An entry-level Flash SHMUP tutorial

[Attila7894]

I'd like to show you a tutorial I wrote in these days. It's about developing a SHMUP using Flash and Actionscript 3.

It's an entry-level tutorial, and I did my best to be as descriptive as possible, explaining everything. There are a lot of tutorials out here which only paste the scripts, without explaining how they work.

Maybe I will add other parts later, but, even at this point, I think it's a great starting point to learn how to make flash games.

I hope you'll like it. If you have any comments, or if you find something wrong, please let me know.



http://www.attiliocarotenuto.com/flash/ ... p-tutorial

[Dave_K.]

Thanks for putting this together Attilio!

I'd point out that everything you showed does not have to be created in Adobe CS5. Anyone can begin coding in "pure AS3" for free with your favorite editor and the opensource flex compiler. For Windows users, FlashDevelop is the leading free IDE of choice for AS3 game developers.

And for people looking to get more out of Flash's common flat looking graphics, there are some great tutorials on 8bitrocket, including pixel blitting, and a cool free pixel library called flixel. For an example of a flash game built with flixel (includine source code) check out Mode. (note this is not for beginners...but shows the potential for some great flash games).

[Attila7894]

Hi Dave, thanks for the appreciation!

I made it using Flash since it's my usual work environment. Of course you can also do it using FlashDevelop, making some little modifications in the process.