Some time ago I released SamePhysics, my first Box2D game, a self-sponsored game with a rotating banner placed in the lower play area. I decided to rotate five different banners, four of them link to my sites/games and one was sold to Rotten Tomato Games. I published some considerations after 75,000 views Let’s see what … In-game banners, after 1,000,000 plays
Starting from this week, I’ll show you the new games I publish on triqui.com. I always try to pick games with interesting gameplay and in this post I’ll spend a couple of words from a PROgrammer point of view. Stabilize!: this is the kind of Flash game I love: clean design, easy to play, no … Triqui’s Picks #1
What happens on Saturday, October 31st? It’s Halloween. I bet there is a lot of games under development with an Halloween theme. I am developing my own Halloween game too, but it’s not the point of this post. I noticed in some (most) Halloween games there is quite a large use of this set of … Halloween and the tropical storm Ketsana
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
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
Riot Games is an independent Los Angeles-based game developer and publisher active since 2006. At the moment the guys at Riot Games are developing League of Legends, a competitive online game that combines elements from both strategy and role playing games. Unfortunately at the moment the beta seems to be closed, but I’m trying to … Riot Games raises $8 Million in financing
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
