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Flash Tutorial: Creating a Brick Breaking Paddle Game in Flash: Part 3

Level: This is a beginner lesson, but I will assume that the reader is familiar with the basic use of the Flash software including stage, timeline, drawing tools, property window, etc.

Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and AS2 (athough tut is compatible with earlier versions of Flash) and instructions are for the Mac. Windows users would use the PC counterparts for specific instructions on Flash Menu/Shortcut instuctions.

Description: The third part of a Flash tutorial on making a Flash game similar to the old BreakOut game for Atari. In the first part of our game tutorial, we created the movement for the paddle and the ball. In the second part of the Flash tutorial, we set up the bricks and applied the script for the collisions of the ball with the bricks. In this part of our Flash game tutorial, we will set up the game score using dynamic text.

Demo:

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Let’s open up our Flash files from Part 2 of this game tutorial. (more…)

Flash Tutorial: Creating a Brick Breaking Paddle Game in Flash: Part 2

Level: This is a beginner lesson, but I will assume that the reader is familiar with the basic use of the Flash software including stage, timeline, drawing tools, property window, etc.

Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and AS2 (athough tut is compatible with earlier versions of Flash) and instructions are for the Mac. Windows users would use the PC counterparts for specific instructions on Flash Menu/Shortcut instuctions.

Description: In this tutorial, I will explain the second part of making a game similar to the old BreakOut game for Atari. In the previous part, we created the movement for the paddle and the ball. In this part, we will set up the bricks and apply the script for the collisions of the ball with the bricks.

Demo:

Let’s get started!

Let’s open up our Flash files from Part 1 of this game tutorial. (more…)

Flash Tutorial: Creating a Brick Breaking Paddle Game in Flash

Level: This is a beginner lesson, but I will assume that the reader is familiar with the basic use of the Flash software including stage, timeline, drawing tools, property window, etc.

Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and AS2 (athough tut is compatible with earlier versions of Flash) and instructions are for the Mac. Windows users would use the PC counterparts for specific instructions on Flash Menu/Shortcut instuctions.

Description: In this tutorial, I will explain the first part of making a game similar to the old BreakOut game for Atari. In this part, I will show you how to set up the ball and paddle movement for the demo below.

Demo:

Let’s get started!

Select “File > New” (command-”N”) and select Flash File (ActionScript 2.0) to open a new Flash document file. Save the file, and give it the appropriate name. (more…)

Flash Tutorial: Adding buttons dynamically to the Flash stage using ActionScript

Level: This is an intermeidate lesson, so I will assume that the reader is familiar with the basic use of the Flash software including stage, timeline, drawing tools, property window, etc.

Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and AS2 (athough tut is compatible with earlier versions of Flash) and instructions are for the Mac. Windows users would use the PC counterparts for specific instructions on Flash Menu/Shortcut instuctions.

Description: In this tutorial, I will explain how to add buttons to your Flash movie with dynamic text content using ActionScript:

Demo:

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Note: For this tutorial, I will be using the buttons I created for a previous tutorial titled “Animating a button using a mask effect”.

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Level: This is a basic ActionsScript tutorial. As this is not an animation tutorial, a basic knowledge of the Flash user environment is assumed

Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and AS2 (athough tut is compatible with earlier versions of Flash) and instructions are for the Mac. Windows users would use the PC counterparts for specific instructions on Flash Menu/Shortcut instuctions.

Description: In this Flash tutorial, I will show you how to move a game character using the arrow keys, and have the character face in the direction that he is moving.

Demo:

Let’s get started!

Select “File > New” (command-”N”) and select Flash File (ActionScript 2.0) to open a new Flash document file.

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Flash Tutorial: Quick and Easy Zoom Effect on Mouse Over

Level: This is a beginner level tutorial, but knowledge of the Flash drawing tools is assumed.

Version: I will be using Flash CS3 and AS2 (although tut is compatible with earlier versions of Flash) and instructions are for the Mac. Windows users would use the PC counterparts for specific instructions on Flash Menu/Shortcut instuctions.

Description: In this tutorial, I will demonstrate a quick and easy zoom in/out technique using a motion tween and a little ActionScript.

Demo:

Let’s get started!

Select “File > New” (command-”N”) and select Flash File (ActionScript 2.0) to open a new Flash document file.

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