Splitting Box2D objects seem to be the ultimate challenge around here… after The engine behind Splitter Flash game – first AS3 prototype, now we have two updates… the first by Guillaume Pommey, author of the previous prototype and the second one by Bryce Summer. While Guillaume wants to refine a bit the final code before … The engine behind Splitter Flash game – new AS3 prototypes
Some time ago I posted about the engine behind Splitter Flash game, the C code used to cut off and split objects with Box2D Now I received an AS3 prototype from Guillaume Pommey. Hi ! I try to port the splitter engine to AS3, I haven’t any error in the function but I have an … The engine behind Splitter Flash game – first AS3 prototype
Porting Breakout/Arkanoid with Box2D seems to be an interesting challenge for developers. Some days ago I showed you Phyballs, now it’s time for Andre Vidal to show his work. Andre runs his own blog I suggest you to visit because you will find some interesting source code. This is Andre’s breakout (arrow keys = left … Box2D breakout prototype
Box2D is getting more and more popular among developers, and I am proud to have the permission to publish the first source code for a complete Box2D game. The author is Esteban Gallardo, author of Free Creation Games. The game is called Phyballs And this is the source code. I have to say, this is … Phyballs: when Arkanoid meets Box2D – Full source code
Only a day after Drawing boxes on the fly in Box2D I got three submissions for drawing circles on the fly. I will list all of them, and I found interesting how different Flashers obtained the same result in quite the same way. The first to send the routine was Vitaliy Berov: This is the … Drawing circles on the fly in Box2D
Box2D is getting more and more popular among Flash developers, but it still lacks of adeguate tutorials and documentation about making games with it. Andrew McGrath from Gamersgarden released a great tutorial about drawing boxes on the fly on Box2D. Every detail of the script is fully commented, so you won’t miss anything, and you … Drawing boxes on the fly in Box2D
The blogsphere is magic. When you start a blog, if you do a good job, some people inspired by you will start blogging, and probably inspire you. This is the case of Michael Williams, who said I was one of the main reasons he decided to make a blog about Flash game development. He wrote … Learn AS3 by following this simple avoider game tutorial
This is another version of my platform engine made by Bryan Devlin introducing some graphics, a visual death and hangable roofs. Bryan spread out the code to follow and understand it a bit better. This is what you’ll get: Notice the hangable tiles, that’s the major improvement. You can download source code here. Also, Bryan … Platform engine variation with hangable tiles
A couple of days ago I released two Photoshop files to make your own key icons. Now Samuel Bonfante sent me the Flash version of those PSD files, for all you Flash maniacs. « Hello Emanuele, I recently saw your post “Photoshop Files To Make Your Own Key Icons”. I wondered how developers who don’t … Flash file to make your own key icons
Normally everyday I receive about 10 emails asking for help. They all seem to be made with a template, something like this: “hey this script does not work. Can you fix it?” Obviously I cannot fix someone else’s scripts, but sometimes I got really impressed by an help request. It happened about one year ago … How to ask for help: the Philippines example
I wrote about Box2D Flash version about a year ago, then I published Playing with Box2DFlashAS3 and Create a Flash game like Totem Destroyer as examples covering what you can do with this library. But I was really impressed by a thread on TriquiTips submitted by Hawdon called Box2DAs3 For Beginners! (read steps 1 and … Platform game basics using Box2D
