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Verified User in Computer Games

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/20/2022

"As far as I am aware, Scaleform isn't supported anymore."

0/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

What I USED to like about Scaleform was how fast and easy it was to stand up a fluid UI with focus controls. In addition to that, the Flash IDE was great for design work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

That the products used for Scaleform (Adobe Flash) are a subscription-based and as far as I am aware, no longer supported. As game developers, we need to be on the latest and greatest tools in order to stay relevant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Scaleform solving and how is that benefiting you?

At the moment, none. In the past we were doing an entire game's UI in Scaleform and scaling it to multiple console including PS4, PC, and XBox. It was extremely handy to have the focus manager as well as a tried and true development pipeline and design pattern that was provided with the examples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Umang Y.

Associate

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/9/2021

"Scaleform - The best in the business"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

It has smooth functioning, amazing pre built integrations for popular engines which are actually very important.Moreover it gives access to all the functionality of flash developed in the past years. It also give the access to the full source code . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

At times it gets difficult to write flash characters more than 40 times. Other than that it has no flaws and hardly have any dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Scaleform:

One has to be sure that if they have a flash developer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Scaleform solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is basically used for creating user interfaces for games. It has skinnable components out of the box to build UI interfaces quickly and effortlessly.It is also very good if you want to use it for complex animation in your game. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/14/2021

"Concept is great, but does not pan out anymore"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

The idea of using a simple scripting language to design and manage UI elements. That is great since the UI designers don't need to know C++ to create UIs, plus we can test the ui outside of the engine without no problem Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

Well, since Adobe has made it almost impossible to get the older versions of ActionScript. It is a pain to onboard a new person. We have one computer with the correct version of adobe flash, and all the UI Designers share it. One thing I would say to change is using HTML5(html+js), please. We are talking to Coherent Labs about their middleware for our next title since it is pure-ish HTML5 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Scaleform:

If you have to use, then yes i would. If you dont have to use, HELL NO Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Scaleform solving and how is that benefiting you?

First, the UI were being done in C++. This was not good since our designers don't know C++, so that would mean our engineers would have to do and take them off more critical tasks. And It would slow the UI design process down.

benefits realized- Yes, since now our engineers are only doing about 10-20% of tasks related to UI work, and most of the functions are now being done by the Designers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dmitry D.

Investor; Technical Director; Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/30/2021

"Good tool in general, but with it's flaws and limitations"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

If you know Flash, you'll be right at home. There are some things that you need to keep in mind during work with Scaleform, but in general the workflow is very similar to good old Flash Platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

1. No hot reload. You need to recompile swf, upload it and restart the client

2. Some Flash features are not supported, some are acting differently from native Flash

3. Support was slow and for some simple cases it was easier to patch the sources manually, rather then wait for vendor solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eduardo Noé G.

Graphic User Interface Designer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/12/2022

"Easy to implement"

5/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

the middleware connection between unreal engine and flash Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

that is not active in the industry and outdated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Market Research

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/29/2021

"Scaleform software feedback"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

It is great tool for flash programmers. Good UI interface and smooth functioning, most of the things do not require core language understanding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

The performance of this tool is slow and difficult to manage multiple layers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/5/2022

"Scaleform it content Macromedia flash file"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

I used to Macromedia flash, it is easy to implement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

Now flash is discontinued, now moving to the new game engine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/14/2021

"Loved Scaleform for using Flash, not sure what to make of it without an active flash community."

1.5/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

Flash was a versatile tool for building UI systems with a rich catalog of solutions to prototype and develop with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

There was a lot of performance overhead for using Scaleform/Flash and the layer to interface with it was difficult to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/20/2021

"Solid UI framework for building game interfaces."

3.5/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

Being AS based, there is plenty documentation and community examples for whatever you need to accomplish. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

Performance can be somewhat better, especially on older devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sharan V.

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/17/2020

"Scaleform gives you the functionality of Flash and gives artists control, but is not supported"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Scaleform?

Scaleform gives you access to all the functionality of Flash developed over years, plus the ability to use ActionScript for scripting. It also makes it easy for Flash-savvy artists to control the art and animations themselves which can then be triggered by the programmer through ActionScript. You also have access to the full source code if you do need to make changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Scaleform?

As soon as Adobe dropped support for Flash support for ScaleForm was also dropped, so it is no longer being updated, While Scaleform and ActionScript are still badly needed skills when it is used, because it's no longer supported it is primarily used in older games being updated for new platforms when there isn't time to redo the whole UI system, so these skills are basically a dead end and therefore I can't really recommend them for new projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.