, but on mobile, as well.<\/p>\n<p>This became possible thanks to Adobe AIR, a cross-platform runtime that allows for building RIAs that can be run either as browser apps, desktop, or mobile, and support numerous operating systems.<\/p>\n<p>Zynga&#8217;s move affected the game impressively. Since October, when Ruby Blast was made cross-platform, there was a surge in the number of the game active players, according to the graph provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidesocialgames.com\/2012\/11\/15\/ruby-skies-hits-mobile-platforms-aided-by-adobe\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Inside Social Games<\/a>, which currently counts 2.3 million.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52331\" title=\"Screen-Shot-2012-11-15-at-12.42.07-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/zynga_dau_stats.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPorting a Flash game to a mobile application with Adobe AIR helped Zynga to increase their audience twofold and without having a lot to do. The great thing about AIR is that you don\u2019t have to rewrite applications to run them across different platforms.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/valery-pesetski-867891b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Valery Pesetski<\/a>, the Head of Flex Development at Altoros<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Valery Pesetski of Altoros, the AIR runtime enables developers to take RIAs out of browser borders, making them look and work as native desktop or mobile apps. It helps to reach a wider audience and shortens the development time, as you don\u2019t have to write different pieces of code for different versions of an app.<\/p>\n<p>Valery has extensive experience in Flex development. Being a part of our development team, he contributed into many Altoros\u2019s Flex projects, including cross-platform development with AIR, as well. Valery is also a leader of a local Flash\/Flex user group. Let us know if you want to chat with him on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/a-cross-platform-air-3-5-app-created-as-a-hobby-got-published-in-itunes-and-google-play\/\" >A Cross-Platform AIR 3.5 App Created as a Hobby Got Published n iTunes and Google Play<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/air-3-0-migration-from-flex-to-mobile-with-less-limitations\/\">AIR 3.0: Migration From Flex to Mobile with Less Limitations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cross-platform breakthrough<\/p>\n<p>Zynga, the world&#8217;s widely known provider of social gaming services, has recently announced a mobile version of their popular game Ruby Blast, making it available not only across different social platforms, but on mobile, as well.<\/p>\n<p>This became possible thanks to Adobe AIR, a cross-platform runtime that allows for building [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":52331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[895],"class_list":["post-52330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","tag-research-and-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zynga Goes Cross-Platform with Adobe AIR, Doubles Its User Base | Altoros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The company managed to increase the number of its Ruby Blast active players twofold by porting a Flash game to a mobile app using Adobe AIR.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/zynga-goes-cross-platform-with-adobe-air\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zynga Goes Cross-Platform with Adobe AIR, Doubles Its User Base | Altoros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cross-platform breakthrough Zynga, the world&#8217;s widely known provider of social gaming services, has recently announced a mobile version of their popular game Ruby Blast, making it available not only across different social platforms, but on mobile, as well. 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