Preface

Flash Introduction

Adobe Flash or formerly named as Macromedia Flash is a multifunctional software. Apart from the starting function, which is simplify to create web animations, it turns out rapidly growing up utilized as extraordinary multi-media software. Even Flash with action script can be used as game maker software that is easy and effective. Before go to next step about the flash game development, we must understand that makes flash games is fun and profitable. For some people play the game is very enjoyable, this concept must we use that we are trying to please others through a game. If many people enjoy playing games made by us, then we get success as a game maker.

Computer programming in general will be difficult to be understood by someone who  beginner in programming language. On the other hand make the game is application of computer programming knowledge. But we do not need discouraged, because flash and action script is very easy to learn and through this blog I try to share my little knowledge about making games with flash.

Next at this blog I will explains as much as possible about the process of making games sequence. Follow the tutorial one by one in every chapter and do not skip a tutorial unless you already understand. If you have difficulty in writing the script later, I will provide the source code. Because actionscript that I use is basic action, so actionscript in this blog can work in Action Script 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0.

Area Working in Flash

Before beginning the process of making games, it would be better if we knew who and how is flash. Flash work area (mx, mx 2004, flash 8) basically consists of several components, namely Menu, Toolbox, Timeline, Stage and Panel.

• Menu contains controls for various functions such as create, open, save files, and so on according to the menu that appears.
• Stage is the rectangular area which is a place where we make animated objects or applications that will be run.
• Toolbox contains a menu to create or draw shapes. Toolbox divided into four parts: drawing tool, view, color, and option
• Timeline is a place where we can create and control objects and animation.
• Panel contains a control-function that is used in Flash, the function is to replace and modify various properties of the object animations quickly.

Basic of Action Script writing

Macromedia Flash have facility namely Action Script, which is can we use as media to create Application program, multimedia, interactive cd even game. Macromedia Flash have many script with different function, but the most often used only a few script, so it will easy for us if we still newbie in Flash and the Action Script.

In Flash there are two writing panel modes script, they are normal mode and expert mode. Basically expert mode is easier to learn than normal mode, so that the entire action that I use is wrotten in expert mode.

Option Expert Mode in Flash