flixel (with no uppercase) is Adam “Atomic” Saltsman free collection of Actionscript 3 files that helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash 2D raster based game development. You can download it at the official flixel webiste. The library is not that hard to use, but browsing the web I did not find any basic tutorial for … flixel for absolute beginners
You know with Box2D you can make interesting games like Mazeroll, SamePhysics or Filler, but even if I published a Box2D tutorial for absolute beginners, everyday I am receiving emails complaining about the excessive complexity of this library. If you are looking for a library able to simplify your Box2D projects, Zevan Rosser from ActionSnippet … Simplify your Box2D projects with QuickBox2D
Today I’m introducing you a project ran by Djibril Tavares. It’s an open source, multilevel and multiplayer tilebased isometric engine. This is the offical list of features: Isometric view 4 Directional movements (Diagonals) Multi level deplacement (slopes, ladders, real gravity) Collision detection Scrolling/Blitting Real time keyboard deplacement Zoom in/ Zoom out Dynamic tile Multi user … AS3 isometric engine
The name is still JohnnyCar (based on an old idea for a game), but Dylan Dalrymple plans to change it to TileSense as soon as possible. It’s a platform engine based on New tile based platform engine – AS3 version updated to step 10 PLUS scrolling According to the official webiste, TileSense is a full-featured … TileSense: AS3 tile based platform engine
Everybody should know Box2D is the best engine you can use to make a platform game. Rick Triqui, my latest game, was made with PlayCrafter that uses Box2D, and I’m starting to code my own Box2D platform engine. Luis Fernando Silva, author of the upcoming Darkness game (Sponsors! Contact him to see the work in … Box2D platform engine alternative
Here we are with the 3rd part… this time we’ll manage collision detection. I recommend to read step 1 and 2 before continuing. You should how to manage collisions with Box2D, and if not go and read Understanding how Box2D manages collisions, but this time we won’t use the collision handler. Since all collisions we … Basic Filler engine with Box2D – part 3
In this third part of the platform engine, it’s time to make our hero jump. First, I suggest you to read parts 1 and 2 if you already didn’t, then you should know something about the magic of compound objects and how Box2D manages collisions. Then, you’re ready to follow the tutorial :) The hero … Platform engine using Box2D – Step 3
The opportunity to win up to $7000 with “Word Play” Flash Game Contest ends in 20 days, and I already showed you how to embed a text file in Flash. Now it’s time to make something useful out of it. In this script, you will learn something about dynamic text fields styling, input text fields … How to use an embedded text file in Flash
This is my personal adaptation of keynote presented at Casuality Europe by Jason Kapalka, co-founder and chief creative officer at PopCap Games during Casuality Amsterdam, on February 8, 2006. Yes, a bit old, and not exclusively Flash-oriented, but these rules did not change during the last three years, so… here they are: 1) Make it … 10 Ways to make a bad casual game
Some time ago I published Basic Filler engine with Box2D – part 1, now it’s time to see the next step. I am going to add enemies, the evil bouncing balls. Obviously, enemies aren’t affected by gravity, and this can be made following the instructions published at Managing multiple gravities with Box2D. The next, big, … Basic Filler engine with Box2D – part 2
After publishing Platform engine using Box2D, my attempt to replicate the Rick Triqui‘s main character continues. Now you can move the guy with left and right arrows, aim the bazooka with the mouse and shoot a bullet clicking on the mouse. The bazooka isn’t a Box2D object because I didn’t need to include it into … Platform engine using Box2D – Step 2
This post is guest-blogged by Alex Schearer from anotherearlymorning.com, and it’s very interesting for anyone looking to enter the Word Play contest. It explains the use of Trie Data Structure In computer science, a trie, or prefix tree, is an ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys … Trie Data Structure in Actionscript 3
