Flash game creation tutorial – part 1

March 14th update: part 5.3 released.
March 3rd update: part 5.2 released.
February 9th update: part 5.1 released.
December 31st update: 5th part released.
December 23rd update: 4th part released.
December 6th update: 3rd part released.
November 18th update: 2nd part released.

This is a quite long tutorial, so I decided to split it in pieces.
It started as a didactic example about flash game creation.

First of all, I got inspiration from Ball Revamped series (do not remember the link, search it on Google), but I’ll add a lot more features. That means more than… two.

Let’s start creating the main character.

The hero

Ok, I said I am going to create the Ball, our hero.

So at the moment our hero will be a red circle with a yellow circle inside. It looks good! Maybe you should print it and keep it on your bedroom wall.

First of all, let’s think about our interaction with the hero. Basically, I want the hero to move when I press a key.

He will move to the left if I press left key, to the right if right key is pressed, and so on.

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Double sketch effect action for Photoshop

Here it is another sketch action I made.
This action offers a “double” sketch effect, just like if you painted the sketch twice, once from left to right, and once from right to left.

Before

After

Download and enjoy the action, remember to give me feedback and your artworks if you want them to be published here.

Flash Game Competition at Mousebreaker

Mousebreaker wants you to develop a Flash game, send it to them, and you could win one of the three cash prizes!

1st Prize – £2000
2nd Prize – £1000
3rd Prize – £500

In keeping with the style of games on Mousebreaker, your game should be:

* New and original (Must not have appeared on another website)
* Fast-loading (maximum 600kb filesize)
* Easy to understand, difficult to master
* Quick to play
* Level based
* Highscore based
* Addictive! Ideally it will have that certain something that makes people play it again and again!

Other than that, it’s up to you – you can develop a puzzle, shootemup, arcade game or any kind of game at all!

More info at mousebreaker

  

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