They moved from hype.jushuadavis.com to hypeframework.org today. Seems like this thing is getting ready to take on the world. I wonder if they manage to catch up with Processing. Oh and they're hosting the project at GitHub, fork and commit :-)
Sorry about that.. Coming from a design background, so Joshua Davis is such a household name to me, that it seemed more straightforward to just attribute authors, rather than compound a short-enough description for the title. These are my first posts, I'll learn :-)
Hi! I'm one of the creators (Branden). For folks that are interested - HYPE is a creative-coding framework for ActionScript 3 (Flash). The idea is that there's a lot of power in the language, but there are a lot of designers and other new developers that have a hard time tapping into that power. That's not to say it's just for "n00bs" - HYPE can make many tasks just plain easier for developers of all stripes.
Unlike other frameworks with the same kinds of goals, HYPE doesn't put training wheels on the language. Instead it makes things easier and more consistent. For example, if you're working with time with HYPE, then it's a Rhythm - no matter what kind of "time" frame-based or clock-based. HYPE bridges the different APIs so that you have ONE way to think about time.
Josh and I aren't trying to save the world - we think HYPE is pretty cool and wanted to share. He's globe-trotting high-end designer and I own a software development company that does, well, just about everything. But we met back in 2001 at a Flash conference and the Flash community has always been important to us and our careers. This is our way of giving back to the very vibrant that helped us launch our careers.
As for the folks who see stability - I hate to say it, but I'm fairly sure that's a player issue. I'm kicking around Chrome with the 10.1 beta player and I'm not having any issues.
Hello Branden. Kudos for luring me back into ActionScript ;-)
I was wondering, would you guys be interested in having an Open Sound Control implementation in the framework? It's like MIDI but runs over the network. It might prove very handy for hooking up with Arduino and other devices, like control surfaces with OSC support.
Edit: Maybe a mailing list, Google Group or a forum wouldn't be a bad idea. I'll add the suggestion to GitHub as an issue for now, just so you now someone is going at it.
Hello. I'm have some experience with OSC in AS3. So, it's really easy to implement OSC support in HYPE framework. I'm just testing some new interactive apps now and using HYPE as frontend for it. If it's needed i can wrote some AS3 classes for it. What do you think about it, Branden?
joshua davis is a brilliant guy - i took a class with him a few years back at SVA and the things he was doing with Flash at the time were absolutely mind blowing... Haven't really looked into Hype too much but I'm excited to see where he and it go...
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Josh and I aren't trying to save the world - we think HYPE is pretty cool and wanted to share. He's globe-trotting high-end designer and I own a software development company that does, well, just about everything. But we met back in 2001 at a Flash conference and the Flash community has always been important to us and our careers. This is our way of giving back to the very vibrant that helped us launch our careers.
As for the folks who see stability - I hate to say it, but I'm fairly sure that's a player issue. I'm kicking around Chrome with the 10.1 beta player and I'm not having any issues.
I was wondering, would you guys be interested in having an Open Sound Control implementation in the framework? It's like MIDI but runs over the network. It might prove very handy for hooking up with Arduino and other devices, like control surfaces with OSC support.
Edit: Maybe a mailing list, Google Group or a forum wouldn't be a bad idea. I'll add the suggestion to GitHub as an issue for now, just so you now someone is going at it.