Multipart tutorial: available parts 1, 2, 3 Today I spent some time with a game called Deflection. According to his author, it’s an addictive physics based game where the objective is to deflect the ball into the goal by creating deflection walls. I bet I scared most of you with the word “physics”. This means … Create a Flash game like Deflection
Probably you did not notice it, but during the last days I enjoyed a trip to Ibiza, Spain. One of the most interesting sides of being a PROgrammer is you can work from almost everywhere (although with a lot of limitations, as I will explain in a future post). The flight connecting Venice to Ibiza … Summer Couples: a game made in an airplane
In the first part we managed to move and rotate a 2×2 square made (obviously) by 4 bricks. Now we’ll see how to make them fall when we press SPACE key. Notice that you move and rotate blocks by tapping arrow keys, but you make them fall by pressing SPACE. This because timing is essential, … Make a game like Lumines with Flash – part 2
I have to admit it… I got completely addicted to this game… so I decided to make my own Flash version. If you don’t know what is Lumines, it’s a casual game you can download from Steam. The game is simple: control squares made by 2×2 bricks of different colors falling from the top like … Make a game like Lumines with Flash
Today I played a bit with getPixel function and I want to share with you some considerations about it. First, you have to know getPixel(x,y) returns an integer that represents an RGB pixel value from a BitmapData object at a specific point (x, y). Then, I wanted to know the percentage of a color in … Playing with getPixel
If you play all successful Flash games (and you should, if you want to be a Flash game developer), surely you played ColorFill. In this game, you have to fill 80% of the stage with colors while avoiding collisions with enemies. Play the game a bit then follow this prototype The main idea to create … Create a Flash game like ColorFill – part 1
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
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
This seems to be the month of AS3 conversions. Good, this means AS3 community is growing. Today we’ll see how Bart de Boer translated Creation of a platform game with Flash – step 1 into AS3. You are invited to read Creation of a platform game with Flash – step 1 to know all theory … Step by step AS3 translation of Creation of a platform game with Flash – step 1
Today I am glad to publish the work of Tim Edelaar that translated all AS2 files of the most successful post of this blog, Flash game creation tutorial – part 1. The most interesting thing is he did not use a class, but he wrote the actionscript directly in the timeline in the… let’s call … Step by step AS3 translation of Flash game creation tutorial – part 1
Some days ago Sunil Changrani sent me a the script to manage multiple balls collisions with Flash, in AS2. Now, it’s time for Andrew Cook to give us the AS3 version. Hi Emanuele, I’ve been coming to your blog for over a year now. I am doing a new game with Ball vs. Ball collision … Managing multiple balls collisions with Flash: AS3 version
