mdm is working on a new tool named Rebus that can turn AS3 (and Flex2) files into .NET2 executables. It’s still in beta but registered users can download and test it. I’ve did a quick test and compiled my SWNameGen with Rebus and it went surprisingly smooth and flawless. It will offer some new and interesting extensions, to quote from the mdm support forums …
Everybody has probably by now blogged about this but Claus Wahlers and Darron Schall are writing a Commodore C64 emulator in ActionScript 3.0! It is still to early to tell how this will take shape but things are looking good so far and by the current state the basic ROM works already. Try it and type the following listing in …
10 POKE 646,1
20 PRINT "C64 IN FLASH!"
30 POKE 53281,2::::::::::::::::::::POKE 53281,10
40 GOTO 30
Note that you need the latest Flash Player PlugIn (9.0) to see this. Either way this is exciting stuff and shows how powerful AS 3.0 and Flash Player 9 are going to be. Additionally the current beta player is a debug-only version that throttles the speed down several times. The final Player might be quite a bit faster.
If you’re one of the users who would like to see something done about Flash’s neglected sound situation in future then I recommend you to visit the Adobe Labs forum for Flash Player 8.5! there is a thread going on about a sound object request in Flash 8.5+.
Wouldn’t it be cool to really program audio in Flash instead of just using lifeless MP3 or Wav/Aiff streams?!
I am happy to announce the opening of the Flash Game Programming Wiki, a Wiki that is dedicated to the development and programming of games with Flash! The idea for it raised a while after I discovered the Game Programming Wiki, a site that is dedicated to general game programming but doesn’t mention Flash or ActionScript at all.
The FGPWiki is still brandnew and fresh and therefore needs your help with filling it with content. So if you’re one of us Flash game programmers and like to submit, feel free to do so. I will update the site more and more over the next couple of weeks. I hope this will become a huge and freely accessible pool with lots of valueful information for all (aspriring) Flash game writers!
A development blog about a racing game done in Flash! Some interesting posts there, one about AI for computer controlled racing cars. It seems they will update their blog as development progresses so I will put it on my watch list. I still keep the idea in the back of my mind about writing a ‘view from above’ racing game like Super Cars or Micro Machines.
Alcon is a lightweight external output console for Flash ActionScript that allows developers to view debugging information without relying on the Flash IDE. SWF files can be debugged and monitored no matter if they are in the web browser, Flash Player or a standalone executable. While that Alcon tries to keep inclusion into projects as simple as possible. In fact all that needs to be done is importing the Debug class into a project and you are ready to send debug information to the console with a simple Debug.trace() command.
Included into a project Alcon keeps a small footprint and takes less than a Kilobyte of filesize while still offering some other helpful features.
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