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

Bringing external images into flash is a really useful thing to be able to do, so let’s get educated!
In this tutorial I’m going to teach you how to click a flash button, then display an image in the same folder as the flash file within the running swf!

Flash is awesome on its own, but its true power lies in its integratability with other mediums - PHP being one of them. And since PHP is fantastically well connected with MYSQL, these three combined can be the key to some highly interactive, involving web content.
The only thing is - how do we [...]

Flash, irritatingly enough, does not come with a specific stroke tool, but I have found a few ways to get around this and simulate a stroke effect with the following methods:

I am self taught when it comes to flash - from bumbling through the help files and figuring out my first motion tween to my more recent aquisition of some dope actionscripting skillz, I’ve found that some places are more useful than others when it comes to getting assistance with your flash projects.
Here are the [...]