AS3 Game Programming

New, Better Blog, with More Content

2008-03-24T10:13:00.001-07:00

I switched from Blogger to WordPress and add a bunch more content. Check out my new and improved AS3 / Flash programming blog.

Lets write a game in ActionScript 3 now in high resolution

2008-03-19T20:49:00.000-07:00

My series of videos on developing a game in Flash 9 and ActionScript 3 is now available in its original high quality on archive.org. Here are links to the video files (right click and download them):

Highest Quality MOV, Parts 1 - 5
Highest Quality MOV, Parts 6 - 10
Highest Quality MOV, Parts 11 - 17

Archive.org download page (has other formats)

Also, I put a little bit of polish on MagnetGolf (the game developed in this series), and released it publicly. Here's a link to the final release of MagnetGolf.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 16 - Adding the Level Text

2007-09-19T18:30:00.000-07:00

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Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 14 and 15 - Not Reseting Charges When on Retry

2007-09-19T10:17:00.002-07:00

Part 14

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Part 15

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Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 13 - The Launch Button

2007-09-19T10:17:00.001-07:00

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Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 12 - Damping Bounces and Puting the Charges on Top

2007-09-19T10:15:00.001-07:00

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Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 11 - making the puck leave a trail

2007-09-19T00:38:00.000-07:00

In this episode, I make the puck leave a trail behind it.

Lets write a game in flash - Part 11 from frosty on Vimeo.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Parts 9 and 10 - Writing the level editor

2007-09-18T22:11:00.000-07:00

Part 9a - adding start position to the level data and beginning the level editor.

lets write a game in flash - part 9a from frosty on Vimeo.

Part 9b - more level editor.

lets write a game in flash - part 9c from frosty on Vimeo.

Part 9c - finishing the level editor, except for a bug.

Untitled from frosty on Vimeo.

Part 10 - fixing the bug

Lets write a game in flash - Part 10 from frosty on Vimeo.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 8 - adding levels

2007-09-16T02:28:00.001-07:00

In this part, I add several distinct levels.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 7 - handling obstacle penetration

2007-09-15T17:12:00.007-07:00

In this part, I fix an issue with obstacles that occurs when the puck gets inside of one. Now the puck moves away from an object's center if it is colliding.

Lets write a game in Flash - Part 7 from frosty on Vimeo.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 6 - adding obstacles

2007-09-15T17:12:00.005-07:00

In this part, I add obstacles for the puck to collide with. To make the puck bounce, its velocity is reflected.

Untitled from frosty on Vimeo.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 5 - fix for that flicker glitch

2007-09-15T17:12:00.003-07:00

In this part, I fix a glitch where charges continued dragging after reaching the goal.

Lets write a game in flash - part 5 from frosty on Vimeo.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 4 - adding the goal

2007-09-15T17:12:00.001-07:00

In this part, I make it so that if the puck goes off the screen, or reaches a goal, it resets the level.

Untitled from frosty on Vimeo.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 3 - making the magnets draggable

2007-09-15T17:09:00.000-07:00

In part 3 of the development of Magnet Golf, I make the magnets draggable.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 3 from frosty on Vimeo.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 2 - adding magnets

2007-09-15T17:06:00.000-07:00

Here's part 2 of the development of Magnet Golf. In this episode, I add the magnets.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 2 from frosty on Vimeo.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 1 - getting started

2007-09-15T17:01:00.000-07:00

This is the first installment in a series of screencasts in which I develop the game Magnet Golf using Flash CS 3. In this episode, I setup the project and make a puck that drifts from left to right.

Lets write a game in Flash CS 3 - Part 1 from frosty on Vimeo.