When I am looking for an interesting font for my web design, the first site I look at is dafont.com. What I like of this site is the capability to preview the font I am going to use with a sample text. We are going to build something like a font viewer with AS3, previewing … Create a font browser with Flash AS3
While my second one-week game is still under level design, I released this game based on the Eskiv prototype. It’s called Jamag and it’s Just Another Mouse Avoider Game. What makes this game different than the ohter one million mouse avoider games, is that I am planning to start a contest for all players to … Jamag: a Flash game you’d better master
Do you remember the post Ramblings about Flash game portals? I was wondering why portals spend thousands dollars sponsoring games. So I decided to create my own Flash games portal called Triqui (read the post Play Flash games on Triqui.com) and as Triqui I sponsored the game Bees n’ Flowers as you can see on … More ramblings about Flash game portals
Now that you know how to communicate between two Flash movies thanks to the Creation of a Flash highscores API tutorial, it’s time to introduce the next step that will make you save your highest score on your computer. It’s not an hard prototype once you read Create an Eskiv Flash game tutorial (in order … Creation of a Flash highscores API – Step 2
I am about to complete my second one-week game. It’s not a “play until the game is over” like BallBalance or Christmas Couples, but has various levels like Circle Chain. And “levels” means level design. One of the hardest things to do in order to make a succesful game. You can have the best game … Turn wasted time into level design
More and more game portals are developing their own Flash API to manage high scores. Having high scores means giving players the opportunity to compete for a leaderboard, making them play your game more and more. And making you earn more and more. I am showing you how to make one. I’ll use LocalConnection, like, … Creation of a Flash highscores API
Today I played the millionth mouse avoider Flash game… Shirk! I am a real pro at mouse avoider games… look how easily I beat the hard level. Watch the video! What a champion… This happens because you can right click the mouse, showing the menu. As far as I know, you can’t prevent the menu … Preventing the right mouse cheat in your Flash games
Today I received some interesting news from Gaz, the brain behind The Game Homepage. He developed an API for his brand new Compete section and hw is looking for good games to use it. He is offering $50 for every game that will include the API, and he does not mind you leaving any sponsorship … Earn $50 including The Game Homepage API in your Flash game
Do we really need another “move a ball in some way from A to B avoiding C” game? Noooooooo… but it seems two or three people still like this kind of games, so the new torture branded Game Garage is Floaty Light. Just kidding, of course. I made this prototype using the gravity and speed … Prototype of a Flash game like Floaty Light
Multipart tutorial: available parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 This is a big update of the experiment, because lots of interesting things happened since the last one. Let’s start: Goals and targets Obviously every experiment has its goals. I have two different types of goals: hourly income and games played. The … Experiment: monetizing a Flash game – Part 9
