09 Jul

gotoAndBlog - Blogging Hiatus

Hey guys!

I haven’t been posting on gotoAndBlog lately because I’ve been concentrating my efforts on my electronic music blog boyinaband instead.

My plan is to get that off the ground as a strong community of musicians wishing to learn and improve their abilities, then once that is substantial enough I hope to return here and turn gotoAndBlog into the Flash Blog it was always meant to be!

Also, check out my personal blog www.davidpaulbrown.com if you’re interested in my progress with boyinaband!

Take it easy! :)

13 Nov

Why flash is the best platform to develop Web Apps and Games.

Okay, there are a ton of reasons to choose a platform for writing a program, but this one is the reason Flash is numero uno when it comes to Internet Applications…

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10 Nov

Flash don’t got no rhythm! - Making an accurate Tempo system with actionscript

I have been working on a rhythm game that combines sequencing with looping and I have to say that flash is one of the most rhythmically challenged things I’ve ever come into contact with, including the drummer from my first band… but I have found some ways around it!

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30 Oct

Coding Flash Tower Defence Games - Pathfinding or Waypoints?

When it comes to programming a tower defence game, you have a choice to make (Well, you have loads of choices, but this is a pretty big one) - Should I use a pathfinding algorithm to give the enemies their sense of direction, or pre-program in a set of Waypoints?   Let’s see what the good and bad points of each method are…

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15 Oct

Tutorials for 5 different Flash game genres

Tower Defense, Rhythm game, scrolling beat ‘em up, platformer and shoot ‘em up.   It’s all here folks!

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