Almost every game can be thought of as having one main function that contains all the game logic, and which is run either when the user does something, or...

Welcome to the concluding parts of my Match Hack Development Diary. In them, I'll demonstrate a few of the final game features, then walk through app...

In between a few of my projects I decided I needed to build a simple game that I could get out to the app markets quickly. Sometimes you need a minor victory...

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published a long time ago...

In this Quick Tip we will create a custom crosshair along with a gunshot sound. This could be the basis for a shoot-'em-up game. In this example, we place...

I'm going to be teaching you how to use each blend mode in Flash. Simply put, blend modes are used to modify color values or transparency in images. Just as...

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in August, 2009. ...

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in October, 2009...

In this tutorial, you will learn to make a physics-based platform game in the quickest way possible with the World Construction Kit.

How tile engines simplify the game design process and how to apply them to different game types. We found this awesome author thanks to...

Ever thought screen architecture was a needlessly painful and tedious task? Then this tutorial is your friend. We found this awesome author thanks to...

This tutorial is the first of three which discuss how to give some Artificial Intelligence (AI) to games and apps you create. In this first tutorial we are...