Archive for August, 2008

3 Fun Flash Games

August 27th 2008 Posted to Flash

I’ve been playing these 3 fun Flash games way too much! One game is super simple, one game is fairly complicated and the other one is just right.

 

 
Chat NoirSwitch

This little gem of a game revolves around the basic concept of collecting dots that are the same color as you while avoiding ones that aren’t. To make things super simple the dots are either black or white and all you have to do is click the mouse to change colors. What could be easier?
 

 
ShuffleRoboKill

Great graphics and fun shoot’em-up gameplay make this Flash action game a sure winner. Roam from room to room acquiring cash and weapons to upgrade your robot and vanquish the baddies. The first 4 levels are free but you will have to pay if you want to play them all.
 

 
Spin Black CircleBubble Tanks 2

This game uses the same motion controls as RoboKill, position is adjusted with the keyboard while aiming and firing is handled by the mouse. There are some simple equipment upgrades to keep things interesting but mostly it’s just a fun point and shoot type of game.
 

 
If you like these, be sure to check out 10 More Fun Flash Games.
 

 

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Elegant Ellipses

August 19th 2008 Posted to General

While researching how to draw rotated ovals I learned some interesting facts about ellipses and thought I’d share them with you:

  • Ellipse Definition: There are many ways to say it, but essentially an ellipse is just a circle stretched along one axis. Think, “smushed penny on a train track” or if you want to get technical about it you could say, “an ellipse is formed by a locus of points in a plane such that the sum of the distances to two fixed points is a constant.” Which means…
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Oval Overkill

August 12th 2008 Posted to Flash

This black and white oval pattern goes along with “Squarshed Squares“.

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Rotated Oval Tutorial

August 07th 2008 Posted to Flash

rotated oval

Making the transition from drawing circles to drawing ovals is pretty simple but when you need to go from drawing ovals to drawing rotated ovals, you might run into a few problems. This article documents some of the pitfalls I encountered and presents them as a learning experience. If you just want some solid code to draw rotated ovals or twisted ellipses, skip ahead to the end of the article and copy the last block of code. If you think you might gain from my experience then by all means… read on. …
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Adobe AIR Installed?

August 04th 2008 Posted to Flash

I know the Adobe’s SWF Player is installed on 99.9% of computers, but what about Adobe Air?

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How to Draw an Oval

August 01st 2008 Posted to Flash

Drawing an oval or ellipse is about as easy as drawing a circle with ActionScript. When drawing a circle you only need one measurement for the circle’s radius but when drawing an oval you need to provide 2. One for the Width of the oval and one for its Height. But before I get too far ahead, let’s take a look at the basic circle drawing code used to draw a simple circle …
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CPAUG July 30th Meeting

August 01st 2008 Posted to General

I must preface this post by stating, “I suck at remembering names.”

So having said that…

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