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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
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: This text should technical people get going and may not be good enough for self-learning beginners. It can be used as handout in a "hands-on" class. That is what [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] made it for...
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: It aims at Flash design beginners, '''not''' beginning ActionScript 3 programmers, although programmers can read this to get a quick overview before digging into a real documentation like [http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/ Adobe's Flash 9 reference manual]
: It aims at Flash design beginners, '''not''' beginning ActionScript 3 programmers, although programmers can read this to get a quick overview before digging into a real documentation like [http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/ Adobe's Flash 9 reference manual]
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: http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/flash/ex/game-intro/
: http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/flash/ex/game-intro/


== Example ==
So far, there is only an example of a very simple shooting game ...
: http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/flash/ex/game-intro/


== Links ==
== Links ==
=== Technical ===


* http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2098269#post2098269 Key.isDown (problem is that focus can be lost outside Flash)
* http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2098269#post2098269 Key.isDown (problem is that focus can be lost outside Flash)


[[Category: Multimedia]]
=== Other games tutorials ===
[[Category: Technologies]]
 
[[Category: Authoring tools]]
* [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/puzzle_game_sample.html Examining the Puzzle Game sample application], by Valerio Virgillito, Adobe (see also [http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/samples/puzzle_game/index.html entry page] with downloads.
 
=== Sites with Flash games ===
 
(not source code, just to play)
 
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/ NewGrounds] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrounds NewGrounds Wikipedia] article)
 
 
 
 
[[Category: Flash]]
[[Category: Flash]]
[[Category: Tutorials]]
[[Category: Actionscript 3]]
[[Category:Flash tutorials]]
[[Category: Computer games]]
[[Category: Computer games]]

Latest revision as of 19:19, 21 September 2009

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Overview

This is part of the flash tutorials.

Learning goals
Learn some more action script
Learn about time-based animation
Prerequisites
Flash CS3 desktop tutorial
Flash drawing tutorial
Flash button tutorial
Flash components tutorial
ActionScript 3 interactive objects tutorial (important !)
Other recommended prior tutorials (not necessary, but can help)
Flash video component tutorial
Flash sound tutorial
Flash drag and drop tutorial
ActionScript 3 event handling tutorial
Flash ActionScript 3 overview
Moving on
Flash games tutorial
The Flash article has a list of other tutorials.
Quality
not done yet, therefore very low
Level
It aims at Flash design beginners, not beginning ActionScript 3 programmers, although programmers can read this to get a quick overview before digging into a real documentation like Adobe's Flash 9 reference manual
Learning materials

Grab the various *.fla files from here:

http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/flash/ex/game-intro/

Example

So far, there is only an example of a very simple shooting game ...

http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/flash/ex/game-intro/

Links

Technical

Other games tutorials

Sites with Flash games

(not source code, just to play)