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Apr 14, 2008

Actionscript Adventures

Sounds like it could be a pretty bad ass cartoon… ;)

So, I haven’t tickled with flash for a LONG time. I mean, long (*cries* my age!). I think the last time I remember messing with flash was when it was still a baby. After hearing the conversations at the GDC, a whole lot of people really liked flash for it’s ability to help developers prototype an idea. And, well, those guys at 2dboy really blew me away with their flash prototype. I have some ideas, and I really don’t want to spend a ton of time tearing my hair out while drinking a hundred or so cans of my favorite soft drink to get things to work right. So I decided to go down this route. A) I’ll learn something new (Actionscript 3, ftw… o_O (AS3 != (AS2 || AS1) by far) and B) It’ll be a lot easier. I hope.

But for now, this is my simple test I spun together in an hour for the sake of A) Can I do something? Anything? and B) Can I embed this thing into my site for those that enjoy tinkering?

I’d have to say, Yes, and Yes. Enjoy this quick beast.

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  • http://trazoi.net Dave “Trapper Zoid”

    Unfortunately it looks garbled under whatever Flash player I’ve got installed on my Ubuntu Firefox on my work machine. I’m sure this is a problem at my end compared with at yours; I’ll check it again under Mac OS X tonight.

    I’ve also got to get back into Flash and ActionScript due to it’s inherent ability to slap together quick prototypes.

  • http://trazoi.net Dave “Trapper Zoid”

    Unfortunately it looks garbled under whatever Flash player I’ve got installed on my Ubuntu Firefox on my work machine. I’m sure this is a problem at my end compared with at yours; I’ll check it again under Mac OS X tonight.

    I’ve also got to get back into Flash and ActionScript due to it’s inherent ability to slap together quick prototypes.

  • http://trazoi.net Dave “Trapper Zoid”

    Ah, it works under Mac OS X. I haven’t had enough experience with dogs to fault your choice of pet, but I do question your choice of soft drink ;) . Maybe it’s because you don’t have the versions with cane sugar in them.

    If you’re keen on getting a head start in ActionScript 3.0, I recommend the book “ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University” by Gary Rosenzweig. It goes through the basics of making a whole range of standard Flash games, and it’s what I’ve based the few games I’ve already made in Flash on. I’m finding it mainly useful as a set of worked examples for Flash, but I find it a good way to get inside the head of a seasoned Flash game developer when it comes to breaking down a project.

  • http://trazoi.net Dave “Trapper Zoid”

    Ah, it works under Mac OS X. I haven’t had enough experience with dogs to fault your choice of pet, but I do question your choice of soft drink ;) . Maybe it’s because you don’t have the versions with cane sugar in them.

    If you’re keen on getting a head start in ActionScript 3.0, I recommend the book “ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University” by Gary Rosenzweig. It goes through the basics of making a whole range of standard Flash games, and it’s what I’ve based the few games I’ve already made in Flash on. I’m finding it mainly useful as a set of worked examples for Flash, but I find it a good way to get inside the head of a seasoned Flash game developer when it comes to breaking down a project.

  • http://www.david-mcgraw.com david.mcgraw

    Great feedback. Thanks! I’ve been trying to find a good book on flash that centers around games, but there are quite a few with salty ratings. I haven’t looked into the one you mentioned, so I’ll have to try that next.

    I love my Dr. Pepper, but I should probably take a break from it. ;)

  • http://www.david-mcgraw.com david.mcgraw

    Great feedback. Thanks! I’ve been trying to find a good book on flash that centers around games, but there are quite a few with salty ratings. I haven’t looked into the one you mentioned, so I’ll have to try that next.

    I love my Dr. Pepper, but I should probably take a break from it. ;)

David McGraw

Founder of iGotIt Games. Trader. Runner. Warrior. Motivator.