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Entries for April, 2008

Basic A.I: Attacks

What you will learn: how to make an enemy attack your character with a different attack, based on a percent, every 2 seconds. The attack will make your health go down.
Creating the MovieClips:
1. Make a character MovieClip.
2.Make a healthbar.
3. Make the enemy:

create three frames within the enemy with a movieclip inside each frame
put the stop; [...]

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Basic Movement (arrow keys)

What you will learn: How to move a MovieClip around in flash using the arrow keys.
What you will need: a movieclip that you wish to move around.
1. There is really only one step to this tutorial. Just put this code onto your MovieClip. All code is explained.

onClipEvent(enterFrame){//every frame
if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)){//if the up key is down
_y-=8//move character [...]

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A Guide to Flash Game Creation

So you want to become a Flash game designer and have your game all over the internet on the most popular gaming sites, right? Well, you have to start small. Here are some steps you’ll need to go through to get there.
1. Get yourself a copy of Macromedia Flash. Student versions can be purchased for [...]

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MochiAds Interview

MochiAds is a branch of the MochiMedia company that allows game developers to put ads into their games. I’ve talked to Ada Chen over at MochiMedia, and she was able to to tell us a bit more about the company in an interview.
1. Can you tell me a little bit about the founding of MochiAds?
To [...]

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