Did you read Creation of a game with flixel and Flash Builder 4? Now it’s time to add a splash screen to the game. The splash screen or the title screen is the first thing the player sees, so we’ll add a backround image as well as the game title. First, we must change our … Making a game with flixel and Flash Builder 4 – Splash Screen
If you want to make a good game, a good camera movement is necessary. This time we’ll learn to follow a Box2D object with the camera. Box2D does not have a “camera”, so we will have to move the stage according to body position. This is the same script as Real world catapult using Box2D … Following a body with the camera in Box2D
If you want to read an interesting article about Flash games and physics, I suggest you to point your browser on Developing physics-based games with Adobe Flash Professional by Samuel Asher Rivello. I was quoted in the article, but what makes it really great is the way it will guide you through the creation of … Quoted on Adobe Edge: April 2010 edition
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
