Beginning Flash Game Programming for Dummies

Name: Beginning Flash Game Programming for Dummies
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ISBN: 9780764589621

ISBN-10: 0764589628

ISBN-13: 9780764589621

Edition: 2005

Authors: Andy Harris

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Shows how to create five games-a top-down shooter, a sports game, a board game, a pong game, and an adventure game-using Flash MX 2004 and ActionScript * Explains basic game development concepts to would-be designers, including the math and physics behind video games, object-oriented programming techniques, and XML data in gaming * The video gaming industry earned more than the movie industry in 2003, and game-programming instruction is now a mainstay at leading technical universities and computer science departments

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/21/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Introduction



Basic Flash



Why You Want to Write Games in Flash



Cruising and Using the Flash Environment



The Next Steps



Altered States



Getting with the Program



Making an Interactive Game



Sprites, or Movie Clips



Introducing Sprites and Movie Clips



Won't Be Long 'Til You Write Pong



Getting Control of the Situation



Keyboard Input and Audio Output



It's Alive! Animating Your Sprites



Building the Monster Traffic Game



Phun with Phuzzy Physics



Vectors and Gravity



Vehicle Motion



The Life and Death of Sprites



The Part of Tens



Ten Math Concepts for Game Programmers



Ten Game Starters


Index