Do you remember the Poux tutorial series? If not, then read parts 1, 2 and 3 and take a look at the finished project known as Christmas Couples. I always say using prototypes to create games is a good idea, and the almost 7,000,000 plays Christmas Couples had since its release confirm my theory. Anyway, … Adding a new twist to the prototype of a Flash game like Poux
Do you know what is the flood fill algorithm? From Wikipedia: Flood fill, also called seed fill, is an algorithm that determines the area connected to a given node in a multi-dimensional array. It is used in the “bucket” fill tool of paint programs to determine which parts of a bitmap to fill with color, … Flash flood fill implementation
When I stated writing tutorials, I did not expect I would have to write a tutorial about… using a tutorial. If you look at the most recent games published, you’ll find a lot of games are useless clones of some of my tutorials or some of Tony Pa‘s ones. I said “useless” because a tutorial … How to use a Flash game tutorial to make your own game
This is a very importat thing to know when you are about to design Flash forms, or any application that needs to manage data such as an highscore table. This is a standalone tutorial, but the basics explained will be useful in the Creation of a Flash highscores API course. The only method we need … Flash sending, manipulating and receiving data with sendAndLoad
The first post of the new year (you should know the new year starts on May, 27th) is made by Sunil Changrani and it’s about managing multiple balls collisions with Flash. I already published a tutorial about Managing ball vs ball collision with Flash but this time we’ll manage any number of balls. Sunil was … Managing multiple balls collisions with Flash
Now that you know how to communicate between two Flash movies thanks to the Creation of a Flash highscores API tutorial, it’s time to introduce the next step that will make you save your highest score on your computer. It’s not an hard prototype once you read Create an Eskiv Flash game tutorial (in order … Creation of a Flash highscores API – Step 2
More and more game portals are developing their own Flash API to manage high scores. Having high scores means giving players the opportunity to compete for a leaderboard, making them play your game more and more. And making you earn more and more. I am showing you how to make one. I’ll use LocalConnection, like, … Creation of a Flash highscores API
Today I played the millionth mouse avoider Flash game… Shirk! I am a real pro at mouse avoider games… look how easily I beat the hard level. Watch the video! What a champion… This happens because you can right click the mouse, showing the menu. As far as I know, you can’t prevent the menu … Preventing the right mouse cheat in your Flash games
Do we really need another “move a ball in some way from A to B avoiding C” game? Noooooooo… but it seems two or three people still like this kind of games, so the new torture branded Game Garage is Floaty Light. Just kidding, of course. I made this prototype using the gravity and speed … Prototype of a Flash game like Floaty Light
