LINKS FOR GAMES/GENERAL PROGRAMMING IN LINGO AND FLASH

General Flash Demos
http://www.actionscript.org/
http://www.neave.com/lab/
http://www.bit-101.com
http://director.breezecentral.com/p82592013/
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/
http://www.flashmagazine.com/html/
http://www.flight404.com
http://www.levitated.net/
http://www.fakepilot.com/
http://www.shapevent.com/
http://www.lo9ic.com/
http://www.uncontrol.com/
http://www.ertdfgcvb.ch/
http://www.nooflat.nu/
http://www.nuran.org/
http://www.cleoag.ru/labs/
http://www.seraph.nl/

Pixel Art

Tilemap editor (director app):
http://www.setpixel.com/content/?ID=2

Advice on minimising file size:
http://www.nonoche.com/imaging/en/index.html

Love and pixels - a webcomic in pixels
http://www.dieselsweeties.com/

So you want to be a pixel artist? - Big tutorial outlining the basics
http://tsugumo.swoo.net/tutorial/

Pixel forum LOADS of tutorials
http://pixelation.cjb.net/

Pixel art in photoshop
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/de...ubsectionid=762

Game Design
Tile based game forum:
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/fo...asp?forum_id=13

Gamingo Developers Mailing List
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinf...nfo/gamingo-dev

Coding - Flash

Mother of all tile based tutorials
http://www.tonypa.pri.ee/tbw/index.html

Scrolling Terrain
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Cr...Ju-82/index.php

Collision Checking
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/La...Ju-81/index.php

Building Games in Flash 5 - pt 1 (top down space shooter)
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Bu...o-598/index.php

High score board using PHP
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Hi...o-657/index.php

Tile based world engine tut
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Ti...R-730/index.php

Keyboard movement method
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Si...B-819/index.php

Life-bar coding
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Ga...a-902/index.php

8 Direction key movement
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/ke...1-907/index.php

Basic platform game
http://www.flashkit.com/tutorials/Games/Cr...-1052/index.php

Coding - Director

Tiles in director - lists of lists:
http://www.nonoche.com/imaging/en/index.html

Book - Macromedia Director Game Development
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...626346?v=glance

Console style RPG:
http://www.zianet.com/cchamberlin/

I have a whole load more Director ones that I've not put in here yet. If you have any suggestions reply to this post and I'll copy and past them in from time to time. Thanks to Will Pearce for getting most of these together.


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Andy Polaine
Senior Lecturer
School of Media Arts