Do you know what is a script engine? Basically it’s an engine working with the main game engine allowing to create pre-defined series of events that occurs when triggered by player location or actions. One of the first games using this technique to increase realism was Half Life, in 1998 Scripted events and a robust … governor: multithreading script engine written in AS3
I think one of the most important things making the difference between a programmer and a PROgrammer is the ability to write code you can’t use again and again. Building reusable code speeds up projects and does not need that much test, since you already know what to expect from your snippets. This is the … AS3 quick movieclip manager class
You should already know flixel. I blogged a bit about it some time ago in flixel for absolute beginners and flixel for absolute beginners – part 2. Now it’s time to make something serious, but in this first step I am covering again the basics of creation of a flixel game using Flash Builder 4. … Creation of a game with flixel and Flash Builder 4
We got it. After the first catapult prototype and the “slippery wheels” sequel, this is a version with realistic movement and a lot cleaner code. To add realistic movement I defined friction and restitution, making useless the CreateFixture2 function and widely using the more appropriate CreateFixture one. This way I have full control on fixtures, … Real world catapult prototype using Box2D – Cleaner code
Did you enjoy the catapult prototype? Here I am with the second part, adding wheels controlled by left and right arrows. Have a look: Now you can move the catapult with left and arrow keys, and shoot with a mouse click If you feel the catapult is running on an icy surface, that’s because I … Real world catapult prototype using Box2D – Adding wheels
Ok, it’s not an april fool… the bulgarian freelancer Krasimir Tsonev really made a Box2D based RPG game called The Big Adventure. And he also built the official game site with all features it needs to attract players: a community, a forum, a ladder, updated news… really a good job. Now he wants to share … Case study: The Big Adventure – a Box2D RPG
Do you remember the LineBall video teaser? Now the complete game has been published and sponsored by Coolbuddy.com. It’s based on the Flash AS3 Pixel based circle collision engine, that I found better than Collision Detection Kit when you want your ball to bounce. I added a little twist introducing a gravity switch allowing you … LineBall Flash game sponsored and released
I am porting this prototype into AS3. I am not doing it for the sake of porting something, but because I want to show you a complete Dice Wars prototype. I am sorry if the code is not that clean, I’ll come with a dedicated class later, but at the moment this is what I … Finding adjacent cells in an hex map – AS3 Version
Today I am porting an old tutorial, Controlling a ball like in Flash Elasticity game tutorial, into AS3. I am doing this because it was a great game in my opinion, and one of the “non Box2D powered” games that can live a second life now that Box2D has been released. About all the theory … Flash Elasticity prototype – AS3 version
As said, we’re going to create a little game with Citrus Engine. Since the engine it’s ready, we can start with level design. So let’s open the Citrus Engine Level Architect, included in the package, and let’s start playing with it. The key of this little tool is the right mouse key. Pressing it will … Creation of a game with Citrus Engine
While I am giving the finishing touches at LineBall (yes, I found a sponsor), I want you to play ColorBallz. It’s a simple game I made in a couple of days starting from Basic Filler engine with Box2D – part 1, 2 and 3. All in all it’s almost the same game, I just added … Play ColorBallz, my latest Flash game
