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John C
John C

Reputation: 6527

Any Resources for Pure Actionscript 3 Games?

What resources (books or website/tutorials) are available, that cover game development using pure Actionscript 3 code? By pure, I mean not using Flash CS4 and its timeline, and not using Flex MXML components. Everything done using only Actionscript code.

In another question, I asked about using certain objects of the Flex SDK for simple games, and the consensus was that I shouldn't use it at all, but only Actionscript for a game. Sounds reasonable, but the books/website tutorials that I have found on the subject of games, all use AS3 in the context of Flash CS4. They assume your objects will be movieclips, with timelines, etc.

I realize that you can learn game programming from books in other languages, and/or ignore the Flash aspect of AS3 books. I guess what I'm looking for, is whatever information is specific to AS3, such as best practices for AS3-only games, how to make architectural/design decisions, etc. If it exists, anyway :)

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3069

Answers (4)

Kuba Bladek
Kuba Bladek

Reputation: 51

If you want to deploy your games on mobile (iOS/Android) you should take advantage of Starling (http://gamua.com/starling/), 2D rendering engine built on top of Stage3D, which gives you GPU raw power.

Upvotes: 0

Eric
Eric

Reputation: 11

A site that is basically all about using just pure AS3 and that now has game tutorials centered around his pure AS3 game making library is www.actiontad.com.

Your games may be smaller using only AS3 and the SDK, but you loose the ability to animate with a timeline, animations made with the timeline in Flash will perform better, than say sticking a whole bunch of .pngs together, which is a technique actiontad uses, but that site is coming into it's own now with the library he recently released, if pure AS3 game making is your thing it's worth a look.

Upvotes: 1

James McMahon
James McMahon

Reputation: 49629

You may want to take a look at Flixel.

What is flixel?

flixel is a completely free collection of Actionscript 3 files that helps organize, automate, and optimize Flash games; an object-oriented framework that lets anyone create original and complex games with thousands of objects on screen in just a few hours.

Flixel is licensed under the MIT license and the site has quite a few tutorials to get you started.

Upvotes: 2

Phyxx
Phyxx

Reputation: 16075

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Upvotes: 1

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