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flixel for absolute beginners

September 2, 2009 • Actionscript 3, Flex, Game design by Emanuele Feronato • 11 Comments

flixel (with no uppercase) is Adam “Atomic” Saltsman free collection of Actionscript 3 files that helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash 2D raster based game development.

flixel

You can download it at the official flixel webiste.

The library is not that hard to use, but browsing the web I did not find any basic tutorial for absolute beginners, so it’s time to introduce you to this package.

flixel is not intended to be used with the Flash IDE, since it is a pure Actionscript library, so you will need Adobe Flex Builder 3 you can try for free for 60 days at this link or FlashDevelop you can freely download at this link.

This time I’ll show you how to launch the demo game, called Mode, with Adobe Flex Builder… something very easy but maybe new for some of you… later we’ll create an “Hello World”.

Select File -> Import -> Other

From the dialog, select General -> Existing Projects into Workspace, then click Next

Check Select root directory then click Browse and select your flixel folder

At this time check Mode is checked and click on Finish

You’ll notice an error in the lower part of the work area, right click on it and select Recreate HTML Templates

Finally, run the project.

This is what you’ll get…

Next, time, as said, an Hello World.

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This post has 11 comments

  1. flixel for absolute beginners – part 2 : Emanuele Feronato

    on September 2, 2009 at 11:59 am

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

  2. ian

    on September 2, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    The tutorials you are ‘writing’ for both Flex Builder and Flashdevelop are already covered on flixel’s help forums:

    http://flixel.org/forums/index.php?topic=14

    http://flixel.org/forums/index.php?topic=15

  3. Matt C

    on September 5, 2009 at 2:03 am

    Hey, I stumbled across this “flixel for absolute beginners” when looking up how to make a flash game. I am an absolute begging at making games. I want to learn how to make them by finding guides like this one (looks great by the way). The only problem is I don’t really know where to start.

    What programs do I need?
    How do I make and edit sprites on the computer?
    Where could I get a book to help me learn code so I could write my own code on my own, and understand it?

    If you could please respond I would greatly appreciate it, because I really need a place to start.

    Thank you for your time,
    Matt

  4. axcho

    on October 9, 2009 at 9:57 am

    Matt C, I just created a guide to getting started with Flash and Flixel that I think will answer all of your questions.

    I basically found the essential tutorials that really start from scratch – the ones that I learned from – and which programs you can download for free, and put them together in this guide.

    Here it is:
    http://evolutionlive.blogspot.com/2009/10/where-to-start-with-as3-flashdevelop.html

    Hope it helps! :)

  5. Tcj333

    on November 28, 2009 at 3:03 am

    Hey, I was playing a game that was created using Flixel, and since I’ve wanted to create my own games and such I figured I’d see what it is. One of the things I’ve been trying to get is a download for Macromedia Flash Proffesional 8. Can anyone help me? I’m poor and for reasons I can’t figure out, (unless the reason is my computer just plain HATES me) I can’t download it from the main page, and every other link I try either sends me there or to some download to god-knows-what! Is there any way I can download the program FOR FREE, and from someone other than the creators?

  6. Matt

    on December 7, 2009 at 7:29 am

    http://www.brighthub.com/hubfolio/matthew-casperson/blog/archive/2009/12/02/creating-a-flash-platform-game-with-flixel-and-flex.aspx is a tutorial series that shows you how to make a mode like game with Flixel and Adobe Flex

  7. PixelBlitz AS3 game framework : Emanuele Feronato - italian geek and PROgrammer

    on February 4, 2010 at 12:52 am

    [...] may wonder why should I write about it, considering it’s a bitmap-based framework just like Flixel, which has a better [...]

  8. Emanuele Feronato - italian geek and PROgrammer

    on April 19, 2010 at 11:29 am

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

  9. Grampa

    on March 6, 2012 at 4:10 am

    I tried this in FB 4.5 with the latest Flixle package. There is no demo app in the list for Importing. No “Mode” in the list, nothing in the list at all.

    Does the latest Flixel package still have the demo?

  10. Joshua

    on July 23, 2012 at 8:11 am

    Mode…
    If you make points, you will lose points and die…
    If you don’t make points but get hit, you will not die…

    A strange game. The only winning move is not to play?

  11. Isid M

    on April 4, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    Does anyone know where can I find a flixel game making tutorial done with flex builder 3.0(except this)?I tried with flashdevelop but when I do the Hello World code,when I tried running it,it said it couldn’t find sourcepath..
    I tried everything but the problem continued so I unistalled it and now I’m searching for new ways to make a game..If someone can solve 1 of my problems I would be happy as hell..thanks in advance

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