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Learn what makes or breaks a successful Flash game with Flash Mindmeld

Sixty Top Flash Game Developers (myself included! Damn Italians, they are everywhere) from Around the World to Share Flash Game Development Tips, Secrets and Advice at Online Flash Mindmeld MicroConference. On February 15th, 60 (myself included, so let’s say 59) of the world’s greatest developers behind Flash games will speak about what makes or breaks … Learn what makes or breaks a successful Flash game with Flash Mindmeld

Talking about Flash and Game development.

Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – Step 4

Welcome to step four. In this step we’ll make plants fire and eventually kill zombies. Let’s start defining when a plant can fire: * When there is at least one zombie on the same row the plant is placed * When it’s not already firing (plants can fire only one bullet at once) * When … Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – Step 4

Talking about Plants Vs Zombies game, Actionscript 3, Flash and Game development.

Triqui MochiAds plugin fixed to 1.3

As promised, here I am with the Triqui MochiAds Arcade plugin for WordPress fixed to start feeding again. The problem is Mochi guys added a new field called “languages” that wasn’t supported by the database table. I hope you will keep on using the plugin, and I want to inform you I am writing the … Triqui MochiAds plugin fixed to 1.3

Talking about Php and WordPress.

Develop Flash Facebook applications with Facebook Graph API Development with Flash

The latest result of my collaboration with Packt Publishing is Facebook Graph API Development with Flash by Michael James Williams, who also owns a blog about Flash game developing. Michael is an excellent writer and I was pleased to be the reviewer of this book.

Talking about Actionscript 3, Facebook and Flash.

Creation of realistic Flash water ripples with AS3

This is basically the Flash porting of the Flex experiment made by David Lenaerts in his blog. I found the script a very interesting way to use the NascomASLib, an open source AS3 library that provides a couple of interesting graphic effects such as pixelate and rippler, the one used in the example. The point … Creation of realistic Flash water ripples with AS3

Talking about Actionscript 3 and Flash.

Find the Photoshop brushes you need on BrushLovers

If you want to improve your Photoshop workflow, you need a good brushes library to easily add graphic elements or effects to your pictures. Sometimes you find yourself trying to draw some Christmas ornaments for the background of your image, or browsing the web looking for some Photoshop brushes which can fit your needs just … Find the Photoshop brushes you need on BrushLovers

Talking about Photoshop and Reviews.

Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 3

Here we go with 3rd step of Plants Vs Zombies game. Now we will place the bought plant on the game field and let the zombies enter. Adding a zombie is quite easy because we manage it in the same way we managed the sun. Just like suns appear out of the top of the … Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 3

Talking about Plants Vs Zombies game, Actionscript 3, Flash and Game development.

Learn how to make iPhone games with Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide

Do you want to start the 2011 learning something new? If you aren’t developing iPhone games yet, then reading Packt Publishing’s Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide is a must. You should know I am writing, tech editing and reviewing Packt’s books, and I want to show you what I am reading just now: Expect … Learn how to make iPhone games with Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner’s Guide

Talking about Game development, iOS and Reviews.

Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 2

In the second part of the series, it’s time to raise money to buy a plant. Also, we should add a smooth animation to falling suns, fix a bug which made them appear only on certain tiles and make them disappear if they aren’t picked up after a given amount of time. Fixing the bug … Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies – step 2

Talking about Plants Vs Zombies game, Actionscript 3, Flash and Game development.

Host, share and track your videos with Wistia

Wistia is a video hosting, sharing and tracking built for business. Some days ago I told you to take a look at this video to test Wistia‘s reports, and here they are my considerations: First, uploading the video was quick and easy as if you were uploading a video on YouTube or Vimeo. Embedding is … Host, share and track your videos with Wistia

Talking about Blogging and Reviews.

Making a Flash game like Plants Vs Zombies

As promised in fully explaining a PopCap game post, here we go with Plants Vs Zombies. I have to say I am not a great PvZ player (shame on me), so if you notice something wrong during the series, let me know.

Talking about Plants Vs Zombies game, Actionscript 3, Flash and Game development.