Opening popups in JS is simple, but sometimes in the same page we need to open popups with different features. There are several scripts in the net doing this task but, as usual, none of them seemed to fit my needs I decided to code a complete javascript popup opener in order to have one … Complete Javascript popup opener
October 10th, 2007 update: part 2 is online Since I installed WordPress, I always wanted to make a theme on my own, but I’ve never had the time to learn how to do it. In these last days, when I installed the Torn theme, I started playing and messing with WP files, and now I … Customizing WordPress header
You all may know the casual game called Gem Sweeper, an evolution of the famous Minesweeper game included with early Windows distributions. If you don’t know the game already, play a bit for free with the trial version to know what I am going to reproduce with this simple Flash prototype. The mechanics of the … Prototype of a game like Gem Sweeper with Flash
Today finally I decided to upgrade my WP engine to WordPress 2.2.3 and abandon the TripleK2 theme. Since I installed the TK2 I was forced to miss all updates because the theme wasn’t as flexible as it seemed, in my opinion. The new theme is based on Torn 2.0 by Solostream but I am slighty … WordPress upgrade and new theme
I’ve always been addicted to logic games and Sokoban is one of them. From Wikipedia: Sokoban (warehouse keeper) is a transport puzzle in which the player pushes boxes around a maze, viewed from above, and tries to put them in designated locations. Only one box may be pushed at a time, not two, and boxes … Javascript Sokoban game script
In this time full of Flash game design competitions I know every hint could lead you to make a better game and have one more change to grab some bucks just doing what you like to to. Where to find good Flash game tutorials? Even if I submit my tuts to all biggest tutorial directories, … The best Flash game creation tutorial sites
The famous Flash games site Armor Games is hosting a Flash game design competition (fairy more than one to be honest) that will end at the end of this year. And they are paying good cash prizes to the winners! Let’s examine all the competitions: Armor Gaming Challenge #6: create the ultimate Flash game, no … Armor Gaming Challenge #6
Due to the upcoming deadline of the Flash Game Design Competition with “Ball Phyiscs” theme, here it is another ball physics tutorial. I was looking for some good ball physics concepts and I stumbled upon Elasticity, a nice game with an interesting way to controll the ball. Why don’t we try to control a ball … Controlling a ball like in Flash Elasticity game tutorial
It’s time to introduce another feature involved in Ragdoll creation. In part 1 you saw Verlet integration, now it’s time to see what is a constraint. In mathematics, a constraint is a condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy. So basically a constraint is a condition that must be respected. In our … Creation of a Ragdoll with Flash part 2: Constraints
You may call it Lightbox, or Greybox, or Thickbox, but it’s always the same effect. When you are on a page, and click on a photo or trig some event, a Lightbox is an effect that fades the pagein the background to show you new content in the foreground. I mean this effect In the … Create a Lightbox effect only with CSS – no javascript needed
Particle effects are one of the most difficult effects to achieve in Flash. Try to imagine a realistic candle flame, or a realistic explosion, or a realistic smoke. Keyword: realistic. Even if you should manage to create such effects, I bet you would spend a lot of time. A company called Desuade comes in our … Create amazing particle effects in Flash with Partigen component
If you are a regular reader you are used to see how to make things work, this time I’ll show you how not to make things work. Do you remember the Create a Flash image gallery using photoFlow component post? This is what I got in the ReviewMe control panel As I was predicting in … How to get a ReviewMe review rejected
