Announced yesterday were the nominees for the 5th IMGAwards, and I am happy to say that my Flash Lite game - Gear Wager makes it amongst the top 5 in the Best Casual Game Category.

Gear Wager is a fun casual arcade game woven around a story on the Flash Lite platform. The game is unique in various ways (you have to wait for it to launch ), but I’d like to say that with this game, I’ve tried pushing the boundaries of the technology and platform. Gear Wager is expected to launch early next year, but before that I hope it emerges a winner in this award show.

IMGAwards are prestigious and being a part of their nomination is definitely an honor for any mobile game development company, including mine. This year IMGA received hundreds of entries out of which 26 are selected in 5 different categories. The nominations are extremely competitive this year with the best in the industry being chosen by a jury from the wireless industry. This year's official sponsors are Nokia and Movida (Japan). Co-sponsors are Euromediterranee, AMD and ARM.

Coming up next week is an online webinar on Flash Lite Development using Adobe CS4 and Nokia Platform Services. This one hour webinar will cover various topics for development on the Nokia platform such as devices supported, addressable market, Flash Lite version and it's implementation on handsets.

The speakers will present a walkthrough of CS4 and the new application development workflow and will also cover Nokia’s new S60 5th Edition Platform Services and it's importance. Concrete code examples and walkthroughs will be provided during the webinar.

Topic: Flash Lite Development Adobe CS4/Nokia Platform Services

Date: Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Time: 2:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Duration: 1 hour

Speakers: Adobe and Nokia technical experts

Link: You can register for the webinar on this link  

Mariam