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Step by step AS3 translation of Creation of a platform game with Flash - step 1.5

According to Bart de Boer, this is the step 1.5 of the Step by step AS3 translation of Creation of a platform game with Flash.
He fixed the jump issue and improved the collision engine.
As in the previous example, the file Script.as is the main class:
PLAIN TEXT
ACTIONSCRIPT:

/*____________________________________________________

|______________ register of functions _______________|

|____________________________________________________|

- main()            [...]

Step by step AS3 translation of Flash game creation tutorial - part 2

This is the second part of Tim Edelaar's step by step AS3 translation of Flash game creation tutorial.
Now it's time to translate to AS3 the content of Flash game creation tutorial - part 2 which I suggest you to read before this one.
The style of the coding is the same of the previous part, with [...]

Step by step AS3 translation of Creation of a platform game with Flash - step 1

This seems to be the month of AS3 conversions.
Good, this means AS3 community is growing.
Today we'll see how Bart de Boer translated Creation of a platform game with Flash - step 1 into AS3.
You are invited to read Creation of a platform game with Flash - step 1 to know all theory behind this engine.
All [...]

Step by step AS3 translation of Flash game creation tutorial - part 1

Today I am glad to publish the work of Tim Edelaar that translated all AS2 files of the most successful post of this blog, Flash game creation tutorial - part 1.
The most interesting thing is he did not use a class, but he wrote the actionscript directly in the timeline in the... let's call it [...]

Managing multiple balls collisions with Flash: AS3 version

Some days ago Sunil Changrani sent me a the script to manage multiple balls collisions with Flash, in AS2.
Now, it's time for Andrew Cook to give us the AS3 version.
Hi Emanuele,
I've been coming to your blog for over a year now. I am doing a new game with Ball vs. Ball collision and turn to [...]

Nonoba Flash Multiplayer API contest: $20,000 in prizes

This post is written by Chris Benjaminsen from Nonoba.com. Nonoba is a gaming community where you can play games with your friends. What I personally like about Nonoba is they allow you to create your own achievements. See my Bees n' Flowers page to see what I mean.

This is Chris Benjaminsen:
I have been reading your [...]

Create a font browser with Flash AS3

When I am looking for an interesting font for my web design, the first site I look at is dafont.com.
What I like of this site is the capability to preview the font I am going to use with a sample text.
We are going to build something like a font viewer with AS3, previewing the fonts [...]

Creation of a matching game with Flash and AS3

This tutorial was inspired by the one written at chapter 3 in ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University, but I changed some mechanics because I did not like some choices made by the author.
Anyway, this is not a "mine is better", just a tutorial that I did not write completely on my own.
Do you know what [...]