In a comment to Pumpkin Story prototype, a reader asked for a function to simulate a hook. This can be quite easily done in some steps. This first step will set a rule: you can only hook to a static body. Obviously it’s not a mandatory, rule, but just a gameplay one. In this example, … Simulating a hook with Box2D
This quick Pumpkin Story prototype is made merging and mixing these scripts: Drawing arcs with AS3 and Creation of a Flash artillery game using Box2D. If you notice, it’s similar to an artillery game (like Bloons) with the “only” difference you are the bullet. This opens some interesting gameplay options, so interesting I am going … Pumpkin Story prototype
If you have ever tried to draw arcs with AS3 (or AS2), you probably smashed your computer on the floor after spending hours with curveTo(). That’s not what we need when we want to draw simple arcs, without any Bezier curve. That’s why I made my own function. It’s not that interesting since it only … Drawing arcs with AS3
Almost a year ago I blogged about a basic level editor for a tile based game, and now Philipp Zins from Germany show us his AS3 level editor- I made the level editor in ActionScript 3. You can scroll through the tiles with the mouse wheel – it isn’t necessary now, but very helpful if … AS3 level editor
The final deadline for “Word Play” Flash Game Contest ran by MochiMedia is September 18 and if you did not submit any entry, here it is a prototype you can use to make something better out of it. The concept is based upon How to use an embedded text file in Flash and some concepts … Word Play contest prototype, four days to make something decent out of it
This is the second part of Creation of a Flash artillery game using Box2D… one reader asked for a function to make blocks (bullets) disappear after 10 seconds or any given time. I found the question interesting, and here I am writing something about removing bullets. To introduce timed bullets, I only need another class … Creation of a Flash artillery game using Box2D – part 2: removing bullets
Small intro: having a plugin that allows readers to vote posts can help you understanding what do readers like. I saw readers liked a lot Create a flash artillery game – step 1 so I decided to create something similar with modern techniques (that post is dated 2007!!! Ages ago!!). Let’s start from Platform engine … Creation of a Flash artillery game using Box2D
In flixel for absolute beginners I showed you how to complile a flixel project with Flex Builder 3. I was ready to make an “hello world” but I received some emails from people asking for a FlashDevelop step by step installation. It seems FlashDevelop is more popular than FlexBuilder 3… anyway here it is: First, … flixel for absolute beginners – part 2
flixel (with no uppercase) is Adam “Atomic” Saltsman free collection of Actionscript 3 files that helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash 2D raster based game development. You can download it at the official flixel webiste. The library is not that hard to use, but browsing the web I did not find any basic tutorial for … flixel for absolute beginners
I see a lot of confusion around the web about access modifiers, so I am going to give a brief explication about them. First, if you noticed the post title, you’ll see I wrote AS3 in brackets because access modifiers have not been introduced with AS3, but AS3 finally featured access modifiers. As far as … Understanding (AS3) access modifiers (Public, Internal, Protected, Private)
You know with Box2D you can make interesting games like Mazeroll, SamePhysics or Filler, but even if I published a Box2D tutorial for absolute beginners, everyday I am receiving emails complaining about the excessive complexity of this library. If you are looking for a library able to simplify your Box2D projects, Zevan Rosser from ActionSnippet … Simplify your Box2D projects with QuickBox2D
Today I’m introducing you a project ran by Djibril Tavares. It’s an open source, multilevel and multiplayer tilebased isometric engine. This is the offical list of features: Isometric view 4 Directional movements (Diagonals) Multi level deplacement (slopes, ladders, real gravity) Collision detection Scrolling/Blitting Real time keyboard deplacement Zoom in/ Zoom out Dynamic tile Multi user … AS3 isometric engine
