Tag Archives: Flash

AS3 GameGears

Flash game developers - meet my new project: AS3 Game Gears ! It is the right place to find useful tools to boost your game development. There is no need to reinvent the wheel, all you need is a place … Continue reading

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AS3-Utils

Sometimes I find myself solving the same problems again and again on several different projects. Definitely there is no need to reinvent the wheel, you just have to use the right tools. Theses days I found a perfect help on … Continue reading

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BulkLoader – managing multiple loadings in AS3

One of the most common tasks in game development is the assets loading process. You have two options: 1) ship your game as a single 45Mb SWF file filled with sweet and compressed-to-the-bones images/sounds or 2) load all those assets … Continue reading

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QuickBox2D: AS3 physics engine

The first time I saw a really convincing physics engine working on a PC game was during a Half Life 2 session. All that Havok physics created an unique game experience. Luckily the use of physics inside games has grown … Continue reading

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AS3 game engines

I like to write my code from scratch, but it does not  mean I want to reinvent the wheel every single day. This is one of the reasons why I like to use engines to code games. Sometimes the project … Continue reading

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Flash instead of Powerpoint?

Probably I've spent several hours editing and arranging pictures to create a nice Powerpoint presentation. Even though the Microsoft product is a great tool, I do not like the final result. It seems unfashionable, too poor and/or simple. This is … Continue reading

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SWFConsole: enhance the power of your Flash games

Sometime ago I was working on a Flash game and I had to output some information to the console. That's a very easy task when you use trace() and the Flash IDE, but things get a little harder when you … Continue reading

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FlashDevelop: a powerfull and free AS3 development tool

If you work with Flash like I do you probably have said a bunch of bad words while you were coding AS3 using the native Flash IDE AS editor. I like Adobe, I really do, Flash can do amazing things … Continue reading

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