Some days ago Boris the Brave released the new version of the popular physics library. There are some critical changes that won’t make old projects run in the new environment. The most important ones are: It is now not necessary to specify a size for your world, it’ll always be large enough. Improved collisions system … Box2DFlash 2.1a released – what changed
Are you looking for a fresh and complete tool to track how your game is performing? Then SWFStats may be the API you need. SWFStats is a Flash analytics software with a lot of features, some of them absolutely unique for this kind of software. Let’s see them: Easy integration Track views, playtime Tracks views … Get detailed statistics about your Flash game with SWFStats
Do you want to make something interesting out of the Come2Play multiplayer API tutorial? Here it is your chance to win up to $5,000!! Come2Play – Creators of the first white-label social gaming platform and multiplayer game API – are holding a contest, in conjunction with the LinkedIn Flash Game Developers group, for the development … Games that Challenge the World Come2Play contest – $8,000 in prizes
Only two games this week, and a lot of garbage jigsaw puzzles… Hill Of Defend: Fresh defense game, with a different view. This time you’ll defend your base from a side view. What I liked: Normally I hate classic defense games, but this one has a new and original approach. Programming difficulty: Very complete game. … Triqui’s Picks #15
You certainly know what happened in Haiti some days ago. On January 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck and almost destroyed the capital and all nearby cities. The whole world is moving to support disaster relief, and I want you to know MochiMedia will be participating in the Haiti relief fund initiative that has started … Mochi Media Haiti Relief Fund
Do you remember Filippo Bodei‘s HiRoads case study? After two months with HiRoads in the wild, Filippo shares with us the result of his project. « Here we are again after about two monts since HiRoads went live! Today, the 21st of January, I can count 1203 registered users and 250 roads published on www.hiroads.com … HiRoads case study: the aftermath
Welcome to the 3rd part. In part 2 we allowed the player to draw the chalk track in a “paused” Box2D environment and then run the simulation. Now it’s time to delete our chalk track. A bit of theory: although the simulation is paused, the chalk bodies are already placed in the Box2D world. So … Way of an Idea Box2D prototype – Step 3
Do you remember Luis Fernando Silva? He released a Box2D platform engine some months ago, and now I am publishing his last work, a Verlet physics engine. If you need more information about Verlet integration, check this post. This is what Luis says: « So, I was developing a small physics engine for a game … Flave, a new open source AS3 Verlet physics engine
We’re starting the new year with just three games: Running Blue: Interesting platform game with 12 levels of pure action… run, jump, throw bombs… What I liked: It’s a good platform, and I don’t see Mario… Programming difficulty: Platforms aren’t easy. 4/5 Frutopia: Eat all fruits during all 20 levels What I liked: It’s a … Triqui’s Picks #14
Today I want to introduce you a Come2Play multiplayer API tutorial written by Emanuele Ornella from Mind the Move. Emanuele is a Flash game developer and a board game designer too. « After the development of my first two games Tokyo Train and Haunted house I am interested in development of a multiplayer game. For … Come2Play multiplayer API tutorial
As a new year begins, it’s time to recap what happened during previous year. During these days, I saw a lot of people publishing MochiAds‘s 2009 CPM. I have to say you must not trust such kind of statistic because CPM may vary a lot according to two variables: 1) The number of impressions Sometimes … Top 40 Countries giving the best MochiAds CPM in 2009
Time to learn something about particle systems… the term particle system refers to a computer graphics technique to simulate certain fuzzy phenomena, which are otherwise very hard to reproduce with conventional rendering techniques. Examples of such phenomena which are commonly replicated using particle systems include fire, explosions, smoke, moving water, sparks, falling leaves, clouds, fog, … Create amazing particle effects with Stardust Particle Engine
