Archive for the ‘ Dev ’ Category

ActionScript 3 MultiMap Class

  • June 10th, 2007
  • Posted in Dev

Recently I needed a HashMap for a project to map key/value pairs but in that particular case the Map required to map not just one but several values to a key. I could have used an array or object to store the values in and map that one but in practice it turned out that [ READ MORE ]

Getting rich with Free Flash Games?

  • May 30th, 2007
  • Posted in Dev

Still have a skeptical opinion about using Flash for making games? Read and rethink … at least for earning money it seems to pay off if done right! Check out this interview with Desktop Tower Defense creator Paul Preece! Obviously it is possible to create a monthly 8000$ revenue just by putting together a simple [ READ MORE ]

Hexagon Framework Effects Demo

Here’s a small demo that I threw together yesterday which shows how the effects in the Hexagon Framework effects package can be used. The effects package contains classes that are used on display objects to apply an animated effect on them. That is not all however. The effects send a signal back to the calling [ READ MORE ]

Planewalker Games “The Broken Hourglass” RPG Development Insights

A valuable resource for everyone who is thinking/planning to write a roleplaying game … Indie developer Planewalker Games who are currently making their debut RPG The Broken Hourglass are publishing precious bits of insider information about their game engine called WeiNGINE. The Broken Hourglass is a computer roleplaying game with a strong visual relation to [ READ MORE ]

AS 3.0 Data Structures For Game Developers

  • May 26th, 2007
  • Posted in Dev

In case you missed it Michael of Polygonal Labs has released a package of ActionScript 3.0 data structures that are especially dedicated for game development. He’s also writing examples on how some of the classes are used, for example Queue and Tree. The hexagon framework will contain similar data structure classes but they will adhere more [ READ MORE ]

How do you create a Preloader with ActionScript 3 in Flash CS3?

  • May 2nd, 2007
  • Posted in Dev

Ok, I’ve searched with Google, I’ve asked on FlashCoders but nowhere got an answer. As far as I can understand it we still have to deal with the old problem in Flash of exporting library assets into frame 1 and using a Preloader. If we simply export the library stuff (and classes) into frame 1 [ READ MORE ]

Alcon 2.0 Public Beta released

  • April 29th, 2007
  • Posted in Dev

I’m happy to announce that Alcon 2.0 has finally been made public. The new version was completely rewritten using ActionScript 3 and Flex 2 and contains several new features that I missed in version 1. The most significant additions are the following: - Output of up to four log files. You can define which log files [ READ MORE ]

Woahoazers!

  • February 28th, 2007
  • Posted in Dev

Check out this 3D isometric game engine called renderhjs made in Flash! It took me three days to get my jaw back up from the floor!! (Ok, I’m lying there, I just found this link about ten minutes ago). Not only is it real-time calculated and fully textured 3D but it is written in ActionScript [ READ MORE ]

Using Flex 2 for GameDev Middleware

While the whole world is hyping Rich Internet Applications, I’m sitting here in my lab and could not bother less! Flex is really neat and who says that it’s only useful for shopping- or flight-ticket booking systems?! Nobody? Good! I’m using Flex to develop my game development Middleware, i.e. editors like the TileSetTool that I’m [ READ MORE ]

Eclipse Tips & Tricks: How I organize my Workspace

  • November 28th, 2006
  • Posted in Dev

Here are some hints on how I organize my Eclipse workspace that you might find interesting if you want to keep all the stuff together in one workspace, not only the projects but also shared classes, API docs and default Ant build files. I’m only using one workspace for all projects, no matter what technology they’re [ READ MORE ]

Waterproof AS 3.0 Singleton

  • November 24th, 2006
  • Posted in Dev

While reading Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns I’ve once again came across the AS 3.0 Singleton solution that has to deal with the absence of private constructors (I’ll save my rage and cursings about who had the idea to remove them for now ) and while the authors are using the already well [ READ MORE ]

Learn some patterns – Advanced ActionScript 3.0 with Design Patterns

I’ve been reading this book by Joey Lott and Danny Patterson since yesterday and thought I’d loose a couple of words about it … The book starts with a chapter about application design where it explains how to go through the analysis-, design- , implementation and testing phase. It introduces how to utilize Use Case- and [ READ MORE ]