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Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide giveaway
Haven’t you already bought Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide book? This is your chance to win a PDF copy of the book with the Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide giveaway. I blogged about the book in this post, so I am going straight to the point of this giveaway. Three lucky readers will … Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide giveaway
Flash 3D Sokoban prototype with Flare3D
You know I love Sokoban game. This is a prototype of a Flash 3D Sokoban made with Flare3D. Flare3D is a real time 3D engine for Flash and Flex optimized for games and animations. My plan is to create this simple prototype with various Flash 3D engines, then compare them with ease of use, performances … Flash 3D Sokoban prototype with Flare3D
Learn what makes or breaks a successful Flash game with Flash Mindmeld
Sixty Top Flash Game Developers (myself included! Damn Italians, they are everywhere) from Around the World to Share Flash Game Development Tips, Secrets and Advice at Online Flash Mindmeld MicroConference. On February 15th, 60 (myself included, so let’s say 59) of the world’s greatest developers behind Flash games will speak about what makes or breaks … Learn what makes or breaks a successful Flash game with Flash Mindmeld
Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – Step 4
Welcome to step four. In this step we’ll make plants fire and eventually kill zombies. Let’s start defining when a plant can fire: * When there is at least one zombie on the same row the plant is placed * When it’s not already firing (plants can fire only one bullet at once) * When … Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – Step 4
Triqui MochiAds plugin fixed to 1.3
As promised, here I am with the Triqui MochiAds Arcade plugin for WordPress fixed to start feeding again. The problem is Mochi guys added a new field called “languages” that wasn’t supported by the database table. I hope you will keep on using the plugin, and I want to inform you I am writing the … Triqui MochiAds plugin fixed to 1.3
Creation of realistic Flash water ripples with AS3
This is basically the Flash porting of the Flex experiment made by David Lenaerts in his blog. I found the script a very interesting way to use the NascomASLib, an open source AS3 library that provides a couple of interesting graphic effects such as pixelate and rippler, the one used in the example. The point … Creation of realistic Flash water ripples with AS3
Find the Photoshop brushes you need on BrushLovers
If you want to improve your Photoshop workflow, you need a good brushes library to easily add graphic elements or effects to your pictures. Sometimes you find yourself trying to draw some Christmas ornaments for the background of your image, or browsing the web looking for some Photoshop brushes which can fit your needs just … Find the Photoshop brushes you need on BrushLovers
Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 3
Here we go with 3rd step of Plants Vs Zombies game. Now we will place the bought plant on the game field and let the zombies enter. Adding a zombie is quite easy because we manage it in the same way we managed the sun. Just like suns appear out of the top of the … Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 3
Learn how to make iPhone games with Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide
Do you want to start the 2011 learning something new? If you aren’t developing iPhone games yet, then reading Packt Publishing’s Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide is a must. You should know I am writing, tech editing and reviewing Packt’s books, and I want to show you what I am reading just now: Expect … Learn how to make iPhone games with Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide
Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 2
In the second part of the series, it’s time to raise money to buy a plant. Also, we should add a smooth animation to falling suns, fix a bug which made them appear only on certain tiles and make them disappear if they aren’t picked up after a given amount of time. Fixing the bug … Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 2