Daniel Cook presented a session looking at the opportunity to be found in both Flash and social game development. He compared Flash games to peanut butter and social games to chocolate and combining the two yields a tasty treat. He then presented the current state of both social games and Flash portals.

He then went into more details on the specific opportunities available via these Flash portals. Although there are over 30,000 different Flash portals available online, he presented several key techniques to use in order to succeed in these aggressive sites.

If you make good games and follow some key critical steps such as testing your game before posting it, then you should be able to get a good rating and quickly distinguish yourself from other games on the site. In conclusion, he stated that Flash portals are yound and underdeveloped and are a great opportunity for developers looking to make their mark.