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AS3
- ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns Companion to the book of the same name. Lots of posts and discussions on OOP in AS3.
- Cheezeworld Colby Cheeze's blog; mainly focused on Flash programming for games. (No longer updated.)
- Emanuele Feronato If you've never heard of Emanuele Feronato before, you're in for a treat. Years of articles on Flash game development and monetisation.
- Flash Game Blogs Huge collection of blogs relating to Flash game development.
- Flash Game License Companion to Flash Game Sponsorship. This is a central point for Flash game developers, designers, and sponsors to meet each other. Great community, too.
- Frozen Haddock Creator of the original Avoider Game tutorial. Lots of great AS2 tutorials in the archives; new posts are great AS3 tutorials :) Cool forums, too.
- Game Devigner Part game designer, part game developer. Posts games at various stages of progress; great to see how they evolve.
- Game Poetry About the art, business and science of game development. Focuses on Flash games, but mostly applicable to all types.
- Gaming Your Way In their words: "A heady mix of rants, swearing, lies and the odd bit about development." Mainly about Flash but also with some information on Unity, too.
- Handcrafted Games Articles and tutorials from a Flash game developer
- Jayc Santos Jayc creates Flash games, including the great Stomp Tomato and Putt Base. In his blog he talks about design, development, and art.
- Martin Legris's AS3 Tutorial Collection Excellent collection of AS3 tutorials from all around the web, sorted by category and difficulty.
- Mr Sun Studios Mr (Kenny) Sun doesn't update as much as he used to, but there's a lot of great advice in the archives.
- Photon Storm PhotonStorm really knows his stuff. Lots of his games are linked here, as well as information on how he developed them. He's also creating an AS3 game engine, PixelBlitz.
- Rasmus Wriedt Larsen Rasmus is a friend of mine, and he's recently started blogging about Flash game development as well
- Tutorio.us Hand-picked collection of excellent Flash tutorials, from using the drawing tools to handling XML with AS3.
- Untold Entertainment The funniest Flash game development blog I know of. I've lost hours reading through the archives (in a good way!) Excellent tutorials, too.
- Vortix Games Blog Vortix Games Studios, creators of Atomic Kaos among other games, blog about game design, AS3 programming, and the Flash games industry.
Game Developers
- Distractionware The site and blog of Terry Cavanagh, creator of Don't Look Back, among many other great art games.
- Flash Game Blogs Huge collection of blogs relating to Flash game development.
- Flash Game License Companion to Flash Game Sponsorship. This is a central point for Flash game developers, designers, and sponsors to meet each other. Great community, too.
- Freelance Flash Games News Frequently updated, often with news, or useful articles about Flash game development
- Game Devigner Part game designer, part game developer. Posts games at various stages of progress; great to see how they evolve.
- Game Poetry About the art, business and science of game development. Focuses on Flash games, but mostly applicable to all types.
- Gaming Your Way In their words: "A heady mix of rants, swearing, lies and the odd bit about development." Mainly about Flash but also with some information on Unity, too.
- Grey Alien Games Creators of several Big Fish games, including Unwell Mel and Fairway Solitaire
- Grumpy Gamer Site of Ron Gilbert, creator of Monkey Island, SCUMM, Maniac Mansion, and more recently DeathSpank. Also worked on Penny Arcade Adventures. One of my favourite game designers.
- Handcrafted Games Articles and tutorials from a Flash game developer
- Jayc Santos Jayc creates Flash games, including the great Stomp Tomato and Putt Base. In his blog he talks about design, development, and art.
- Jussi Laakkonen's Blog About social games and entrepreneurship. Check it out if you want to start a games business (in particular, search for his Confessions presentation).
- Kloonigames Blog of Petri Purho, creator of Crayon Physics. He used to make one game every month; these are great to learn from (oh, and they're fun too).
- Lost Garden One of my favourite blogs about game design. Free graphics, thoughts on metrics, game ideas, prototype challenges, and a system for breaking games down into their component atoms. Don't start reading unless you have a few hours to spare.
- Make It Big In Games The site of Jeff Tunnell, long-time game developer (he made The Incredible Machine!) and co-creator of the Flash PushButton Engine
- Merlin's Flash Development Blog Merlin is the creator of the Hotel Escape series, and he often gives sneak previews of his games in his blog, as well as covering other Flash game dev topics.
- Photon Storm PhotonStorm really knows his stuff. Lots of his games are linked here, as well as information on how he developed them. He's also creating an AS3 game engine, PixelBlitz.
- Porter's World Flash game reviews and insights into the industry by Prince Porter (disclaimer: may not be an actual prince)
- Raph's Website Blog of Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun (which you should definitely check out if you're into game design).
- Rasmus Wriedt Larsen Rasmus is a friend of mine, and he's recently started blogging about Flash game development as well
- RiverMan Media Developers of Cash Cow, Primate Planet and MadStone. Their blog may not be specifically about Flash, but there's a lot to learn from. Check out the articles on Robot Functions, the Behavior System, and Event Scripting!
- Untold Entertainment The funniest Flash game development blog I know of. I've lost hours reading through the archives (in a good way!) Excellent tutorials, too.
- Vortix Games Blog Vortix Games Studios, creators of Atomic Kaos among other games, blog about game design, AS3 programming, and the Flash games industry.
- Wolfire Games Indie game developers, working on Overgrowth, the sequel to Lugaru. Blog covers a heck of a lot of useful game design and development information. Frequently updated and well written, too.
Game Development
- AI Game Dev Covers all aspects of Artificial Intelligence in games. Worth visiting just for the weekly round-ups.
- Cheezeworld Colby Cheeze's blog; mainly focused on Flash programming for games. (No longer updated.)
- Chris DeLeon's Game Dev Lessons Chris teaches game development, and also offers a free "how-to" article every month via email. These are excellent, I really recommend signing up for them.
- Distractionware The site and blog of Terry Cavanagh, creator of Don't Look Back, among many other great art games.
- Emanuele Feronato If you've never heard of Emanuele Feronato before, you're in for a treat. Years of articles on Flash game development and monetisation.
- Flash Game Blogs Huge collection of blogs relating to Flash game development.
- Flash Game License Companion to Flash Game Sponsorship. This is a central point for Flash game developers, designers, and sponsors to meet each other. Great community, too.
- Flash Game Sponsorship Covers pretty much everything regarding getting a Flash game sponsored -- i.e., getting someone to pay you to put their logo in your Flash game
- Freelance Flash Games News Frequently updated, often with news, or useful articles about Flash game development
- Game Devigner Part game designer, part game developer. Posts games at various stages of progress; great to see how they evolve.
- Game Poetry About the art, business and science of game development. Focuses on Flash games, but mostly applicable to all types.
- Games Can Teach Learning by playing video games? Surely not. Well, actually... yes.
- Gaming Your Way In their words: "A heady mix of rants, swearing, lies and the odd bit about development." Mainly about Flash but also with some information on Unity, too.
- Handcrafted Games Articles and tutorials from a Flash game developer
- Jayc Santos Jayc creates Flash games, including the great Stomp Tomato and Putt Base. In his blog he talks about design, development, and art.
- Jussi Laakkonen's Blog About social games and entrepreneurship. Check it out if you want to start a games business (in particular, search for his Confessions presentation).
- Lost Garden One of my favourite blogs about game design. Free graphics, thoughts on metrics, game ideas, prototype challenges, and a system for breaking games down into their component atoms. Don't start reading unless you have a few hours to spare.
- Make It Big In Games The site of Jeff Tunnell, long-time game developer (he made The Incredible Machine!) and co-creator of the Flash PushButton Engine
- Merlin's Flash Development Blog Merlin is the creator of the Hotel Escape series, and he often gives sneak previews of his games in his blog, as well as covering other Flash game dev topics.
- Mr Sun Studios Mr (Kenny) Sun doesn't update as much as he used to, but there's a lot of great advice in the archives.
- Photon Storm PhotonStorm really knows his stuff. Lots of his games are linked here, as well as information on how he developed them. He's also creating an AS3 game engine, PixelBlitz.
- Porter's World Flash game reviews and insights into the industry by Prince Porter (disclaimer: may not be an actual prince)
- Raph's Website Blog of Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun (which you should definitely check out if you're into game design).
- RiverMan Media Developers of Cash Cow, Primate Planet and MadStone. Their blog may not be specifically about Flash, but there's a lot to learn from. Check out the articles on Robot Functions, the Behavior System, and Event Scripting!
- Untold Entertainment The funniest Flash game development blog I know of. I've lost hours reading through the archives (in a good way!) Excellent tutorials, too.
- Vortix Games Blog Vortix Games Studios, creators of Atomic Kaos among other games, blog about game design, AS3 programming, and the Flash games industry.
- Wolfire Games Indie game developers, working on Overgrowth, the sequel to Lugaru. Blog covers a heck of a lot of useful game design and development information. Frequently updated and well written, too.
Game Industry
- Flash Game Blogs Huge collection of blogs relating to Flash game development.
- Flash Game License Companion to Flash Game Sponsorship. This is a central point for Flash game developers, designers, and sponsors to meet each other. Great community, too.
- Flash Game Sponsorship Covers pretty much everything regarding getting a Flash game sponsored -- i.e., getting someone to pay you to put their logo in your Flash game
- Flash Truth Somewhat cynical blog on the Flash game industry, by a mysterious anonymous writer. (I bet it's the mild-mannered janitor)
- Freelance Flash Games News Frequently updated, often with news, or useful articles about Flash game development
- Game Career Guide Looking to get a career in the games industry? Check out this site, and start with the magazine.
- Jussi Laakkonen's Blog About social games and entrepreneurship. Check it out if you want to start a games business (in particular, search for his Confessions presentation).
- Lost Garden One of my favourite blogs about game design. Free graphics, thoughts on metrics, game ideas, prototype challenges, and a system for breaking games down into their component atoms. Don't start reading unless you have a few hours to spare.
- Make It Big In Games The site of Jeff Tunnell, long-time game developer (he made The Incredible Machine!) and co-creator of the Flash PushButton Engine
- Porter's World Flash game reviews and insights into the industry by Prince Porter (disclaimer: may not be an actual prince)
- Raph's Website Blog of Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun (which you should definitely check out if you're into game design).
- Untold Entertainment The funniest Flash game development blog I know of. I've lost hours reading through the archives (in a good way!) Excellent tutorials, too.
- Vortix Games Blog Vortix Games Studios, creators of Atomic Kaos among other games, blog about game design, AS3 programming, and the Flash games industry.
Learning
- Creating Passionate Users All about learning and teaching and the brain and metacognition -- I love it. Sadly no longer updated, but there's still years of brilliant information here.
- Games Can Teach Learning by playing video games? Surely not. Well, actually... yes.
- Lost Garden One of my favourite blogs about game design. Free graphics, thoughts on metrics, game ideas, prototype challenges, and a system for breaking games down into their component atoms. Don't start reading unless you have a few hours to spare.
- Raph's Website Blog of Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun (which you should definitely check out if you're into game design).
Misc
- Steve Pavlina "Personal Development for Smart People." I can honestly say my life would be very different if I hadn't found Steve's blog.
Programming
- Handcrafted Games Articles and tutorials from a Flash game developer
- Joel on Software Over a thousand articles, written over a period of nine years, by, um, one guy. Covers software development, management, business, and the Internet.
- Wolfire Games Indie game developers, working on Overgrowth, the sequel to Lugaru. Blog covers a heck of a lot of useful game design and development information. Frequently updated and well written, too.
