Flash FIX: Pre-loader Not Pre-Loading?
So I recently added a flash pre-loader to one of my games and I noticed that it wasn’t pre-loading like I expected it to. It turns out if you have any movieclips, graphics or...
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Flash AS3 Tutorial: Remove HTML Tags
In my chat room one of the problems I ran into was formatting messages (ie adding font colors) but preventing users from posting HTML tags. So I came up with this nifty function. Run...
Flash AS3 Tutorial: Convert Hyperlinks to Clickable URLs
In my chat room I was having a heck of a time getting my regex to reliably convert hyperlinks to clickable URLs in my textarea component — sometimes it would chop off anything after...
Game Journal 1.2: Games You Hate To Play
Exercise 1.2 In my previous post I analyzed how I play, how someone else plays and then compared and contrasted the two. For this exercise you’re supposed to find a game you hate to...
Game Journal 1.1: Become A Tester
So I recently got my copy of Game Design Workshop by Tracy Fullerton back from a friend and while I was flipping through it I remembered one of the reasons I bought it and...
PHP Tutorial: 2 Player Tic-Tac-Toe Game (no database required)
In the first part of my games tutorial series we created a PHP Hangman game and then in the second installment we converted Hangman to use AJAX. Now it’s time to follow the same...
Freelance Flash Animator Position — Filled
Whoa-horsie.com is a flash MMO currently in development. We’re looking for someone to become a long-term part of our animation team. You must be 18 or older, willing to sign a graphic rights contract,...
Whoa-Horsie.com | Apply For A BETA Invitation Key
For those of you that don’t know we have a wild horse MMO game that’s been in development for quite some time now. We’re pleased to announce a tentative BETA tester date of June...
How Much Does It Cost To Create A Flash MMO?
Are you thinking about making a flash MMO? Want to know what it costs? Then you’re in the right place. I’ve been working on an MMO for the past two years and I thought...
JQuery FIX: uncaught exception: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: #
This one threw me for a bit of a loop today so I thought I’d share. I couldn’t get my debugger to give me a line number for this error, however it turns out...
