Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Game Programming (Premier Press Game Development)
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Game Programming (Premier Press Game Development)
ISBN: 1592000363
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 161
Pages: 161
Authors: Craig Murray, Justin Everett-Church
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Game Programming
- Introduction
- Who This Book Is For
- What Is Flash?
- The Flash Authoring Tool
- Built-In Lessons
- Tutorials
- The Flash Manual
- The ActionScript Dictionary
- Contacting the Author
- On with the Show
- Part One: Getting Started
- Chapter 1: The Flash Authoring Tool
- Creating a New Movie
- The Stage
- The Tools Panel
- The Library
- Importing Graphics and Sound
- Text Fields
- Static Text Fields
- The Properties Panel
- The Transform Panel
- The Timeline
- Frame Labels
- Scenes
- Adding a Simple Tween
- Previewing a Movie
- Testing a Movie
- Publishing a Movie
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2: Flash ActionScript
- The Actions Panel
- Where Does the Script Go?
- The Output Panel
- Variables
- Operators
- Operator Precedence
- More Operators
- Semicolons
- Keywords
- Types
- Even More Operators
- Curly Braces
- Conditional Statements
- Code Blocks
- Loops
- Variable Type Conversion
- Logical Operators
- Conclusion
- Part Two: Beginner Games
- Chapter 3: Programming Interactivity: Mouse Chaser
- Scope
- The Dot Operator
- Properties
- References
- The _xmouse and _ymouse Properties
- Creating Mouse Chaser
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: Creating Instances Dynamically: The Button Menu
- Consolidating Scripts
- Attaching Event Handlers to Dynamic Clips
- Buttons
- Controlling Movie Playback
- The Button Menu
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5: Arrays: Match Em up and Sliders
- Creating Arrays
- Accessing Arrays
- Array Members
- Initializing Arrays
- Nested Arrays
- Multidimensional Arrays
- Accessing Movie Clip Properties as an Array
- Creating Match Em Up
- Creating Sliders
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6: Objects: Critter Attack
- What Is an Object? The Basics
- ActionScript Objects
- Creating Critter Attack
- Conclusion
- Part Three: Intermediate Games
- Chapter 7: Real-Time Programming: Shoot Em Up
- State Machines
- Creating Shoot Em Up
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Advanced Timing and Trigonometry: Blow Em Up
- The Problem of Movement
- Trigonometry
- Rotation
- Creating Blow Em Up
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9: Object-Oriented Programming with as 2.0
- Classes
- Managing Data in Classes
- Conclusion
- Part Four: Advanced Games and Topics
- Chapter 10: Artificial Intelligence: Tic Tac Toe
- Turn-Based Game AI
- Recursion
- Trees
- The Game Tree
- Minimax Search
- Creating Tic Tac Toe
- Conclusion
- Chapter 11: Physics: Pachinko
- Basic Physics
- The Time Interval
- Angular Velocity
- Creating Pachinko
- Conclusion
- Chapter 12: Server-Side Support for Flash: Highscore Boards
- Communicating with the Server
- Preloaders
- Creating a Preloader
- Communicating with the Browser
- Calling a JavaScript Routine from Flash
- Programming the Server
- Creating a Highscore Board
- More Server Tricks
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: ASCII Character Chart
- Appendix B: Key Object Bindings
- Appendix C: HTML Primer
- What Is HTML?
- Tags
- Appendix D: Web Resources and Further Reading
- General Game Development Links
- Math and Number Links
- Community Links
- Index
- Index_A
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P - Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_X
- Index_Y - Z
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Game Programming (Premier Press Game Development)
ISBN: 1592000363
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 161
Pages: 161
Authors: Craig Murray, Justin Everett-Church