Welcome to step four. In this step we’ll make plants fire and eventually kill zombies. Let’s start defining when a plant can fire: * When there is at least one zombie on the same row the plant is placed * When it’s not already firing (plants can fire only one bullet at once) * When … Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – Step 4
Here we go with 3rd step of Plants Vs Zombies game. Now we will place the bought plant on the game field and let the zombies enter. Adding a zombie is quite easy because we manage it in the same way we managed the sun. Just like suns appear out of the top of the … Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 3
Do you want to start the 2011 learning something new? If you aren’t developing iPhone games yet, then reading Packt Publishing’s Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide is a must. You should know I am writing, tech editing and reviewing Packt’s books, and I want to show you what I am reading just now: Expect … Learn how to make iPhone games with Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide
In the second part of the series, it’s time to raise money to buy a plant. Also, we should add a smooth animation to falling suns, fix a bug which made them appear only on certain tiles and make them disappear if they aren’t picked up after a given amount of time. Fixing the bug … Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 2
Kongregate, one of the most famous Flash games portals, now supports Unity games. Unity is a powerful development environment which allows you to create web, mobile, and even console games. To celebrate the partnership, they launched a game development contest. The 10 best Unity games published before February 15, 2011 will win cash prizes for … Kongregate + Unity = $25,000 contest!
Do you like PopCap games? I love them. They are quick, easy to play and fun, the perfect for making a Flash tutorial series. Starting from Monday 27 December I will make a new Flash tutorial series about a PopCap game. Which one? You decide. Leave a comment to this post with the name of … Fully explaining a PopCap game
You should know Bejeweled from PopCap Games. It’s a game which have been played millions, if not billions, of times. Now PopCap just released the 3rd version of his blockbuster. To celebrate this event, just like I made when I coded a complete Flash Sokoban game in less than 2KB, I made a Bejeweled version … Complete Bejeweled game in less than 2KB
If you are a Flash game developer or a publisher, you shouldn’t miss Flash Gaming Summit 2011. For the third year the conference will bring together leaders in the Flash game space to share industry insights and strategies on successful game design, development and monetization. Do you want some names? Chris Harris from Ninja Kiwi … Don’t miss Flash Gaming Summit 2011
When I say the most valuable resource in a blog is made by its readers, I am right. Readers make the blog popular, contribute with precious comments and ideas, like the ones published by Luis Francesco Silva, author of Flave and a Box2D platform engine. This time he got addicted by Jelly Car. It’s a … JellyPhysics soft body engine for Flash
Are you looking for a comprehensive guide about getting your game sponsored? Ryan Wolniak from Freelance Flash Games just released a book to help game developers make more money from their flash games: Getting your Flash Game Sponsored. Ryan spent nine months to write this guide about making a Flash game more appealing to sponsors. … Getting your Flash game sponsored – the book
After more than two years since the release of Gold Miner tutorial, Luke Mikelonis wants to share with us the AS3 version he made to to practice up a bit on AS3. There are four classes: Main (the main one), Boulders, Pod, Rod. There isn’t that much theory to explain as the basics have been … Create a Flash game like Gold Miner – AS3 version
