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Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 3: Programming the Level
Now that we’ve set up all of the blocks onto the stage, we can actually add some code to them. The first thing we’re going to do is to make it so the blocks are the [...]

Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 2: Creating the Level
Now, we have to set up blocks on stage that will account for a level. We’ll use an array to accomplish this manly feat. We’re also going to create some other level variables. Place this code [...]

Table of Contents

Basic Character Programming
Creating The Level
Programming the Level
Adding Level Elements
Adding Enemies
Goals and Level Completion
Finishing Touches

Step 1: Basic Character Programming
Well, here we are in our first advanced tutorial. This time we’ll be creating a platform game similar to my GlowSticks except in ActionScript 3 and coded better. Let’s begin, shall we?
Let’s first begin with the [...]

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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, there will always be source files at the [...]

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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 have a function run when the player is [...]

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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 thing a game. There are two ways that [...]

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 little enemy guy. It won’t be too artistic.

Its [...]

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 to create a MovieClip which will be the [...]

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 do is make the background of my game black, [...]

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 paginate, [...]