Actionscript 2

New tile based platform engine – part 11 – slopes part a

You asked for it, I made it… ladies and gentlemen… SLOPES! (applause). I decided to split slopes in two parts, because they are a bit more difficult than other tile types. In this part, you can walk on slopes but you can’t jump on/from them. Oh, well, you can actually jump or land on them, …

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on October 19, 2008

New tile based platform engine – part 10 – optimization, doors n’ keys

Here we are with some optimization, as well as a feature some people requested: doors and keys. Let’s start with the first optimization step. Optimization See how does the script at step 9 determine if a tile is walkable (player can pass through it): if ((top_right != 0 and top_right != 5 and top_right != …

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on October 13, 2008

Create a Flash game like Gold Miner – step 2

I received a lot of emails asking me to add left-right movement to my Gold Miner clone and requiring more information about manually placing the boulders. In order to add left-right movement, you need to check for left and right arrow keys and move the hook in the proper direction. Just remember you don’t have …

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on October 10, 2008

New tile based platform engine – more theory

This post continues New tile based platform engine – theory behind the player and answers some questions made in these days. In this part I’ll explain how to determine collisions between the player and the walls. Once I know player position (easy to know thanks to _x and _y for AS2 or x and y …

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on October 6, 2008

New tile based platform engine – part 8 – patrols

Every platform game should have enemies. Every enemy has an artificial intelligence that makes it act in a smart or dumb way… and the patrol is the dumbest enemy. The patrol walk in a direction until he has ground under his feet and does not hit a wall. In this first version, the patrol does …

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on October 1, 2008

New tile based platform engine – part 7 – trampolines

After the AS3 translation of AS2 part 6, it’s time to introduce trampolines. Just like ladders, trampolines have their rules. Here they are: 1 – A trampoline does not act like a wall, so a player can walk through it just like a cloud 2 – A trampoline should never be placed over another trampoline …

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on September 30, 2008

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214 GAME PROTOTYPES EXPLAINED WITH SOURCE CODE
// 1+2=3
// 100 rounds
// 10000000
// 2 Cars
// 2048
// A Blocky Christmas
// A Jumping Block
// A Life of Logic
// Angry Birds
// Angry Birds Space
// Artillery
// Astro-PANIC!
// Avoider
// Back to Square One
// Ball Game
// Ball vs Ball
// Ball: Revamped
// Balloon Invasion
// BallPusher
// Ballz
// Bar Balance
// Bejeweled
// Biggification
// Block it
// Blockage
// Bloons
// Boids
// Bombuzal
// Boom Dots
// Bouncing Ball
// Bouncing Ball 2
// Bouncy Light
// BoxHead
// Breakout
// Bricks
// Bubble Chaos
// Bubbles 2
// Card Game
// Castle Ramble
// Chronotron
// Circle Chain
// Circle Path
// Circle Race
// Circular endless runner
// Cirplosion
// CLOCKS - The Game
// Color Hit
// Color Jump
// ColorFill
// Columns
// Concentration
// Crossy Road
// Crush the Castle
// Cube Jump
// CubesOut
// Dash N Blast
// Dashy Panda
// Deflection
// Diamond Digger Saga
// Don't touch the spikes
// Dots
// Down The Mountain
// Drag and Match
// Draw Game
// Drop Wizard
// DROP'd
// Dudeski
// Dungeon Raid
// Educational Game
// Elasticity
// Endless Runner
// Erase Box
// Eskiv
// Farm Heroes Saga
// Filler
// Flappy Bird
// Fling
// Flipping Legend
// Floaty Light
// Fuse Ballz
// GearTaker
// Gem Sweeper
// Globe
// Goat Rider
// Gold Miner
// Grindstone
// GuessNext
// Helicopter
// Hero Emblems
// Hero Slide
// Hexagonal Tiles
// HookPod
// Hop Hop Hop Underwater
// Horizontal Endless Runner
// Hundreds
// Hungry Hero
// Hurry it's Christmas
// InkTd
// Iromeku
// Jet Set Willy
// Jigsaw Game
// Knife Hit
// Knightfall
// Legends of Runeterra
// Lep's World
// Line Rider
// Lumines
// Magick
// MagOrMin
// Mass Attack
// Math Game
// Maze
// Meeblings
// Memdot
// Metro Siberia Underground
// Mike Dangers
// Mikey Hooks
// Nano War
// Nodes
// o:anquan
// One Button Game
// One Tap RPG
// Ononmin
// Pacco
// Perfect Square!
// Perfectionism
// Phyballs
// Pixel Purge
// PixelField
// Planet Revenge
// Plants Vs Zombies
// Platform
// Platform game
// Plus+Plus
// Pocket Snap
// Poker
// Pool
// Pop the Lock
// Pop to Save
// Poux
// Pudi
// Pumpkin Story
// Puppet Bird
// Pyramids of Ra
// qomp
// Quick Switch
// Racing
// Radical
// Rebuild Chile
// Renju
// Rise Above
// Risky Road
// Roguelike
// Roly Poly
// Run Around
// Rush Hour
// SameGame
// SamePhysics
// Security
// Serious Scramblers
// Shrink it
// Sling
// Slingy
// Snowflakes
// Sokoban
// Space Checkers
// Space is Key
// Spellfall
// Spinny Gun
// Splitter
// Spring Ninja
// Sproing
// Stabilize!
// Stack
// Stairs
// Stick Hero
// String Avoider
// Stringy
// Sudoku
// Super Mario Bros
// Surfingers
// Survival Horror
// Talesworth Adventure
// Tetris
// The Impossible Line
// The Moops - Combos of Joy
// The Next Arrow
// Threes
// Tic Tac Toe
// Timberman
// Tiny Wings
// Tipsy Tower
// Toony
// Totem Destroyer
// Tower Defense
// Trick Shot
// Tunnelball
// Turn
// Turnellio
// TwinSpin
// vvvvvv
// Warp Shift
// Way of an Idea
// Whack a Creep
// Wheel of Fortune
// Where's my Water
// Wish Upon a Star
// Word Game
// Wordle
// Worms
// Yanga
// Yeah Bunny
// Zhed
// zNumbers