May 22nd, 2009

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EventManager 1.3

Dennin Dalke, a Brazillian Flash Developer emailed me a great method for the AS3 EventManager class (read the original post).

//adding multiple events at once.
EventManager.addEventListeners( loader.contentLoaderInfo, [
ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,    onSiteLoad_Progress,
Event.OPEN,                onSiteLoad_Open,
Event.COMPLETE,            onSiteLoad_Complete,
IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR,    onSiteLoad_IOError
] );

It’s a great method to save retyping so many lines.
Get the updated class here. Also, if you have, are, or [...]

May 19th, 2009

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Nice Review of Boomshine

Here’s a nice review on Boomshine from CasinoGuide.com:
Brain Reaction
Lovers of Internet recreation have played all types of games, including first-person shooters, role-playing, pure action, gambling games via online casinos, mysteries, trivia, typing, and the list goes on and on. The gamers of the world are always looking for something a bit different. Enter Boomshine, a [...]

May 5th, 2009

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A Very Basic and Brief Introduction to HTML

HTML is a markup language. One of the first principals you should know is that HTML is actually just another form of a text file. For example, text files (like Microsoft Word files) don’t change. Notepad or Microsoft Word just knows how to open the files and display the files in a readable way. The [...]

April 29th, 2009

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Unauthorized Flash Game Cloning

As a Flash game developer, I routinly get requests to port or make derivatives of my games. Depending on the situation and agreement, I usually have no problem. However, what I don’t like is when authors completely DUPLICATE without permission and slap their name on it.
My most popular game, Boomshine, was recently duplicated by some [...]

April 20th, 2009

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Flash Artistic Experiment: is feeling good #1

Throughout the semester I developed this Flash art/simulation/game. It was originally supposed to be a game… maybe it is I don’t know it all depends on your definition. The title is called Is Feeling Good. I reserved the name IsFeelingGood.com a few months ago and thought for a while of what could possibly be on the [...]

March 30th, 2009

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Soundpen

For my experimental digital art class at Georgia Tech, I created this toy I call SoundPen. It’s a very basic version obviously (although I think some cool things could come from this idea).
The basic idea is to create music by clicking your mouse and placing balls that will bounce of the screen. There are 3 [...]