In the 1st step we created the units and the engine to select them. Now it’s time to write the code to let selected unit(s) send troops to other unit. I created a new frame for the sphere object, a green circle, representing the target unit. Let’s make a recap: Frame 1: black circle, unselected [...]

This is the hardest part of the tutorial. If you survive to this one, you portal is almost done. Before starting, I made some changes to the way of inserting posts described in part 2. I completely removed the post content and saved description and instructions as custom fiedls, like in this picture: Now, you [...]

Once you installed your WP blog, it’s just a matter of time before you hear this word: The Loop. Did you install a plugin? It probably has some advanced functions to be inserted in The Loop. Do you want to insert a banner or a Google ad after the first post (or inside it)? You [...]

Some days ago I played a bit Nano War. It’s an interesting RTS, and pretty easy to delvelop. In this part we’ll analyze the unit selection system. In Nano War your units are circles, and this helps a lot because it’s very easy to determine collisions knowing radius and center. Anyway, you can select units [...]

The blog is approaching Alexa‘s top 50,000 (and I like to think it’s one of the most 50,000 visited sites in the world) so I spent the weekend to redesign it. After browsing a thousand of templates, both free and not free, I decided to download Silhouette WordPress Theme and take a look at Macalicious [...]

Here it is a new competition that can make you win $500 designing a 3 columns WordPress theme for FlashMint. FlashMint is a company that offers Flash templates for sale and now has to design its blog that at the moment is just another Kubrick one. If you want to take part into the contest, [...]