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Emanuele Feronato

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I write about game development, HTML5, Phaser, JavaScript, TypeScript, Box2D, Flash and more fun stuff since 2006

Prototype of a Flash game like GearTaker

Do you know Tony Pa‘s GearTaker game? You have a buddy jumping around rotating gears. As most Tony Pa’s games, it’s easier to play than to explain, and it’s hard to link… from this page select “GearTaker” and play. I made a Flash prototype using two objects, the cog and the hero

Talking about GearTaker game, Actionscript 2, Flash and Game development.

Experiment: monetizing a Flash game – Part 9

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

Talking about Flash, Game development and Monetize.

Creation of a matching game with Flash and AS3

This tutorial was inspired by the one written at chapter 3 in ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University, but I changed some mechanics because I did not like some choices made by the author. Anyway, this is not a “mine is better”, just a tutorial that I did not write completely on my own. Do you … Creation of a matching game with Flash and AS3

Talking about Actionscript 3, Flash and Game development.

ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University

If you want to learn some good AS3 game development basics, then you should read ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University. Inside ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University you will find a brief introduction to AS3 and a guide how to create 17 among the most common Flash game types you can find in every game portal. … ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University

Talking about Flash, Game development and Reviews.

Create an Eskiv Flash game tutorial

Do you know a Flash game called Eskiv? No? Never mind, it’s not the best game around there, but there is a thread called Eskiv Clone? in the forum asking help in making a game like that one. First, play it a minute Then, take this prototype, starting from an old tutorial called Flash game … Create an Eskiv Flash game tutorial

Talking about Eskiv game, Flash and Game development.

Marketing Flash games: email template

When you make a Flash game, unless it hits top portals frontpages (like NewGrounds) and spreads virally, you have to submit it to thousands portals in order to give it some decent exposure. At the moment the best resource about Flash game marketing is Marketing Flash Games: The Other Half of the Battle, but if … Marketing Flash games: email template

Talking about Monetize.

Finding adjacent cells in an hex map – part 2

In the Finding adjacent cells in an hex map post I showed you how to find adjacent cells in horizontal hex maps. Now it’s time to find adjacent cells in vertical hex maps. hexagon_width = 44; hexagon_height = 38; grid_x_size = 10; grid_y_size = 12; sector_width = hexagon_width/4*3; sector_height = hexagon_height; gradient = (hexagon_width/4)/(hexagon_height/2); for … Finding adjacent cells in an hex map – part 2

Talking about Hexagonal Tiles game, Actionscript 2, Flash and Game development.

Play Flash games on Triqui.com

What I introduced in the Ramblings about Flash game portals post went live today I am talking about a game portal called Triqui, where you will find all MochiAds games. Well, not exactly “all”, but every game listed in their feeds. Why did I made the millionth Flash games portal? Because I want to play … Play Flash games on Triqui.com

Talking about Links and Monetize.

Flash physics engines galore

Are you looking for a Flash physics engine? Well, now you only have to choose the one you prefer. Let’s see how many engines we have (listed in alphabetical order): APE: www.cove.org/ape/index.htm Free AS3 open source 2D physics engine for use in Flash and Flex, released under the MIT License. Its last update (0.45 alpha) … Flash physics engines galore

Talking about Flash and Links.

Finding adjacent cells in an hex map

This tutorial continues Hex maps creation and rollover. Now I will show you how find adjacent cells. Again, at the moment it’s only code, and it only works for horizontal hex maps hexagon_width = 38; hexagon_height = 44; grid_x_size = 12; grid_y_size = 10; sector_width = hexagon_width; sector_height = hexagon_height/4*3; gradient = (hexagon_height/4)/(hexagon_width/2); for (x=0; … Finding adjacent cells in an hex map

Talking about Hexagonal Tiles game, Actionscript 2, Flash, Game development and Users contributions.

Creation of a sortable list with Ajax tutorial

One interesting Web 2.0 effect is the sortable list, and we are going to make one in less than five minutes thanks to Prototype and script.aculo.us libraries. Prototype is a JavaScript Framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications and can be downloaded here, while script.aculo.us (scriptaculous from now on) provides you with … Creation of a sortable list with Ajax tutorial

Talking about Ajax, Php and Tutorials.

Hex maps creation and rollover

This is just a quick, uncommented snippet of code I made starting from Coordinates in Hexagon-Based Tile Maps tutorial I found at GameDev.net. The article does not cover all hex maps, just horizontal ones. Read Understanding hexagonal tiles to know something more about hex maps. Also, the pseudo code shown in the article has some … Hex maps creation and rollover

Talking about Hexagonal Tiles game, Actionscript 2, Flash and Game development.

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Games Challenge

I will build 101 games as a solo developer

During these years, I published 228 explained game prototypes, along with source code: 1+2=3, 100 rounds, 10000000, 2 Cars, 2048, A Blocky Christmas, A Jumping Block, A Life of Logic, Angry Birds, Angry Birds Space, Artillery, Astro-PANIC!, Avoider, Back to Square One, Ball Game, Ball vs Ball, Ball: Revamped, Balloon Invasion, BallPusher, Ballz, Bar Balance, Be Brave Barb, Bejeweled, Biggification, Block it, Blockage, Bloons, Boids, Bombuzal, Boom Dots, Bouncing Ball, Bouncing Ball 2, Bouncy Light, BoxHead, Breakout, Bricks, Bubble Chaos, Bubbles 2, Card Game, Castle Ramble, Chronotron, Circle Chain, Circle Path, Circle Race, Circular endless runner, Cirplosion, Click when Red, CLOCKS - The Game, Color Hit, Color Jump, ColorFill, Columns, Concentration, Crossy Road, Crush the Castle, Cube Jump, CubesOut, Dash N Blast, Dashy Panda, Deflection, Diamond Digger Saga, Don't touch the spikes, Dots, Down The Mountain, Drag and Match, Draw and Sum, Draw Game, Drop Wizard, DROP'd, Dudeski, Dungeon Raid, Educational Game, Elasticity, Endless Runner, Erase Box, Eskiv, Farm Heroes Saga, Filler, Flappy Bird, Fling, Flipping Legend, Floaty Light, Fuse Ballz, GearTaker, Gem Sweeper, Globe, Goat Rider, Gold Miner, Golf Dash, Grindstone, GuessNext, Helicopter, Helix Jump, Hero Emblems, Hero Slide, Hexagonal Tiles, HookPod, Hop Hop Hop Underwater, Horizontal Endless Runner, Hundreds, Hungry Hero, Hurry it's Christmas, InkTd, Input Delay, Iromeku, Jet Set Willy, Jigsaw Game, Knife Hit, Knightfall, Legends of Runeterra, Lep's World, Line Rider, Lumines, Magick, MagOrMin, Mass Attack, Math Game, Maze, Meeblings, Memdot, Metro Siberia Underground, Mike Dangers, Mikey Hooks, Mini Archer, Nano War, Nodes, o:anquan, One Button Game, One Tap RPG, Ononmin, Pacco, Perfect Square!, Perfectionism, Phyballs, Pixel Purge, PixelField, Planet Revenge, Plants Vs Zombies, Platform, Platform game, Platformer, Plus+Plus, Pocket Snap, Poker, Pool, Pop the Lock, Pop to Save, Poux, Pudi, Pumpkin Story, Puppet Bird, Pushori, Pyramids of Ra, qomp, Quick Switch, Racing, Radical, Rebuild Chile, Renju, Rise Above, Risky Road, Roguelike, Roly Poly, Run Around, Rush Hour, SameGame, SamePhysics, Security, Serious Scramblers, Shrink it, Sling, Slingy, Snowflakes, Sokoban, Space Checkers, Space is Key, Spellfall, Spinny Gun, Splitter, Spring Ninja, Sproing, Stabilize!, Stack, Stairs, Stick Hero, String Avoider, Stringy, Sudoku, Super Mario Bros, Surfingers, Survival Horror, Talesworth Adventure, Teeter Up, Tetris, The Impossible Line, The Moops - Combos of Joy, The Next Arrow, Threes, Tic Tac Toe, Timberman, Tiny Wings, Tipsy Tower, Toony, Totem Destroyer, Tower Defense, Trailblazer, Trick Shot, Tunnelball, Turn, Turnellio, TwinSpin, Vampire Survivors, vvvvvv, Warp Shift, Watermelon Game, Way of an Idea, Whack a Creep, Wheel of Fortune, Where's my Water, Wish Upon a Star, Word Game, Wordle, Worms, Yanga, Yeah Bunny, Zhed, zNumbers, Zuma

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