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flixel for absolute beginners – part 2

September 2, 2009 • Actionscript 3, Flex, Game design by Emanuele Feronato • 6 Comments

In flixel for absolute beginners I showed you how to complile a flixel project with Flex Builder 3.

I was ready to make an “hello world” but I received some emails from people asking for a FlashDevelop step by step installation.

It seems FlashDevelop is more popular than FlexBuilder 3… anyway here it is:

First, you need to download the free Flex 3 SDK and unzip it anywhere in your hard disk.

Then, open FlashDevelop and follow these steps:

Select Project -> New Project

Select AS3 Project, give your project a name and a path

Copy the entire content of the flixel package into the src folder FlashDevelop just created

In the Project window, delete Main.as

Set the Always Compile property of Mode.as

Test the project

If it’s you first time running the project, set the Flex SDK Location attribute according to the path of your SDK, then test the project again, and you’ll see the demo platformer.

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This post has 6 comments

  1. Orlando

    on September 2, 2009 at 3:54 pm

    I’ve used both FlashDevelop and FlashBuilder and I can say that FlashBuilder is undoubtedly more powerful.

    It’s free if you’re a student too!

  2. HiddenSpartan

    on September 3, 2009 at 3:07 am

    I prefer FD, due to it being free to all, open source, and (I say, I don’t use many advanced functions) easier to write code in.

    It doesn’t matter that much though, because both are easier to use, and far better to write in than the Flash IDE

  3. Ruwan

    on September 3, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    Main problem I see with FD is the lack of Debugging facility.

  4. dim

    on September 5, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    @Ruwan : yes unfortunately :( this is the Main problem for me too

  5. Vadersapien

    on September 5, 2009 at 11:17 pm

    For those complaing about the lack of Debugging functionalities in FlashDevelop, you can download a plugin named FlexDbg which adds heaps more debugging features.

  6. Emanuele Feronato - italian geek and PROgrammer

    on May 3, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    [...] I blogged a bit about it some time ago in flixel for absolute beginners and flixel for absolute beginners – part 2. [...]

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