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What About Flash? Can We Really Make Games With It?
March 29th 2005 | Scott Bilas
We've heard this story before: big-game developer gets tired of big-game team size, pressure, and politics, and switches to making small games. New companies filled with people escaping the retail AAA industry, developing these "casual"…
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 2
What is a Flash Game?
March 26th 2005 | Scott Bilas
Say we decide to use Flash. We now have a bunch of MP3, SWF, and XML files. What's next? We need to be able to play these back somehow, which means using the Flash Player.…
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 2
Casual Games
March 23rd 2005 | Scott Bilas
Before we get started, we should first talk about what exactly a "casual" game is.
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 2
Reading news feeds with XMLSA
December 14th 2004 | Jens C Brynildsen
I used to hate XML and all the looping across nodes to get data. Then I found a class called XMLSA, created by Max Ziebell. Using XMLSA, making a RSS news ticker/reader is easy.
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 2
Getting Across to Flash with Java
July 27th 2004 | Nancy Hickman
If you work in web applications, it's just a matter of time until someone suggests, "why don't we use Flash?" With Macromedia Flash, you can create juicy, enjoyable interfaces for your users, with a unique…
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 2
Breadcrumbs: Shared Objects
May 20th 2004 | Jason Michael Perry
This tutorial will show you how to use the SharedObject, a powerful new feature in Flash MX. The SharedObject can do for Flash what cookies does for the Browser, but much better and simpler. This…
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 2
Breadcrumbs: Dynamically Loading Images
May 20th 2004 | Jason Michael Perry
This tutorial will show you how to dynamically load images from any URL. This article assumes basic knowledge of Flash MX.
Skill: Beginner Code: Actionscript 2
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