rapid prototyping of games using flash
Hello there. This is the sixth part of the Making Games in ActionScript 3 using FlashDevelop
By now we’ve got almost all the basic building blocks to make a simple game. All that is missing is how to get some input. Last time we touched on it a little bit using the mouseX and mouseY properties.
Those are the most straightforward to get at, but other inputs aren’t very complicated either. Let’s start with the mouse button.
Welcome to the fifth part of Making Games in ActionScript 3 using FlashDevelop.
Wow, when I got started on this whole tutorial thing I never expected it’d take four parts just to get to the enter-frame part. But here we are.
This post will be about making stuff move. But before that we’ll need a quick primer on Events. They is one of the mainstays of actionscript, especially version 3.
This is the third part of Making Games in ActionScript 3 using FlashDevelop.
Last time we got our first enemy on the stage. Now we’ll take a quick look at embedding other formats into your classes. Grab the gnome here to the right and put him in your assets folder.
This is the third part of Making Games in ActionScript 3 using FlashDevelop.
Okay kids. Lots of boring setup stuff in the first two parts. It’s time to get some graphics in the mix!
As a side note, since we’re using what’s called the mxmlc compiler everything I do in this tutorial can be done using whatever IDE you please as long as it uses that compiler, if you’re really into this whole command line thing you don’t even need the IDE.
You have arrived at the second part of Making Games in ActionScript 3 using FlashDevelop.
Last time we got stuff setup. Not all that amusing really, just a tiny bit more setting up to go before we can get some stuff on the screen.
Welcome to the first part of Making Games in ActionScript 3 using FlashDevelop (just rolls of the tongue, doesn’t it?)
People keep asking me if I know any good tutorials for making games in Flash, and I keep answering that I don’t. Most of the one’s I’ve seen have only barely been ported from AS2, keeping the “old flash” mindset and not really making use of the new fancy stuff you can do in AS3. I think that’s a pity!
So, here’s my way of doing it.
This tutorial will assume some basic familiarity with Object oriented programming a graphical tool of your choice and general computer literacy. If anything is unclear, feel free to ask in the comments.
First, there’s some stuff we need to download:
I use the Flash CS3 authoring tool to make my graphics, however, you can use any tool that can export swf’s and for the sake of completeness will show you how to use plain old png’s aswell. But the authoring tool is very hard to beat when doing animations, so consider getting it.
If you don’t have the Flash authoring there’s a trial for the CS4 version.
Start with FlashDevelop, that should be a no-brainer.
(Now would be a good time to install Java if you don’t have that)
Then extract the SDK to whatever folder you’re comfortable with, all you will need to do is to point FlashDevelop to it later, then you can forget about it altogether.
Install the debug player for your browser, FlashDevelops internal player (IIRC) will use the version you install for IE.
Finally put the standalone Flash Player in a suitable directory, it will associate itself with the proper file formats when you run it, so just drop it wherever you want it and run it once.
Now, it’s time to start FlashDevelop.
You should be greeted by a nice Start Page. The first thing we will need to do is to setup where we put the Flex SDK.
Go to Tools -> Program Settings… -> AS3Context -> Flex SDK Location (see the picture) and point it to the directory where you unpacked the SDK.
And that’s it. You’re ready to go. Go get yourself something unhealthy to eat as a celebration.
Next time we get started on our first project.
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