Hi. I'm a new user of the Macromedia Flash program. I have been using it for
quite some time, and it has been very useful in making my own programs. One
thing that I need help with, is a tutorial on how to make the different games.
I've seen all of the games made and distributed over different web sites, but I
wanted to know is there a tutorial on how to make those kind. It would be
really helpful if that was possible. Thank you.

!!!!Merry Christmas!!!!
and have aa Happy New Year!

hard to answer without typing enough to write a book. besides - there are tons
of different games - all unique in the way they are built and designed.
www.kirupa.com is a good resource for flash in general - they may have a
simple downloadable game FLA.
depends on the type of game you are after.
www.flashkit.com is a good resource (if you have 1/2 day to mire through the
muck.

Hi. Thanks for the links. I'm going to try to use some of the tutorials. But
I'm the kind of guy that is COMPLETELY lost when it comes to the whole encoding
thing and all of the variables and actionscripts.

These are the kind of games that I am after, but they are really bad examples:

An Action game:
http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/59593
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I wanted to make a game sort of like this, but without the gory stuff.
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An adventure-type game:
http://newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=144166
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This game is a really bad example... But the concept is what I'm looking for.
I wanted to make something like this, but without the explicate language and
the graphical nature. I just wanted to know how I could make the interaction
view from these kind of games, and the score thing. I'm lost when it comes the
these things. I wanted to know how I could make the whole scoring concept and
the statistics that are shown.


Once again thank you, and Merry Christmas!!!!
and have a Happy New Year!

if you are that lost - then i'm not sure how easy this will be for you - i
would try and find a friend who knows a bit of programming and back-end stuff
to help you - either that or give yoursef a few weeks/months/years depending on
how fast you can learn - buy a book on actionScript - Colin Moock is one of the
best (www.moock.org)

Thanks. I'm a pretty fast learner, all I need is a brief example of how to make
the different things, and I would be on my way.

But Thanks anyway.
And the actionScript, I could probably learn in a short while.

Originally posted by: uhhh...
Thanks. I'm a pretty fast learner, all I need is a brief example of how to
make the different things, and I would be on my way.<BR><BR>But Thanks
anyway.<BR>And the actionScript, I could probably learn in a short while.

:confused; Sorry to drop into your tech support session but I need assistance
in changing the language of my Flash program from French to English. Our intern
was doing all of the work until now and left suddenly without changing the
language format.

please help...
Merry Merry --- Happy Happy!
Scott Bridges

Originally posted by: aloha50
Originally posted by: uhhh...<BR>Thanks. I'm a pretty fast learner, all I need
is a brief example of how to make the different things, and I would be on my
way.<BR><BR>But Thanks anyway.<BR>And the actionScript, I could probably learn
in a short while.<BR><BR>:confused; Sorry to drop into your tech support
session but I need assistance in changing the language of my Flash program from
French to English. Our intern was doing all of the work until now and left
suddenly without changing the language format.<BR><BR>please help...<BR>Merry
Merry --- Happy Happy!<BR>Scott Bridges

I'm not sure i understand this - and hijacking a thread like this actually is
problematic for a couple reasons - the original person who posted this thread
will now likely recieve email notifications that his thread has been replied to
only to find out it has nothing to do with original question.
also, nobody else reading this forum will ever see your question - thereby
making your question almost invisible to anyone else who may even have the
answer.
also, if anyone has the same problem as yours will never be able to use the
search title feature because you have placed it in a reply to a completely
different thread - so it wont even help others with the same issue in the
future.
please start a new thread.

To the original poster,

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So that leaves me pretty unclear what your skills are. You wouldn't
believe the volume of people who post here thinking games are easy ( ...
hint: a LOT, and games aren't easy <wink>). phatcow mentioned Colin Moock
and I agree, Colin's work is very helpful. He really knows his stuff and
his books tend to be exhaustive.

I would encourage you to break down your goal(s) into small projects.
Don't worry about putting together a game right off the bat, but rather,
take the time to learn ActionScript fundamentals -- in fact, programming
fundamentals in general. What are variables? What's an object? What's a
class? Then branch into the particulars of Flash: what's a movie clip?
What are all the methods and properties of the MovieClip class, and how
might you use them? In my own experience, Phillip Kerman's books are good
for starters. I'm thinking in particular of ActionScripting in Flash MX,
which will give you an overview of programming before delving into Flash's
own particular take on it. At some point, dive into ActionScript for Flash
MX, the Definitive Guide, ed. 2 (Moock), but don't be put off by the
difference between this book and the other. Kerman's is a tutorial book and
Moock's is a reference book.

Since you're into games, I would also recommend Gary Rosenzweig's
ActionScript for Fun and Games.

http://www.garyrosenzweig.com/books/book9.html


Best of luck, and don't forget
to have fun with it!


David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
"Luck is the residue of good design."

I'm through with my copy of Jen de Haan's Flash MX 2004 Training From The
Source, and am looking to get rid of it, if anyone's interested. It's a great
beginner's resource, and I'm actually parting with it so that I can get the
ActionScript Training From The Source book.

Take a look: http://www.phrankenbeans.com/