Talking about Flash, Game development and Monetize.
My tribute (learn how I am calling a clone) to Split Personalities is growing fast and well, and after the first and second steps, now I have something playable.
The aim of the game is to rebuild the image of a stolen painting(in this case the Scream) that was broken into pieces (I just want you to notice that I also made a dramatic background…).
The new features I added are a minimap on the right representing a blueprint of the original painting and the “holes”… some trapdoors that open and close randomly. When a piece of the picture falls into an opened hole, it disappears. When a piece of the picture steps into a closed hole, the hole remains closed until the piece is moved.
It’s a very simple concept but I messed the instructions how to play… I’ll never get a job as a game manual writer… you better check the demo by yourself
Now I am planning to add **tons** of features and powerups, about 10 levels of increasing difficulty, fancy graphics and release the game
Wanna sponsor the game?
I’ll add MochiAds in the game. However, I also would like to sell four 125×125 buttons in the game. Not in the “splash screen”, I mean into the game itself.
I am selling buttons instead of looking for a sponsor because I am publishing the source code of the game, and sponsors do not want people to see the game in progress or even worse to see the code before the game is finished
If you want to purchase a button (that will link to wherever you want), the price is $50 per button.
Maybe the game will be a flop, maybe not. Anyway, it’s up to you to risk your 50 bucks. The guiderules are the same of every link sale: no heavy images or heavy animations in the buttons, no links to gambling, porno, racist sites and so on.
You can then resell your button how many times you want until the game is ready. When it’s ready, maybe some millions people will see your button while PLAYING (not WAITING for the game to load).
If you want to purchase a button, contact me at info[at]emanueleferonato.com
That’s a very unseen way to ask for a sponsorship but… hey… I am running an experiment! Bet on my game!
Now, the source code… still uncommented but with understandable variable names. You know that once finished I’ll release the complete tutorial as usual.
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.geom.Point;
Array.prototype.shuffle = function() {
for (x=0; x<19; x++) {
var from = Math.floor(Math.random()*20);
var to = this[x];
this[x] = this[from];
this[from] = to;
}
};
big_picture = BitmapData.loadBitmap("scream");
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("big_pic_obj", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
big_pic_obj.attachBitmap(big_picture, _root.getNextHighestDepth());
big_pic_obj._visible = false;
sequence = new Array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19);
save_position = 0;
sequence.shuffle();
field = new Array();
holes = new Array();
for (x=0; x<25; x++) {
holes[x] = 0;
field[x] = -1;
}
for (x=1; x<=3; x++) {
do {
out = Math.floor(Math.random()*24)+1;
} while ((holes[out] != 0) or (out<5));
holes[out] = x;
hole = _root.attachMovie("out", "out_"+x, _root.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:(out%5)*80, _y:Math.floor(out/5)*80});
hole.pos = x;
_root.attachMovie("glass", "glass_"+x, _root.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:(out%5)*80, _y:Math.floor(out/5)*80});
hole.onEnterFrame = function() {
moving = Math.floor(Math.random()*250);
if (moving == 0) {
_root["glass_"+this.pos]._alpha = 100-_root["glass_"+this.pos]._alpha;
}
};
}
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("tiles", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root.attachMovie("mini", "mini", _root.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:410});
_root.attachMovie("magnifier", "magnifier", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root.attachMovie("fire", "fire", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
_root.attachMovie("border", "border", _root.getNextHighestDepth());
border.onEnterFrame = function() {
magnifier._visible = false;
this.gotoAndStop(1);
if (!dragging) {
possible_direction = "";
if (_root._xmouse<400) {
this._x = Math.floor(_root._xmouse/80)*80;
this._y = Math.floor(_root._ymouse/80)*80;
position = Math.floor(_root._xmouse/80)+5*Math.floor(_root._ymouse/80);
if (field[position]>=0) {
magnifier._x = 410+(field[position]%5)*40;
magnifier._y = Math.floor(field[position]/5)*40;
magnifier._visible = true;
}
}
} else {
dist_x = _root._xmouse-save_x;
dist_y = _root._ymouse-save_y;
angle = Math.atan2(dist_y, dist_x)*180/Math.PI;
if (angle<45 and angle>-45) {
this.gotoAndStop(3);
possible_direction = "right";
}
if ((angle<-45) and (angle>-135)) {
this.gotoAndStop(2);
possible_direction = "up";
}
if (angle<-135 or angle>135) {
this.gotoAndStop(5);
possible_direction = "left";
}
if (angle<135 and angle>45) {
this.gotoAndStop(4);
possible_direction = "down";
}
}
};
for (x=0; x<20; x++) {
picture = tiles.createEmptyMovieClip("small_pic_obj_"+x, tiles.getNextHighestDepth());
small_picture = new BitmapData(80, 80);
picture.attachBitmap(small_picture, tiles.getNextHighestDepth());
small_picture.copyPixels(big_picture, new Rectangle(0+(x%5)*80, 0+Math.floor(x/5)*80, 80, 80), new Point(0, 0));
picture.id = x;
picture.falling = false;
picture.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (!this.falling) {
if (this.dir == "right") {
position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
if ((position%5 != 4) and (field[position+1] == -1)) {
this._x += 80;
field[position] = -1;
field[position+1] = this.id;
} else {
this.dir = "";
}
}
if (this.dir == "down") {
position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
if ((position+5<25) and (field[position+5] == -1)) {
this._y += 80;
field[position] = -1;
field[position+5] = this.id;
} else {
this.dir = "";
}
}
if (this.dir == "left") {
position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
if ((position%5 != 0) and (position != 1) and (field[position-1] == -1)) {
this._x -= 80;
field[position] = -1;
field[position-1] = this.id;
} else {
this.dir = "";
}
}
if (this.dir == "up") {
position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
if ((position-5>0) and (field[position-5] == -1)) {
this._y -= 80;
field[position] = -1;
field[position-5] = this.id;
} else {
this.dir = "";
}
}
position = Math.floor(this._x/80)+5*Math.floor(this._y/80);
if ((holes[position] != 0) and (_root["glass_"+holes[position]]._alpha == 0) and (this.dir != "")) {
this.dir = "";
this.falling = true;
save_position = position;
}
}
if (this.falling) {
this._width -= 2;
this._height -= 2;
this._x++;
this._y++;
this._alpha -= 2;
if (this._width == 0) {
this._alpha++;
this._width = 80;
this._height = 80;
sequence.push(field[save_position]);
field[save_position] = -1;
this._x = 0;
this._y = 0;
this.falling = false;
}
}
};
}
_root.onMouseDown = function() {
position = Math.floor(_root._xmouse/80)+5*Math.floor(_root._ymouse/80);
if (position == 0) {
if (field[1] == -1) {
picture_in = sequence.shift();
tiles["small_pic_obj_"+picture_in].dir = "right";
}
} else {
if (field[position] != -1) {
dragging = true;
save_x = border._x+50;
save_y = border._y+50;
}
}
};
_root.onMouseUp = function() {
position = Math.floor(save_x/80)+5*Math.floor(save_y/80);
tiles["small_pic_obj_"+field[position]].dir = possible_direction;
dragging = false;
};
176 lines… and I already have a level… give me feedback!
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