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Starling (the hardware accelerated 2D framework for Flash using Stage3D) has been updated to version 1.1.

Some of the new features include …

• Support for Multi-Resolution Development: Create your game for just one resolution and deploy it to any screen out there, simply by providing different sets of textures.
• Use Blend Modes for interesting optical effects, without any sacrifices on performance.
• Enjoy a Performance Improvement on the 1st Generation iPad and comparable devices. Benchmark results skyrocketed by 500%!
• Display Live Statistics (framerate, memory consumption) through the new “showStats” feature.
• Profit from numerous bugfixes and performance improvements throughout the code base.

You can download the latest version from here …

http://gamua.com/starling/download/

If you are looking for some useful resources to get started, check these links out …

• Good starling Tutorials
  http://www.hsharma.com/tutorials/
  http://www.hsharma.com/tutorials/starting-with-starling-ep-1-intro-setup/
  http://www.hsharma.com/tutorials/starting-with-starling-ep-2-welcome-screen/
  http://www.hsharma.com/tutorials/starting-with-starling-ep-3-sprite-sheets/
  http://www.hsharma.com/tutorials/starting-with-starling-ep-4-navigation/
  http://www.hsharma.com/tutorials/starting-with-starling-ep-5-parallax-background/
  http://www.hsharma.com/tutorials/starting-with-starling-ep-6-hero-flies-in/
• Introducing Starling - Free eBook
  http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024217.do
• GotoAndLearn - Introducing the Starling Framework
  http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=147
• GotoAndLearn - Starling Particle Effects
  http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=151
• GotoAndLearn - Starling Physics Using Nape
  http://www.gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=157
• Download – FlexSDK 4.6 and AIR SDK 3.2 (already merged)
  http://gaming.adobe.com/getstarted/
• active tut+ Handling Animation States With Starling
  http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/animation/handling-animation-states-with-starling/
• active tut+  Starling Particle Effects for Stage3D Shooter Games
  http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/effects/starling-particle-effects-for-stage3d-shooter-games/
• Official Starling Forum
  http://forum.starling-framework.org/
• Official Website
  http://gamua.com/starling/