AS3

Blit and Cache Movie Clips

by Michael Williams on February 28, 2010 · 6 comments

in Tutorial

On the left: a regular movie clip. On the right: three blitted clones. “Blitting is a higher-performance alternative to using the built-in display list in Adobe Flash for drawing objects on the Stage. This technique involves copying the individual pixels of an existing image directly on to the screen—a bit like painting all of your [...]

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Italian AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial

by Michael Williams on February 20, 2010 · 3 comments

in Avoider Game Extras,Guest Posts

Learn to make Flash games with this Italian AS3 Avoider Game tutorial — translated by Francesco Malatesta.

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Multidimensional Arrays in AS3

by Michael Williams on January 13, 2010 · 44 comments

in AS3 Concepts Explained,Articles

Intro to 2D arrays, 3D arrays, and beyond, in AS3, using the “array-of-arrays” technique.

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Polish AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial

by Michael Williams on January 9, 2010 · 1 comment

in Avoider Game Extras,Guest Posts

Learn to make Flash games with this Polish AS3 Avoider Game tutorial — translated by Marcin Horoszko.

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[AS3] Papervision3D tutorial for beginners, plus a look at how to create real 3D “anaglyph” images with Flash, to be viewed with those 3D glasses.

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Spanish AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial

by Michael Williams on October 13, 2009 · 1 comment

in Avoider Game Extras,Guest Posts

Learn to make Flash games with this Spanish AS3 Avoider Game tutorial — translated by Nicolás Lamolina.

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Beginner’s guide to animating your Flash game’s characters. Part two of a mini-series.

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Beginner’s guide to animating your Flash game’s characters. Part one of a mini-series.

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