If you are worried about the changes introduced by AS3 and would like a cheatsheet for a quick reference of most of them, then you should take a look at http://actionscriptcheatsheet.com/ This site provides some interesting printable quick reference cards for the ActionScript language. AS3, Flex, AIR, Papervision, and more. Unfortunately the site seems to … ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0 Migration Cheatsheet
Old readers should remember Flash game creation tutorial – part 1… it’s an ond AS2 tutorial about the creation of a game like Ball Revamped and its sequels. Later Tim Edelaar coded it into AS3 in Step by step AS3 translation of Flash game creation tutorial – part 1, but with the whole code in … Flash game creation tutorial – part 1 (with AS3 classes)
In my opinion one of the most important reasons people are afraid to migrate from AS2 to AS3 is its way of scripting. Pure AS3 coding dislikes coding on the timeline and wants us to write and use custom classes. Don’t worry: you can still write your script on the timeline but you won’t be … Introduction to AS3 classes
I wrote about Box2D Flash version about a year ago, then I published Playing with Box2DFlashAS3 and Create a Flash game like Totem Destroyer as examples covering what you can do with this library. But I was really impressed by a thread on TriquiTips submitted by Hawdon called Box2DAs3 For Beginners! (read steps 1 and … Platform game basics using Box2D
If you are looking for AS3 version of step 10, here it is… made by Robin vd Vleuten from the Netherlands with scrolling included! Hello Emanuele, I made it with flex so I use a swc to access the tiles. All the code is now in one actionscript-file, but I’m trying to convert the code … New tile based platform engine – AS3 version updated to step 10 PLUS scrolling
I am sharing with you a basic level editor made for the platform engine but easily adaptable to any tile based game made by Daniel Felipe Rodriguez Your recent set of tutorials about the platform engine inspired me so I decide to contribute to your cause, I made a really really basic level editor but … Basic level editor for a tile based game
First, I would like to say the engine is not finished as I have a lot of tile types to add. This is the AS3 version of part 6. I am fixing some glitches and preparing another post about the theory of platform games This is the code package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.ui.Mouse; import … New tile based platform engine – AS3 version
As announced in Create a Flash game like Snowflakes, here it is the AS3 version. I used the same comments to help you understanding the conversion. package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.ui.Mouse; import flash.events.*; public class snowflakesas3 extends Sprite { // max stars on stage var max_stars = 20; // current stars on stage var … Create a Flash game like Snowflakes – AS3 version
Some days ago I published Create a Flash game like Cirplosion using AS2, now it’s time to do it using AS3. AS3 is becoming more and more popular so I think it’s time to give it more exposure. This is the uncommented AS3 version of Cirplosion. I would like you to compare it with AS2 … Create a Flash game like Cirplosion – AS3 version
An interesting game released these days is Totem Destroyer Your mission is to destroy the totems without letting the golden Idol (aka Tot) fall into the ground. It’s a game that can be easily done with the AS3 physics engine Box2DFlashAS3, recently updated at version 2.0.1 I already talked about it in the post Playing … Create a Flash game like Totem Destroyer
According to Bart de Boer, this is the step 1.5 of the Step by step AS3 translation of Creation of a platform game with Flash. He fixed the jump issue and improved the collision engine. As in the previous example, the file Script.as is the main class: /*____________________________________________________ |______________ register of functions _______________| |____________________________________________________| – … Step by step AS3 translation of Creation of a platform game with Flash – step 1.5
This is the second part of Tim Edelaar‘s step by step AS3 translation of Flash game creation tutorial. Now it’s time to translate to AS3 the content of Flash game creation tutorial – part 2 which I suggest you to read before this one. The style of the coding is the same of the previous … Step by step AS3 translation of Flash game creation tutorial – part 2
