Construct 2 is an HTML5 game making tool that doesn’t require any programming knowledge. You just drag and drop items around, add behaviors to them, and make them come alive with “events”.
In this review I will see what Construct 2 is capable of, from my perspective as a Flash game developer. Read the review to see whether or not this tool will serve the purpose of getting my games on more platforms!
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In this tutorial, I’ll teach you how to create a visual representation of a sound file’s audio spectrum, using Flash’s SoundMixer.computeSpectrum method. We’ll use four classes for this effect: Sound, SoundChannel, SoundMixer, and ByteArray. I’ll explain each classes as we use them.
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Creating little browser extensions is a great way to learn JavaScript. You don’t need to worry about cross-browser compatibility, you can make the project as small or large as you like, and you can fix problems in other people’s websites that bug you, specifically. In this post, we’ll create a short script that automatically rearranges Tumblr archive pages to read in chronological order – and we’ll learn about NodeList on the way.
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In this Quick Tip, we’ll discuss the confusing AS3 error 1203, “no constructor found”, which crops up without provocation and is rather unfortunately worded. We’ll examine the scenario in which it will appear, and how to fix it.
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Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!
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Commando is a Flash debugger that lets you change variables at runtime and run your own custom commands. It will allow you to try out whatever tweaks you want, without the hassle of changing your code and recompiling every time. This debugger also comes with its own memory monitor, and an output panel that is similar to the output dialog in the Flash IDE.
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In this tutorial we will be working with the HTML5 canvas and Javascript to create a dynamic tile swapping game. The result will be a puzzle that works with any given image, and has flexible difficulty levels that are easily adjusted.
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Previously, we explored the approach of using vector regions to implement the field of view of a turret. Troops approached the turret on open field and no hindrances lay between them. Now suppose there is a hinderance, say a wall, that obscures the visibility of troop from turret; how should we implment that? This tutorial suggest an approach to tackle this issue.
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In this Quick Tip, I’ll show you how and why the Bubble Sort algorithm works, and how to implement it in AS3. You’ll end up with a class that you can use in any Flash project, for sorting any array.
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If you, like many Flash developers, are looking into using HTML5 for your web apps, you’ll almost certainly have come across jQuery. It’s a very popular JavaScript library, used by a large percentage of the most visited websites – but what’s all the fuss about, and should you use it?
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Follow Activetuts+ editor Michael James Williams as he walks you through integrating Flash with Facebook! Learn to develop apps for the Facebook website and harness the Graph API in your external projects.
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