Adobe Flash is a cross-platform multimedia runtime used to embed animations, video, and interactive applications into web pages.
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Is there a tool to import a sprite sheet into Flash as a frame-based animation?
I'm looking for a tool that can help create a Flash-based animation given a spritesheet -- basically the reverse of Spriteloq.
I'd like to take a sheet like the one below, import it into Flash, and ...
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How to save the 3D surface to bitmap in Flash 11 Stage3D
I have been using Stage3D to create some 3D app in Flash. One of the items on my list is the ability to take a screen shot. Flash makes it easy to grab the stage content, but I can't find a way to ...
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Flash multi-player system: one player moves the other stops when using the mouse
I started making a small multi-player avatar chat to start my self with flash and multi-player. Everything worked fine when I was using arrows to move but when I started using the mouse something goes ...
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What technologies are used to develop games for tablets and iPhones?
What technologies are used to develop games for tablets and iPhones?
Would Flash be commonly used?
Is HTML5 capable of animation and interactivity, or would a game file simply be placed within HTML5 ...
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For making an online multiplayer browser-based game, what tech would be more efficient to use? [closed]
I asked a partial question on stackoverflow, and then realized that this would be the place to get a better answer because this is the game dev website, and you all may know more than the programmers ...
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In game level editor using AIR or stand alone app using Java or C#
I'm in the process of choosing technologies to build the level editor of a Flash RPG game.
On one side I can use AIR and build a ingame level editor that's probably going to give the best result. The ...
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Make object follow mouse angle?
what I'm trying to do is make the paddle follow the mouse position(red dot).
I know how to rotate the paddle relatively to the center of the screen, but I'm not sure how to determinate the ...
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Multiplayer API with Unity 3.5 and AS3
On the faq for the current preview release, http://unity3d.com/unity/preview/faq it says that while networking is not currently supported for flash compilation, we can write our own in AS3 using the ...
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What client front-end options can I use to make a Facebook game?
I have been requested to make a port of an iOS game for Facebook.
The game itself is fairly simple, it is a puzzle game using a 2d array for a grid with XML passed from a server for loading objects ...
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Is it possible to create a Facebook game that is a Windows executable?
I'm thinking of trying to make a game, and I heard Facebook is good place to make it popular, but I don't want to make a sprite-based Flash game, I want to use OpenGL for rendering to get nice ...
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AS3 Replay all the child timelines?
Flash CS5 AS3
Is there a way to reset all the timelines while/if the Frame 1 en Scene 1 is called?
I happen to have lots symbols with timelines, if I gotoAndPlay Scene 1 frame 1, most symbols won't ...
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Flash/Flex/Air and iOS
I'm just a little confused with all of the news recently regarding the cancellation of mobile flash, so was hoping for a little help. I've had a search through and can't find the answers to these ...
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Can I make a Flash version of an actual game? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Legal issues for a “fangame” of a commercial franchise?
For example, some of you may have seen Portal: The Flash Version. I was wondering what the legal ...
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Actionscript 3.0 - Enemies do not move right in my platformer game
I am making a side-scrolling platformer game in Flash (Actionscript 3.0). I have made lots of progress lately, but I have come across a new problem.
I will give some background first. My game level's ...
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Is there a 2D soft-body physics engine for Flash?
I'd like to write a small physics game by using ActionScript, but do not want to write my own physics engine. Does anyone know a ready-to-use 2D soft-body physics engine with a Flash port?
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Why do games for Facebook have to be about 622 pixels high?
I am wondering, why do games for Facebook have to be about 622 pixels high?
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How does one disable the right-click context menu in Flash?
I happened to play around with habbo.com social game portal.
It clearly uses Adobe Flash as platform (if you look into the source code of the HTML page). But when you do right mouse click you don't ...
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How should I manage game levels in a flash games?
I am still learning and I am trying to design the game levels for my first game (a platformer).
I have some straightforward questions because I feel I am on the wrong way.
Should each level have its ...
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How to calculate vector that is perpendicular to the direction of moving in Flash?
In flash i have a class that extends movieclip and i am moving it forward, up and down, and rotating it. How can i calculate the vector that is perpendicular to this movieclip?
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Is there a SDK for 2D games that will deploy to PC, Flash and Android?
Is there such thing as an SDK or toolset that can produce Windows, Flash, and Android executables from the same source? Something like "write once, run in all three platforms?"
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Can one develop an application with Bluetooth support on iOS using Flash Builder 4.5?
I have heard about Flash Builder 4.5.1. As I have understood, one can make an application using Flex with Flash Builder 4.5.1 and also export the release build for iOS, Android and Blackberry.
Is it ...
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Vector class throwing an error after publishing the FLA for generating .ipa from flash CS5
I am creating a flash game for iPhone using Flash CS5. Everything runs smoothly when creating the SWF via Ctrl+Enter. But when I am attaching the .p12 and provisioning profile files and publish the ...
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How to make a customizable 3D character with maya for a flash game
i'm working in a 3d flash role-playing game with alternativa 3d engine.
My game requires the main character to be customizable, for example, the player must be able to add a mustache, a hat, a tie, ...
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Need help implementing shadows on platform with limited feature set
I am writing a game that very much relies on real-time shadowing and would like to implement shadow volumes. I was thinking of doing shadow mapping, but the platform I am using is Molehill/Stage3D and ...
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How to make a tile vanish after player steps on it, in a tilebased game?
So I'm adding the basic mechanic of making frail/breaking tiles, those that break apart and disappear after the player has walked ontop of them. Now I thought this would be as easy as...:
//Breaking ...
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How to start publishing Flash games
I'm already pretty adept at AS3 and all, and I have plenty of ideas for Flash games that I want to start making. However, I was wondering, when I've made my first one, how should I publish it, and how ...
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Water simulation in Isometric game
I'm creating a game in Flash AS3 in which the player needs to modify land in order to direct the water in the right direction.
However, water simulation is a new topic for me and I'm kinda stuck. It ...
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Is there a 2d animation authoring GUI for creating C++ games?
I'm moving from Flash to C++, and am wondering if there are any tools out there that would let me author animation much like Flash does.
Basically I want a GUI that lets me layout sprites and specify ...
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What standards should designers/artists follow when giving UI assets to coders?
How do you or your company require designers to deliver their assets to coders? Do they deliver a PSD? A series of 24-bit PNGs?
If you are a coder, what would you include in a best-practice ...
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Can Flash games packed for iOS and other mobile devices achieve reasonable performance?
I was thinking of developing a game in Flash, as a hobby/educational project.
However, I was hoping I could make it run on a smartphone, but a friend who develops in Flash says that in their ...
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Connecting an AI Agent to a Flash Game
Overview
The game is a multiplayer simple real time strategy housed in a Flash application. Players run the Flash client, and are connected to a server written in another language (the language is ...
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What technologies were used to create “Dueling Network”?
I want to make a similar browser online multiplayer game like "Dueling Network" (link below) but for a different TCG.
What technologies you believe they used to create it?
Could anyone kindly refer ...
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Sprite vs 3d Model in Flash Facebook Game
I'm looking at creating a real time strategy/tower defense mashup game for facebook (and other platforms like google+) along the same feel, but of course different mechanics, as backyard monsters.
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Tailoring sound volume for different speakers
Different sound effects are played differently across different speakers. For example, when I use my laptop speakers, sounds are notably softer and low pitch sounds often become inaudible unless I ...
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What 2D engine can I use to port my flash game to iOS and Android?
I would like to port my 2D flash game to Android and iOS. Is there any cross platform engine you could recommend? Corona is the only promising one I have found so far.
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Java or Flash for MMO Game?
I hope this question hasn't been asked before.
I'm thinking of creating an MMO game, perhaps for Facebook. I've investigated the options of using Java or Flash/Flex. But I'm still not sure which to ...
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Are there any sample projects for Flashpunk?
Are there any open source games using Flashpunk? The other big flash game library Flixel has a number of example projects, are there any equivalents for Flashpunk?
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Best practices for UnitTesting heavy Flash game clients and libraries?
We have several quite heavy game clients completely written in AS3 (some also use Flex for UI). Some clients are built with PureMVC, others are a pile of spaghetti code that's grown over the years. We ...
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Can flixel or a similar engine be used with reddwarf server?
I like the sgs/projectdarkstar or now known as reddwarf server for a back end game server. However I am looking for a good front end, preferably 2D. I was thinking of something such as flixel. I ...
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Easy road from DisplayObject to Molehill?
I have a finished Flash game which is rendered using the built-in display tree, i.e. Bitmaps contained in Sprites (and a text here and there, few vector graphics, and one bitmap-filled shape).
For ...
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What is a good technique for 2D tile-based terrain generation meeting these requirements?
As a summer project I decided it would be fun to make a Flash game. Right now I'm going for something like the look of Terraria. It's been a lot of fun, but today I've hit a snag. I need a way to ...
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Flex 4 + Apache Ant, Cannot Load FlashPunk Libraries
I have been searching google, Apache Docs*, and FlashPunk forums looking for an answer to this: I cannot get Ant/Flex to find and compile the FlashPunk libraries.
Here is my build.xml.
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How to implement line of sight restriction in actionscript?
I have a problem with a game i am programming. I am making some sort of security game and i would like to have some visual line of sight. The problem is that i can't restrict my line of sight so my ...
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Game Server Framework / Engine that supports AMF? [closed]
I am looking for a server technology that supports AMF (because I plan on using an as3/flash front end).
I would like to develop game logic / simulations that run on the server. Small number of ...
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How to enable GPU for flash player 11?
I just install Flash Player 11 and SDK 4.5 (hero), and test it with a small program. But I find it is still using "software" to simulate 3D API, and
trace("driver info: " + _context3D.driverInfo);
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Getting Started With Web-based Games…Can I Reasonably Target Flash And Silverlight And HTML5?
I come from a .NET background and I've done a few simple things in Silverlight. I'd love to adopt that and make my site and games Silverlight only; but I hear it has a fairly low install base.
I ...
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Game Publishing & Income : Quality vs Quantity
As a casual flash gamer, I see lots of "games" released that are ... terrible. And that's an overstatement. But I'm wondering, are these developers onto something? Is this a comparatively good source ...
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TileBased Game: Blitting Hero or Sprite?
So my environment is all set up and now I'm working on the movement physics of my character. I used blitting to copy over my tiles from a tilesheet. But since they are static, they are only copied ...
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How do you make money from html5 games (i.e sponsorships)?
I make games with flash and I am interested in making games in html but I haven't seen any companies or websites which are willing to buy these games (i.e game sponsorships). I was hoping somebody ...
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Flash Game not working on Android
I am not sure if I will be able to provide enough information for someone to answer this question, but any ideas might help.
I am creating a tower defense game in Flash and I eventually want to make ...
