Flash and ActionScript

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I've collected together all of my various experiments with Flash on this page. Most of what you will find here are snippets of code and small movies that test certain features of Flash, or solve some small, specific problems. There are also a few game-like projects.


Each of the movies posted here also show the source code (or at least the important bits). The goal is to create a resource for other people who are learning Flash, especially ActionScript . All of the exercises below are created in Flash 8. Some of them will work in earlier versions, some will not.


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Drawing Regular NGons
Game Prototype: Drunken Seek

  Here's a Flash prototype I did to test a gameplay question in my last game, "Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed" for the Wii. [ Link ]

Drawing Regular NGons
Documentation: Palabre 0.6

I am in need of a Flash compatible Socket Server, and found a great open source project, Palabre, with poor docs. This is info gather from docs, forums, etc. [ Link ]

Drawing Regular NGons
Drawing Regular NGons

I have a project in progress that require me to draw regular NGons (Pentagons, Hexagons, Octagons, etc). I've posted the Flash movie and the source code for drawing them, using a simple rotation equation. [ Link ]

Learning Flash
Learning Flash

Since returning from GDC, I have been fired up to learn Flash as a tool for doing some simple gameplay prototyping. It has been rewarding, and at times fairly frustrating, as Flash has some interesting quirks of implementation. It has…personality.

  • Loading Text as Unicode
  • Create and Format a Dynamic Text Field
  • Write-On Text in a Fixed Amount of Time
  • Using Checkboxes
  • The Game Loop
  [ Link ]

Radial Solo Ball
Radial Solo Ball

Flash game number one. Basic goal, build a game with a main execution loop.

First experimentation with collision detection in Flash. [ Link ]

eRadiRace
eRadiRace

A simple wall avoidance game.

First iteration using built-in collision handling in Flash.
[ Failed ]

Second iteration using Flash 8's Draw API. [ Somewhat Final ]

 

Posted by Sean Hyde-Moyer at 12:45 pm

One Response to “Flash and ActionScript”

  1. Chrome Cow » More Flash and ActionScript Fun says:
    April 8, 2007 at 1:25 pm

    [...] The Game Design section was starting to look a little overrun by Flash and ActionScript tutorials, so I’ve added a whole new page for Flash and ActionScript. Check there for the latest experiments. [...]

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