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Building a Flash game with Actionscript 3

Author: Bill Trikojus

This tutorial will show you how to plan and develop a basic drag and drop Flash game using Actionscript 3.0 and the Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern.

bulletIntroducing the project and the tutorial 
bulletLaunch Part 1
bulletLaunch Part 2
bulletLaunch Part 3
bulletLaunch Part 4
bulletLaunch Part 5
bulletLaunch Part 6
bulletLaunch Part 7
bulletLaunch Part 8
bulletLaunch Part 9
bulletLaunch Part 10
bulletLaunch Part 11

Download the finished source file here

For more on the Model View Controller and other Design Patterns in Actionscript 3 check out 'Actionscript 3 Design Patterns' by William Sanders and Chandima Cumaranatunge.

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2008-09-09: bong said:
hey thanks for this ... this is really gread can you post an iphone or downloadable?

2008-09-09: Bill Trikojus said:
it should eventually appear on the Swinburne Podcats so just subscribe to that.

cheers

2008-09-09: bong said:
ok thanks dude.

2008-11-11: Raul said:
Bill, this is a great tutorial. Do you know when it will become available in the Podcast sections?

Thanks!

2008-11-11: Bill Trikojus said:
thanks Raul. It should be up by the end of the year.

Cheers

2008-11-16: Kevin Carbonaro said:
Thanks for a great tutorial. Although I did not understand how the code works as I am not experienced in using flash let alone programming action script, I did learn a lot about how everything is separated into manageable chunks. Hopefully I'll find some time to learn more about AS3 and try to code my first simple flash game. Thanks again :)

2008-12-12: Inderdeep said:
Thanks Raul
I was searching for how to make MVC structure using AS3. Now I have come to know...

You have done a great job ... I am thankful to you..



2008-12-12: Inderdeep said:
Oh sorry Name mistake in previous post

Thanks Bill......

Thank you for this great tutorial

2009-02-03: moora said:
Finally I find something great about MVC. Thanks alot for this great tutorial!

2009-02-28: gamedummy said:
I finally found a great tutorial on how to create a game in flash from beginning to end. Do you have a tutorial on how to keep track on scores and lives?

2009-03-04: Bill Trikojus said:
There are a couple of AS1 game tutes that should cover that.

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/design/tutorials/flash-video-tutorials-as2.php

cheers

2009-04-10: Sam said:
I am confused. Are the files downloaded from the "Download the finished source file here" complete? Should they be working? Mine are not.

2009-04-18: mr.mongkol said:
gamedummy

2009-05-26: michael said:
Thanks Bill for the great tutorial !

I was wondering why you put the Timer into the TimerView, wouldn't it be better to put the Timer directly in the TimerModel? Then I was wondering, if it's possible to avoid the fact that the clothingItemView has to know about all the DropTargets. Is there a way to get the Drag'n Drop functionality out of the clothingItemView?

Thanks a lot!

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