Hey folks! It's been a while~! ^^
What have you been up to? Really? That's sick! Myself? Well, after some time trying to figure out *everything*, I ended up making a game that won a Square Enix competition [NieR:Cogito], released a small meditation endless runner [roll], and then the government gave me some money so I can work on a much larger project about being in debt, building space stations, and cults [Management In Space]! But that's not why I'm here now...
I NEED HELP!
Last year, I had a chat with our national arts archive, 'The National Film & Sound Archive of Australia', and on a whim asked them about Flash archiving. They said they were aware of community archives, in particular Flashpoint, but themselves didn't have any Flash projects because no-one has asked about them. I had a nice long chat with them, submitted my old projects ('Colour My World', 'Samantha Wins', etc..), and they loved it! So I got permission to start advocating for them! So...
IF YOU'RE AN AUSTRALIAN FLASH DEV..!
Talk to me! Particularly if you're one of the older ones who's projects may have been lost to the void of time and the internet! Do you know an Aussie Flash dev? Let them know that I want to talk to them! Flash did so much for me, and is the reason I get to be where I am today making cool heccin stuff, and I want to do my part to give back and preserve this part of indie-dev history.
I just co-wrote an article about why this is important, which you can read here:
https://www.multiplier.au/is-flash-more-than-yesterdays-roblox/
And I have a page up on my website about what I'm doing if you want to learn more:
https://www.silver-stitch.com/flash-archive/
That's it from me, stay amazing, keep making cool stuff, be kind, and thank-you~! :D
^^