Rapid Prototyping
Some of you may be familiar with rapid prototyping. It is a concept i learnt from the Experimental gameplay project, specifically this article by Kyle Gabler, Kyle Gray (2D Boy, World of Goo), Matt Kucic, Shalin Shodhan.
Archive for 'Actionscript 3.0'
AS3 Basics: Loops in Actionscript 3 Part 1 For Loops
Hey Wuup readers. After going through all my older AS3 Basics articles, I found that most of them didn’t really go over the core elements. So in order to rectify the problem, I’ve decided that it’s time to flesh out this area a little. I’m by no means an expert on the language – unless [...]
AS3: How to Run Applications from a Flash Projector EXE with Actionscript 3 and Batch Files
So i’ve been writing some CD launchers recently with some handy tools on. One thing i had major trouble with was getting a Projector .exe to run programs from sub directorys. Luckily i figured it out so heres how…
First in your CD/DVD root directory place a folder named “fscommand” this is the only [...]
AS3 Handy Snippets: Handy Regular Expressions
Hey everyone. This week, I’m bringing you some handy regular expression snippets I use quite frequently. If you are unfamiliar with regular expressions, think of them as a different language that you use within ActionScript. I’m not going to go into detail about Regular Expressions, there’s far better documentation on the Adobe LiveDocs here for [...]
AS3 Basics: Disable Mouse Events on a Movieclip (pass through mouse events) in Actionscript 3
Hey all, in accordance with my new article writting regime, heres an article about a problem i came into contact with today.
AS3 Basics: How to load an external image file using Actionscript 3
Hey all. It’s been a long time since i’ve written. hopefully i’ll be at least bringing you something each week from now on, instead of say when i feel like 
AS3 Quick Tips: Datagrid: How to Extract Data From a Single Cell in a DataGrid Component
Recently i’ve been messing about with Flash’s built in components, for the most part they are self explanatory and easy enough to figure out from Adobes docs. Recently however i have had to use editable DataGrids in a form type scenario, I could create and display a DataGrid fine, but when it came to collect [...]
AS3 Basics: If Statements
Ok so after about a month of Alan nagging me to post something, i’ve decided to write more about the core basics of the AS3 Language, Mainly because my previous “AS3 Basics” tutorials actually covered advanced topics. So each week i’ve set myself the task of explaining a core AS3 element, be it a class or language basics.
AS3 Basics: Creating Random BitmapData in Actionscript 3
Ah everybody loves bitmaps, without them the web would be boring, well kinda. Anyway the following code will create the movie bellow.
AS3 Quick Tips: Change the Colour of a Movieclip with Actionscript 3
Hello all, Another quick tip, this time on how to change the colour of a movieclip! Sweet!
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