It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any new code as part of the code bits, so I’m at it again today. This time you’ll be learning about the hitTest, and its various uses. The hitTest does pretty much what it’s name suggests. It tests to see if one movieclip is ‘hitting’ another one. A form [...]
If you’ve ever found yourself wishing that there was a way to keep your game on just a couple sites without it spreading, then it sounds like sitelocking is what you need. Sitelocking allows you to ‘lock’ your game to a site, or a couple sites, so when someone tries to play it on another [...]
Set Interval is a fairly simple function that can operate separate of the timeline. Instead of counting frames, it will count milliseconds. This is useful for establishing a timer or making your game the same on all computers, regardless of framerate. Here is an example of it in use: Timer = setInterval(function () { seconds [...]
Making things random in a game can be very important. There many different ways to use this important method that I will be going over today. The random method can be used for a variety of things. It is called when you want to generate a random number. This randomly generated number can be used [...]
Variables are an important aspect of coding in actionscript. In fact, they are essentially what makes a game. Variables are used to store data. They can store numbers, words, or whether something is true or false. In this article I’m going to be going over each type of variable in AS2 and their use. 1. [...]
