Adobe Flash is a cross-platform multimedia runtime used to embed animations, video, and interactive applications into web pages.
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Load individual sprite from a sprite sheet and make it a FlxSprite
I'm using flixel and flixer power tools which contains a FlxButtonPlus class that allows me to load 2 FlxSprite as each button state, the problem is that FlxSprite requires a Class a its source but I ...
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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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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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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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Is there a memory read/write or performance difference when applying affine transformations on a movieclip rather basic elementary math
I am using Actionscript 3.0 to make games and I fall into the category of programmers who use ball.x+=5;
ball.y+=5;
in order to move a ball by 5 pixels horizontally and vertically.
Well, now i seem ...
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How to implement Long Polling with PHP and flash?
I'm trying to make a multiplayer game but am a newbie to server side programming except that I know a little PHP. I learnt about this technique called long polling where the server can wait for fresh ...
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Pros and Cons of AMF in multiplayer flash game?
After trying to use red5 for my turn-based multiplayer game, I've decided to give AMF a try using amfphp, because of the expensive media server hosting solutions. (With AMF all I need is a web ...
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Flixel: Is it possible to use a spritesheet for FlxButtonPlus?
I'm trying to change the graphic on a FlxButtonPlus. I want to get the graphic from a spritesheet. However, if I try the ' regular' way (make an animation and play it), it refuses to use just the part ...
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How do I make a custom tileset for Flixel that supports autotiling?
I've been Googling this problem for a while now. I'm currently porting one of my Java games to Flixel, and I want to use the original 16x16 tileset I made. In the original game I implemented my own ...
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Flick Kick like game with box2d and flash as3
What would be the best approach for creating a game like flick kick with box2d and AS3?.
To make my self more clear, what i would like to do is to use the physics of box2d in the z-axis, i know that ...
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Box2D Bicycle Wheels Motor Problem - Flash 2.1a
I have made a bicycle with Box2D using several polygons for the frame at different angles connected using weld joints, and I have revolute joints on the wheels with a motor.
I have made some basic ...
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A few meta questions about making flash games [closed]
A few questions for a beginner game maker without an artist.
Is there a site where flash game creators can download (and use) free art? I don't need character sprites but environments like trees, ...
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I'm making flash MMO game, what to do next? [closed]
I've made several flash games before, and my next project is a flash MMO game. Right now, I'm learning node.js for the server side software, so far I can make a hello world server, read & write ...
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Mochi Media leaderboards with Facebook integrated?
I have been reading about Mochi Media, and I was checking the games leaderboards. Does someone knows how to achieve this kind of leaderboard?
Which is quite different than the default leadeboard ...
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should i use unity for ios and android ,or use flash cs6 for ios and android with their new html5 and javascript? [closed]
So Flash support is coming to unity, but there is a lot of things to keep in mind.
1.Adobe it self realize that Flash is dead ,so if any one saw Adobe Flash cs6 preview sneak peak, you can see now ...
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How can I secure a high score table? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I prevent cheating on global highscore tables?
So, I create a game in Flash and I want to keep a hi-score table for people to compete in.
After a player has ...
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Making a game preloader (Flash) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you create a single/internal pre-loader for a Flash game written using Flex?
Hi guys, Im trying to make a preloader in a Flash game.
Thing is, I need some ...
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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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Building a Flash Platformer
I am basically making a game where the whole game is run in the onEnterFrame method. This is causing a delay in my code that makes debugging and testing difficult. Should programming an entire ...
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Server for online browser game
I am going to be making an online single player browser game. The online element is needed so that a player can login and store the state of their game. This will include things like what buildings ...
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Using timer to reverse enemy movement in Flash game made with Flixel
I am creating a 2d flash game using Flixel 2.5 in Flash Builder. I am trying to reverse enemy movement on an interval so that they will move back and forth over a set space. I felt that a timer would ...
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How do I check on non-transparent pixels in a bitmapdata?
I'm still working on my window cleaning game from one of my previous questions
I marked a contribution as my answer, but after all this time I can't get it to work and I have to many questions about ...
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Storing and sending English word list using trie data structure
I was planning on making a word based game something like Scramble or Boggle. I searched on the internet and found that one of the best way to store the Word List is by using a trie.
My question: Is ...
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Creating pixel art / animation with flash
I have a friend that was the one creating graphics for my games. He left the town for some months (work, sigh) and I have tried to get in contact with him but it is impossible right now. Last talk I ...
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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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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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Real cash gambling app
I am making a cash game like deal or no deal for use as an android app, using adobe software.
The idea is player wagers 50 pence through Paypal plays the game wins, say, £10 pounds and then cash out.
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Hide movieclip parts that are out of bounds
I'm making a game where one takes a picture of their face to use on a character. I have them zoom in on the picture, but the bitmapdata extends out of its movieclip. How do I assign bounds to my ...
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Changing colour while keeping gradient
I'm making a Flash game with ActionScript 3 and I have a square with a gradient applied to it. I am trying to programmatically changing the colour of the square depending on time, for example, some ...
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FlasCC requirements and limitations?
It is now available for download.
It says you need twice* as many bits as I have. Why would you need more bits to compile code? Does that mean you need more bits to run flash games writtes with flasCC
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Implementing a FSM with ActionScript 2 without using classes?
I have seen several references of A.I. and FSM,
but sadly I still can't understand the point of an FSM in AS2.0.
Is it a must to create a class for each state?
I have a game-project which also it has ...
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Flash Professional vs FlashBuilder 4.6 for mobile app development
From the marketing materials I see online, it seems to me that FlashBuilder 4.6 is a subset of the functionality available in Flash Professional. If I understand correctly, mobile app development ...
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Reproducing several sounds in AS3
I'm trying to reproduce several sounds in a game I'm developing in AS3.
The game is like a TD game, and when I got 10+ of the same tower firing at the same time, I hear a horrible: ...
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Use of FlxG.camera.follow to follow a character vertically
I am developing a prototype for a game in Flixel in which a character floats upward continually to traverse the level. I would like to have a "tall" layout for levels and set the FlxG.camera to follow ...
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Hello World with FlashDevelop, Flixel, AS3: uneffective SWF macro
I just started with FlashDevelop and Flixel, and I already have a question. I created this basic hello world:
package
{
import org.flixel.*;
[SWF(width = "640", height = "480", ...
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Increasing height increases width
I have a game, where the user presses a button to spend money and increase the height of a Movie Clip. I use the following: height ++.
The problem: When I test this out, it seems the width ...
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Platform slope angle detection [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I calculate the angle of the slope at a point on a 2D bitmap terrain?
I am planning to make a platform game with my own little engine and I need to know how to ...
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Stencyl or flash limitation?
I have found that Stencyl doesn't seem to be very good at handling very many actors in a game. I had been trying to implement some basic AI at the moment all the behaviours were: wander (pick a random ...
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as3 flash game: How to stop gotoAndPlay('label') from looping?
I'm working on a flash game with a main character who helps people around town. It's moveable with the arrow keys because of a function called keyPressed();
When the main character hitTests with a ...
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client - server position syncronization in flash
I trying implement client - server position syncronization. Every 20 game ticks i sending to flash client correction of player position... and it always wrong on client, flash always cant predict ...
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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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Need help starting with a game in Flash/AS3
I am kinda new to flash/AS3. I have written some stuff and now I now the basics of AS. I want to develop a game in which my character moves. exactly like the way Super Mario moves(the background ...
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How to stretch Movie Clip according to user's touch coordinates?
I have code like this:
touchX = stage.stageX;
touchY = stage.stageY;
I also have a player movieclip that I'm trying to make shoot lasers. So I got the MovieClip to appear and rotate according to ...
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Develop a 2d isometric mobile game on Flash [closed]
I'm building a game on Flash that will run on web/Android/iOS.
The game is 2d isometric.I heard that developing mobile apps on Flash sucks and the graphics looks just awful.It'd be quite uncomfortable ...
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Revolve FlxSprites Around a Central FlxSprite in Flash Game made with Flixel
I have been working on a Flash game made in Flash Builder using the Flixel library. I have been trying to dynamically create a group of FlxSprites , and revolve them around a player controlled class ...
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Rotate Box Sprite With Circle Body
I want to rotate my rectangular sprite with circle body.
The problem is the body doest not attached to the centre of the sprite. This was the default behaviour of the body and sprite.
But I want that ...
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How to Generate Spritesheet from a 'problematic' animated Symbol in Flash Pro CS6?
In the new Flash Pro CS6 there is an option to generate spriteheet from a symbol. I used these tutorials:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/using-sprite-sheet-generator.html
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Large Sprite Performance
I've got a large Sprite generated using a set of vertices(x,y coordinates) and a bitmap pattern (using moveTo, lineTo, beginBitmapFill, endFill ...etc). It's about 15000 pixels wide and between 1500 - ...
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Why I'm getting the same result when deleting target?
In the following code we use target in the function:
moon.mouseEnabled = false;
sky0.addChild(moon);
addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, onDrag, false, 0, true);
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Advanced Animation for 2d Isometric Game?
I need help with workflow suggestions for a flash game. (although the concepts would apply to other game engines, too).
In a game like: Hero Academy
There are several different character models each ...
