In this Ask the Expert session, expert developer Michael Samarin of Futurice answers your questions about game development for Series 40 phones from Nokia. He covers 2D vs. 3D game development; graphics; audio techniques; game performance; character and level design; and more. To get the most out of future Ask the Expert webinar, send your questions to webinar.experts@nokia.com.

1. ASK THE EXPERT:
GAMES FOR SERIES 40 PHONES
Michael Samarin
Director,
Developer Training and Evangelism
Futurice

2. INTERACTIVE SESSION
• This is special webinar “Ask the Expert” on all things related to
building games for Series 40
• It is interactive, and your questions are driving discussion
• You can ask questions right now in the chat window, or for future
sessions send your questions in advance to
webinar.experts@nokia.com
• Today, we will go first through questions we have received and
F.A.Q. and then will switch to interactive mode

3. MULTI-DEVICE STRATEGY
• Question:
• How to deal with deployment to multiple devices with different
screen sizes and different user input? Multiple builds or single
universal build?

4. GRAPHICAL APIS
• Question:
• What are the actual graphical APIs developers should use for 2D and
3D game development?

5. SOUND APIS AND MUSIC
• Question:
• What are the APIs for playing music and sounds in games? What are
the audio formats supported?

6. PERFORMANCE
• Question:
• What kind of gaming performance (FPS) we can expect from various
Series 40 devices?

7. EXAMPLES
• Question:
• Where do we get gaming examples for most recent Series 40
devices, especially Full Touch Asha?

8. THANK YOU!
Want to learn more?
www.developer.nokia.com
Michael Samarin, Director of Developer Training and Evangelism, Futurice