Seb Lee-Delisle

After a short stint back in my home town of Brighton, the seb_ly world tour continues! I’ll be in San Francisco for FITC and I’m really gonna have a hectic time! Here’s what I’ll be up to :

Monday :
10am Flash Games Programming workshop
Back with my full day of Flash games training – what’s not to like?
6pm San Flashcisco Meetup
At the Adobe offices, I’m really pleased I could squeeze in a presentation with my friends Donna and Patience who do a great job running the SF user group.

Tuesday
4pm Interview with Stacey Mulcahey (bitchwhocodes) at the Influxis Voodoo lounge.
Influxis are running they’re own unconference alongside FITC where they’ll have low key sessions from most of the speakers. And there’s free beer! Stacey asked if she could interview me for her session? Hell yeah! She’s such a cool person I love shooting the breeze with her. And I’m sure you’ll get some candid opinions from both of us…

Wednesday
11.15 Main session at FITC – Space Invading
This is my main presentation of the conference. Expect motion detection, previews of new projects and of course a few surprises.

1.10 Zero to Awesome in 30 minutes – Voodoo Lounge session
My plan is to just write some cool code from scratch in 30 minutes. Wanna come tell me what to program?

I’m leaving early on Thursday so I’m going to miss the second half of the day, which is a huge shame. But with so much squeezed in (not to mention the parties) it’s going to be a whistle-stop tour! Come say hi

I’m very pleased to announce that I’m running 2 days of training in Birmingham (UK) at the end of July, along with my friends at FlashMidlands. And if you book the Super Early Bird tickets (before June 15th), you’ll get both days for only £249! (saving £180 from the full price!) But I’d hurry, these courses usually sell out.

I’ll show you how to get started with Papervision3D and before you know it, you’ll be working with models, texture baking, depth of field particle effects (see image above) and of course, FLARToolkit using SimplAR. I’ll also be revealing many of the optimisation and production techniques behind high quality Papervision3D projects.

On the second day we’re going to look at making Flash games and programming animation, especially concentrating on interactivity, optimisation and making the games feel just right. And you’ll take away the base code for Space Invaders, Asteroids, a top down driving game, 3D soccer shootout, a platform game engine, a simple framework and more!

Naturally I’d encourage you to come to both days, but of course you are free to choose a single day if you prefer. The last course I ran in Brighton got a 97.78% approval rating and you can read more feedback here.

There are very limited super early bird tickets available (only so book now to ensure your space!

It’s on Thursday! And I’ve only got 4 tickets left! So I’m putting them on sale! YAY! Get your $50 discount by clicking here :

http://flashgamestrainingnyc.eventbrite.com/

And using the discount code “SALE”.

Unsure about whether this training is any good? Here’s what other people have said about it :

“The course was awesome, it was fun and informative. I found the actual code easy enough to understand and all the explanations were in simple plain terms and I left feeling like I learned a lot. Thank you!”

“Seb is a great teacher and somehow has the ablility to make complex concepts seemingly simple and easy to understand. The course is presented in a sociable and relaxed manner and covers a range of classic arcade game examples.”

“I really enjoyed it, the best bit being that it reinvigorated my initial interest in Flash as a platform – it’s great fun.”

Think I cherry-picked the best ones? Then read the FULL and unedited feedback here!

And I’ll see you on Thursday!

I’ve just been told that there are only around 30 tickets left now for FFK in Cologne in three weeks time! It’s the conference from Marc and Sacha who also run the Flashforum; a user group with over 100,000 members! And I thought FlashBrighton was big!

This is my first FFK but I’ve heard great things about it, and there are certainly some incredible speakers there; Andre Michelle, Joa Ebert, Mario Klingemann, Joshua Davis, Chris Pelsor, Jesse Freeman, Ralph Hauwert and many, many more.

I’ll be teaching a day of Papervision training and a day of Flash game programming training, and there are very few tickets left for each of these. See the training page for more info – I’d love to see you there.

I’ve just finished my Brighton training courses which were seriously good fun, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, I’ve certainly got excellent feedback so far!

My next training course is short notice; it’ll be a Papervision course in San Francisco on the 9th March particularly aimed at 3D games. It’ll coincide with the Flash games summit so if you’re interested, let me know and I’ll make sure to get in touch with more information as I have it.

Then it’s on to Cologne for FFK in April, where I’m running both a Papervision3D course and a Flash games training course! More info on the FFK website.

And back to NYC for Flash and the City in May, and I’ll be running courses around the conference. Again, mail me if you’re interested and I’ll send you the details as they are announced.

And finally in FlashBelt in June, I’ll be teaching a one day Flash games workshop. Teaching you maths by stealth – who knew that you could learn trigonometry from Asteroids and vector maths from platform games? It’s a fantastic conference and I’m really looking forward to coming back for my fourth year in a row!

Can’t make any of these events? Then help me organise one near you! Mail me.

Tomorrow is the last day of early bird pricing for my Flash game programming training course. And there are also a few tickets left for the Papervision course too. Please don’t delay otherwise you may not get a space!

Booking and information about the Flash game programming training course.
Booking and information about the Official Papervision3D training course.

So hurry! And happy holidays

Papervision training courses.

I’ve just set up a brand new 2 day training course to teach you everything I know about making Flash games! It’s in Brighton (of course) on the 8th and 9th of February (the week after the Papervision training).

We’ll be covering all the fun stuff, collisions, physics, optimisation, actionscript animation and working with graphical assets and sound. I’ve just put the first draft of the itinerary together and I’m really excited about it – it’s all of my very favourite things about programming ActionScript.

And of course we’ll be using my portfolio of games as case studies, including Jambuster (BBC), Extreme Pamplona (Sure for Men), The Simple Game (Philips) and we’ll even be diving into the code for LunarLander3D in detail.

Early bird pricing is only £250 for 2 days and there are 4 student places, so please book early to ensure your space.

Flash Games Programming in Brighton information and booking.

Back in my home town Brighton and my favourite venue the Lighthouse, I’m running another 2 day Papervision workshop on the 1st and 2nd February 2010.

As ever, I’ll be covering everything you need to know to get started with Papervision and then on to the cool stuff, games, skyboxes, augmented reality, interactivity and much, much more!

And looking at case studies, including BAFTA award winning* Big and Small!

There are limited early bird places at £249 and also 4 student places at £99, but please book early as space is very limited.

Click for more details and to book Papervision3D training in Brighton.

* well how could I resist that particular prefix?

UPDATE : Now you can learn everything I know about programming Flash games! More information.