The Myths of Developing a Popular Game


Written By MrSun at 7:58 am - Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Categories: Flash

There are, and there have been, thousands, maybe even millions of very successful games that have been released to the world. Some of them fully deserve their popularity while others aren’t the best. But, the one thing they have in common with each other is that they are liked. There are many beliefs about making […]

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5 Ways to Make a Popular Clone


Written By MrSun at 8:00 am - Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Categories: Flash

We all know that clones are just copies of other games. But, it is possible to make one popular, even if it isn’t totally original. Just use these tips and maybe your game will be well-received. 1. Base It Off of a Current Event I cannot count how many game clones are based on current […]

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Tutorial: Make a Vertical Shooter in AS3 – Part 6


Written By MrSun at 8:05 am - Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Categories: Flash

Table of Contents Programming the Character Programming the Character – Part 2 Creating the Enemies Programming the Enemies Scoring Finishing Touches Step 6: Finishing Touches As always, the finishing touches of this game won’t be explained too much by me, in hopes that you actually can do some of this stuff by yourself. Of course, […]

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Tutorial: Make a Vertical Shooter in AS3 – Part 5


Written By MrSun at 8:04 am - Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Categories: Flash

Table of Contents Programming the Character Programming the Character – Part 2 Creating the Enemies Programming the Enemies Scoring Finishing Touches Step 5: Scoring Now that we’ve got the hardest part down, it all gets easier from here. This chapter will be simple, just some code that has scoring. Also, as promised, we’re going to […]

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Tutorial: Make a Vertical Shooter in AS3 – Part 4


Written By MrSun at 8:03 am - Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Categories: Flash

Table of Contents Programming the Character Programming the Character – Part 2 Creating the Enemies Programming the Enemies Scoring Finishing Touches Step 4: Programming the Enemies Now we have to make it so the enemies can be shot. This probably will be the most complicated of the steps. But, it also is what makes this […]

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Tutorial: Make a Vertical Shooter in AS3 – Part 3


Written By MrSun at 8:02 am - Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Categories: Flash

Table of Contents Programming the Character Programming the Character – Part 2 Creating the Enemies Programming the Enemies Scoring Finishing Touches Step 3: Creating the Enemies Well, now that we can make our lil’ guy shoot, we have to make something for him to shoot at! I’m going to first start by just drawing a […]

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Tutorial: Make a Vertical Shooter in AS3 – Part 2


Written By MrSun at 8:01 am - Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Categories: Flash

Table of Contents Programming the Character Programming the Character – Part 2 Creating the Enemies Programming the Enemies Scoring Finishing Touches Step 2: Programming the Character Pt 2 – Making it Shoot Well, now that we’ve got the character moving, we have to make him able to shoot. The first step in doing this is […]

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Tutorial: Make a Vertical Shooter in AS3


Written By MrSun at 8:00 am - Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
Categories: Flash

Table of Contents Programming the Character Programming the Character – Part 2 Creating the Enemies Programming the Enemies Scoring Finishing Touches Step 1: Programming the Character Today, we’re going to make a classic vertical shooter game in ActionScript 3. I hope you learn from it! Let us begin. The first thing that I’m going to […]

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Tutorial: Pagination in ActionScript 3


Written By MrSun at 8:00 am - Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Categories: Beginner Tutorials, Flash

This is going to be another tutorial about pagination. This time, however, it will be done in ActionScript 3.0. Here’s a brief description of what this tutorial will be about, taken from my previous tutorial in ActionScript 2.0: This is going to be a smaller tutorial about how to paginate objects in ActionScript 2.0. By […]

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15 Tips on Improving your Flash Games


Written By MrSun at 8:00 am - Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Categories: Flash

Here’s just a compilation of a bunch of the posts I made about flash game development in the past. Hopefully, some of these will be new to you and will help you. When to Use Storylines in Flash Games 34 Tips on Getting your Flash Game Sponsored Efficient Flash Game Development 50 Ways to Make […]

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