Episode 808
Scaleform GFx
Sun, 2019-Jul-21 00:29 UTC
Length - 2:06
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Sunday, 21 July 2019 is Scaleform GFx.
Scaleform GFx was a game development middleware package, a vector graphics rendering engine used to display Adobe Flash-based user interfaces and HUDs for video games. As a result of Autodesk's acquisition of Scaleform Corporation in March 2011, Scaleform GFx became part of the Autodesk Gameware line of middleware. On July 12th 2018, Autodesk discontinued Scaleform GFx and is no longer available for purchase. Authors created user interfaces using Adobe Flash authoring tools, such as Adobe Flash Professional; the resulting SWF files could be used directly by the GFx libraries, providing similar functionality to the Adobe Flash Player but optimized for use within game engines.
All major platforms were supported, including game consoles, mobile and PC operating systems. Scaleform provided APIs for direct communication between Flash content and the game engine, and pre-built integrations for popular engines such as Unity, Unreal Engine, and CryENGINE. Scaleform GFx could also be licensed for use as a standalone Flash runtime system on mobile platforms, competing with Adobe AIR.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:29 UTC on Sunday, 21 July 2019.
For the full current version of the article, see Scaleform GFx on Wikipedia.
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