Learn about Game Development

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  1. Activetuts+ Workshop #5: Frantic 2 - Critique

    Activetuts+ Workshop #5: Frantic 2 - Critique

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Continuing our new series of critiques, this week Matt Porter gives us a detailed rundown of an excellent Flash shoot-'em-up: Frantic 2.

  2. Animating Game Menus and Screen Transitions in HTML5: A Guide for Flash Developers

    Animating Game Menus and Screen Transitions in HTML5: A Guide for Flash Developers

    Tutorial • Beginner

    HTML5 and Flash development may have a lot in common, but as a Flash developer I've still found it to be a monumental task to re-learn my old skills in...

  3. Build a Stage3D Shoot-'Em-Up: Terrain, Enemy AI, and Level Data

    Build a Stage3D Shoot-'Em-Up: Terrain, Enemy AI, and Level Data

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    We're creating a high-performance 2D shoot-em-up using Flash's new hardware-accelerated Stage3D rendering engine. In this part of the series we add new enemy...

  4. Quick Tip: A Simple Score Display for Flash Games

    Quick Tip: A Simple Score Display for Flash Games

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Almost all games out there use a scoring system to help players see their progress. It is essential to show the player’s score in a clear and fun way. In...

  5. Using WordPress and Flash Together

    Using WordPress and Flash Together

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    Although making a website completely based on Flash is not such a good idea for a variety of reasons, that doesn't mean you must not use Flash at all. I like...

  6. Customizing Your WordPress Admin

    Customizing Your WordPress Admin

    Tutorial • Beginner

    The backend of WordPress is one of the better ones out there. However, depending on your needs, the menu can be a little crowded with fluff that you just...

  7. Quick Tip: Create a Typewriter Text Effect Class

    Quick Tip: Create a Typewriter Text Effect Class

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this Quick Tip, we'll create a static, re-usable ActionScript class that will produce a Typewriter effect with a single line. Read on!

  8. Starling Particle Effects for Stage3D Shooter Games

    Starling Particle Effects for Stage3D Shooter Games

    Tutorial • Intermediate

    I'm sure Stage3D is not foreign to most readers; it's the new API that gives AS3 programmers access to the GPU. However, coding against opcodes in Stage3D...

  9. Debugging WordPress Themes and Plugins With Eclipse and Xdebug

    Debugging WordPress Themes and Plugins With Eclipse and Xdebug

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Debugging PHP with a text editor and some combination of echo, print_r and exit calls is sufficient when dealing with simple code. However, when your killer...

  10. 3D Game Development with ShiVa3D Suite: AI & Animation

    3D Game Development with ShiVa3D Suite: AI & Animation

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Curious about 3D game development? Now is the time to learn! This five-part tutorial series will demonstrate how to build a simple game with ShiVa3D Suite, a...

  11. Quick Tip: Add a Blurry Trail Effect to Your Bullets

    Quick Tip: Add a Blurry Trail Effect to Your Bullets

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this Quick Tip you will learn how to use BitmapData's copyPixels() method to create a very fast blurry trail effect for the bullets in your shoot-'em-up...

  12. 3D Game Development with ShiVa3D Suite: Scene Editing

    3D Game Development with ShiVa3D Suite: Scene Editing

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Curious about 3D game development? Now is the time to learn! This five-part tutorial series will demonstrate how to build a simple game with ShiVa3D Suite, a...

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