Category: How To Tutorials

Create a Game: ActionScript 3 Fruit Basket Catching Game

May
13
fruit basket catching game

This game is a simple game of catch. Our goal will be to catch the fruit in a basket. We will have a skull and crossbones to take away points, an increase in how fast the objects will fall over time, and a time limit for the create a game. We will also be introducing the user interface (UI), the start screen, and the game over screen.

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ActionScript 3 Tutorial: Keyboard and Mouse Input

Apr
12
actionscript 3 keyboard

In every game, there is a form of keyboard and mouse input. Key input is important for every type of game. In order to make a game, you need to know this.

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ActionScript 3 Gravity and Collision Tutorial

Feb
17
actionscript 3 gravity

Every single game you have ever played uses a form of gravity and collision. Now, you can learn how to create it using ActionScript 3 Gravity!

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ActionScript 3 Dice Tutorial

Jan
27
Action Script 3 Dice Tutorial

Most games use a form of a random number generator when programming a game using Action Script 3 dice tutorial. Use this dice tutorial to learn how with Action Script 3!

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Tutorials in Flash with Action Script 3: Part 1

Dec
26
Flash and Action Script 3

Flash allows Action Script 3.0 to be easy to learn for visual learners, and is a great stepping stone to get into the big leagues of programming, like C#, and C++, which most bigger games are programmed in.

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Making a First Video Game: Part 8 – Get Your Game Demo Out

Aug
16
game-demo

Well, right now you have your game document more or less completed. Until the game is published, you might need to make minor changes to the document, but as of…

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Making a First Video Game: Part 7 – Pre-Development with Game Document

Jul
11
old-school-computer

I hope you love your computer, because at this point, you two should be VERY close. And I’m not talking about you snuggling up with some porn, either. This next part of making your first game, you will be making final edits and updates to your game document, creating sprite placeholders, coding classes, and getting your first playable version of your game out.

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Making a First Video Game: Part 6 – Editing Game Document 01

Jun
30
game_doc_title_page

Now that we have our game document outline for our sidescrolling, platform game we can start editing it, and adding details. Basically, any sketches of levels, characters, obsticles,…

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