Scaleform

What do you like best?

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.

What do you dislike?

As soon as Adobe dropped support for Flash support for ScaleForm was also dropped, so it is no longer being updated, While Scaleform and ActionScript are still badly needed skills when it is used, because it's no longer supported it is primarily used in older games being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.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Scaleform is primarily used for creating user interfaces for games. It is especially good if you need to use any complex animations in your game, since Flash started as an animation tool. ActionScript also allows you to add display functionality and keep it out of the C++ code.