While most developers are trying to get their games sponsored in as much ways as they know, Ryan from Freelance Flash Games (great blog! a must read) is going to explais us why you shouldn’t get your game sponsored. Sponsorship is one of the biggest revenue streams for flash developers. Flash Game License reported over … 7 reasons NOT to get your game sponsored
This is an ooooooold (let’s call it) game I explained for a web programming class in 2003 or 2004. It was made to explain some basics about Php, sessions, MySql and styles. All in one. That’s how students learn… all in one and with a real world example. It’s just a “guess if next number … MagOrMin – an old php based game
How many times did you draw a “not so good-looking” character in your game just because you aren’t that good at drawing and you did not now where to find the graphic you needed? And how many times did you draw something interesting for your game, just to discover you changed something in the gameplay … Buy and sell arts for Flash Games with FlashGameArt.com
Big news for Flash game developers. MochiAds and Warner Bros have teamed up to bring you a fresh new promotion. It’s an open casting call for all top Flash developers out there to submit your awesome game ideas for a chance to create an officially licensed game starring none other than Batman himself! Out of … Win $9,000 + $15,000 with Batman: The Brave and the Bold Game Casting Call!
Some time ago I posted Create a Flash game like Totem Destroyer, and now I am showing you a complete prototype made by Collin Douch. The prototype features slimy and non-removable blocks and collision detection between the totem and the ground. Such detection was made customizing Box2D’s b2ContactListener class. For more information about this class … Full Totem Destroyer prototype
During late 90’s web games as we know them did not exist. At that time Javascript was the only language used to make some simple browser games. Years passed, and Flash became the leading tool to make Flash games. Anyway, I want to point you to two javascript libraries made for game developers. While you … GameJS and gameQuery: two javascript libraries for game developers
Time to publish part 5 of the game. I included some visual elements such as the score you are making at every click and most of all I included MochiAds in just one line of code thanks to the version control feature. The only line I added in the main class to include MochiAds preloader, … Designing the structure of a Flash game – AS3 version – Part 5
Some days ago I blogged about Erase Box, a Box2D game made with my tutorials, now it’s time to publish Rodrigo‘s tutorial. « On a game I was making, I needed a way to detect if a body was leaving the screen. That can be done by checking the x and y positions of it, … Erase Box: the tutorial
Do you remember Filler? In Filler, your goal is simple: fill 2/3 of the level. To create a filler ball, press down. It will grow until you release the mouse button, it hits another filler ball, or a bouncing ball runs into it. I am showing you the first part, the creation of the filler … Basic Filler engine with Box2D – part 1
I am going to show you a cute game Rodrigo made following my tutorials « I created a Box2D flash game using some tutorials available on your website. It’s not very cool, but being my very first AS3 and Box2D game, I think that I did a good job. Erase Box It’s a mix of … Erase Box, a Box2D game made with my tutorials
If you followed Box2D: tutorial for the absolute beginners, then you know you can put some object to “sleep” to improve performance by not simulating inactive bodies. This is CPU saving but can be used for some game concepts too. Just think about Super Stacker, where you have happy and afraid bricks. If you spend … A smart way to manage sleeping objects with Box2D
Flash Gaming Summit is a one day conference dedicated to fostering the growth and success of the Flash games community. It’s the first conference for Flash Games, and it will take place on March 22nd 2009 in San Francisco, California. Flash Gaming Summit is organized by Mochi Media, the company behind MochiAds The conference will … Flash Gaming Summit 2009
