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Adobe Certified Instructor Todd Perkins makes ActionScript fun in ActionScript 3.0 Projects: Game Development . He explains the principles of game design and development, then shows how to overcome game-making challenges to create all kinds of games. Todd teaches developers how to deal with case sensitivity, create dynamically moving enemies, add event listeners, determine a win or loss in a game, and add additional features and artificial intelligence. Each set of tutorials covers how to build a game from scratch. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Course ActionScript 3.0 Projects: Game Development Author Todd Perkins SKU ISBN Release Date 2007-11-16 Duration 5.39 hrs / 78 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags ActionScript

Introduction Welcome 00:45 Using the exercise files 00:46 Game development 02:37 1. Creating a Shooter Game Overview of the game 01:00 Creating a custom cursor 05:05 Copying motion from the timeline 05:28 Creating dynamically moving enemies 05:19 Shooting enemies 02:09 Destroying enemies 04:50 Winning the game 08:38 Creating a Win screen 03:32 Troubleshooting your game 01:15 2. Creating a Ping Pong Game Overview of the game 00:53 Making the ball bounce 05:31 Creating and moving a paddle 08:11 Bouncing the ball off the paddle 06:39 Using math to calculate the angle of a bounce 06:46 Developing the enemy's artificial intelligence 07:05 Keeping track of points 05:07 Determining a win 07:13 Adding sound 03:00 3. Creating a Word Guessing Game Overview of the game 01:19 Loading words from an external file 03:17 Creating an array of words 02:34 Choosing a random word 02:24 Placing letters in individual textfields 06:08 Styling text 03:28 Creating underlines to show where letters are 04:10 Making guesses 04:38 Creating a list of incorrect guesses 03:45 Dealing with case sensitivity 03:20 Winning the game 05:51 Losing the game 04:43 4. Creating a Blackjack Game Understanding the game 01:21 Building the CardDeck class 06:08 Creating the cards 06:56 Shuffling the deck 06:10 Drawing a card 04:57 Exploring the FLA file 02:04

Creating the game variables 02:45 Initializing the game 03:57 Dealing cards 07:22 Drawing or not drawing additional cards 02:09 Calculating the score 10:02 Determining the winner 09:11 Playing again 03:34 5. Creating a Slider Puzzle Game Overview of the game 01:03 Creating 2D arrays 03:31 Creating tile arrays 04:15 Placing tiles 06:06 Adding event listeners to tiles 03:31 Moving tiles 07:32 Animating tile movement 06:34 Choosing a random blank tile 03:45 Randomizing tile placement 04:41 Setting target positions 06:07 Determining a win 08:50 6. Creating a Tank Battle Game Overview of the game 01:18 Capturing key presses 05:42 Moving the tank 02:23 Limiting tank movement 02:33 Aiming the tank's gun 06:46 Creating the Bullet class 03:11 Connecting the Bullet class to the main timeline 02:45 Firing bullets 06:24 Animating the bullet with trigonometry 04:57 Creating gravity 02:24 Detecting collisions with walls 06:47 Detecting collisions with the enemy 02:18 Making the enemy move 04:25 Making the enemy aim 05:46 Making the enemy shoot 04:40 Controlling the energy bars 04:34 Winning and losing the game 03:16 Playing the game again 03:46 Adding additional features 04:40 7. Conclusion Goodbye 00:28