Create a Flash image gallery using photoFlow component

Emanuele Feronato on Jul 28, 2007 • 8 Comments

When I am designing a web site or a web presentation, I always look for a nice way to show photos. No matter how many time you may spend on the design, nowadays if you don’t show your pictures in an effective way, your work will look cheap. The hand that will help you a [...]

Create a flash game like Security – part 3

Emanuele Feronato on Jul 27, 2007 • 58 Comments

Time to do what you asked for a while: the 3rd part of the Security Flash game creation, covering the exit and some more features. First of all you should read parts 1 and 2, then follow me and learn to create some interesting things. Exits Most of you asked for exits, and here they [...]

Creation of a Ragdoll with Flash part 1: Verlet integration

Emanuele Feronato on Jul 21, 2007 • 14 Comments

Some of you in this On the horizon post requested a Ragdoll tutorial, so I started reading and experimenting until I got something good. But it’s not easy nor intuitive. If you want to follow me in this jouney, open flash and prepare an huge amount of aspirin, you’re going to feel a real headache. [...]

Creation of a game like String Avoider tutorial

Emanuele Feronato on Jul 12, 2007 • 36 Comments

A really interesting “avoidance game” that was made in those days is String Avoider. The author of this “More than 1 million views” game in Newgrounds explains it in 12 words: “Avoid colliding with walls and guide your string through each unique level”. And that’s it. The aim of the game is guiding your string [...]

Creation of the engine behind “Nodes” game with Flash

Emanuele Feronato on Jul 7, 2007 • 17 Comments

I always surf the web looking for great Flash games. One site where you can find good ones is Newgrounds. The #1 Daily Feature in 06/19/2007 was a simple game called Nodes. I suggest you to play it for a couple of minutes. The idea is very simple and the engine behind is very simple [...]

Creation of a platform game with Flash – step 1

Emanuele Feronato on Jul 3, 2007 • 59 Comments

November 3rd update: part 2 released. Back from my holidays, here I come with a brand new tutorial serial. This time I will talk about platform games. “Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles. It must be possible to control these jumps [...]