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!

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 [...]

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!

06 Jul

Flash CS3 Disaster! - Crash on save/open/PSD Import + Fix

I just had a 3 hour scare when a flash project I’d been working on crashed.
I had been trying to import a .psd with seperate layers, and after some messing around, achieved it.   I clicked the test movie button and… white fade.   Crash.   “This program needs to close” and such.
I tried again, and the same [...]