Designing the structure of a Flash game – AS3 version – Part 2

I added some new features to Designing the structure of a Flash game – AS3 version game template and wanted to share the result with you.

Now the diagram is a little more complex, and it still lacks of some important features such as savegames and high scores.

Let’s look at the new diagram (if you want a fancy diagram like the one on this post, made in a couple of minutes without installing any software, visit Gliffy):

Now the player can select levels. The script does not check for already completed levels and there isn’t any “congratulations” screen if you complete the game.

Both features will be added later.

Also, there is some room for optimization, and I will try to optimize the template as much as I can because it’s going to be my template for all future AS3 games.

Here it is:

I am not posting the source code this time because files become to be quite a lot, and all work with the same concepts as seen on Designing the structure of a Flash game – AS3 version.

But you can obviously download the source code and feel free to complete it.

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9 Responses

1. RJ says:

   January 2, 2009 at 10:56 pm

   In my opinion, you should be able to get back to the main menu once you leave it to play.

   I think the level select screen should have a “Back to menu” button

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2. Snurre says:

   January 3, 2009 at 12:22 am

   Yeah, it definitely should :) but I think he will be adding this at some point :D

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3. Snurre says:

   January 3, 2009 at 1:17 am

   you guys gotta check this out.. contets of doign the best SWF with only 25 lines of code :D http://www.25lines.com/?page_id=139

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4. Krystian Majewski says:

   January 3, 2009 at 2:50 pm

   You should upload that sample as a game on Kongregate and Newgrounds. It might be not so much now but after implementing a couple of archievements you might get a few additional hits. ;-)

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5. Xodus says:

   January 3, 2009 at 3:07 pm

   Well, you can see from the diagram how often one visits the level select screen, as compared to the splash screen or even the game itself, though its now taking into account the time spent on each screen, the level select screen is the best place for ads because you visit it so often.

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6. Xodus says:

   January 3, 2009 at 3:07 pm

   srry, now is not

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7. Debi K says:

   January 6, 2009 at 4:33 pm

   Thanks for the plug and use of Gliffy. Glad it was a quick study and provided good examples for your readers! debik at gliffy dot com

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8. Nathan says:

   January 7, 2009 at 12:20 am

   Xodus has a point, the most viewed screen in this example would be the Win/Lose Screen.

   @Snurre, cool, but irrelevant. This might be better posted in the forums.

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9. Designing the structure of a Flash game - AS3 version - Part 3 : Emanuele Feronato says:

   January 16, 2009 at 12:31 pm

   [...] game structure is getting more and more complete… now, according to the comments to Designing the structure of a Flash game – AS3 version – Part 2, you are able to return to main menu from level selection screen, level passed screen, and level [...]

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