http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development.aspxenhttp://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/56559.aspxThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:15:34 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:56559sategroupThis tutorial will guide you on how to easily convert flv to swf file format, the one used for flash files. You don’t need to purchase software for this, but there is one freely available that easily converts flv to swf file format. In this tutorial, you will learn to convert flv files to swf format using freely available software called Free...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/12615.aspxFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:47 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:12615MatthewCaspersonIn part 10 of the series we add the ability to display a scrolling tiled background. In part 9 of the series we added the ability to define a level structure using a series of timed function calls. This works well for placing enemies on the screen, but is not so useful for drawing the background level. In this article we will add the ability to ren...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/12614.aspxFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:47:26 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:12614MatthewCaspersonIn this article we implement a system to define a level within the game. To this point our "level" has really just been one endless stream of randomly placed enemies. Obviously this is not ideal as it gives us as the developer no control over how the level plays out. In order for us to provide a structured level design we need a way to de...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/11891.aspxFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:46:09 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11891MatthewCaspersonIn part 8 of this series we add some music and sound effects. In part 7 we added the ability to play animations, which then gave us some nice explosions. At this point we almost have something resembling a game, except for one: sound. In this article we will add some sound and music to the game. Fortunately for us Flex makes embedding, playing and ...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/11890.aspxFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:45:07 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11890MatthewCaspersonIn part 6 we added collision detection. In part 7 we will add animations to allow us to include some nice explosions. In part 6 we introduced collision detection, which allowed us to destroy and crash into the enemies on the screen. But the enemies just disappeared, which was a little unsatasifying. In this article we will add animations, which in ...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/11889.aspxFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:43:34 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11889MatthewCaspersonIn part 5 we added some enemies and gave the player the ability to fire it weapons. In part 6 we will add collision detection to allow the player to actually shoot the enemies. Collision detection is the ability to detect when two objects have collided, and then react appropriately. In part 5 we gave the player the ability to fire weapons at the on...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/11016.aspxFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:41:43 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11016MatthewCaspersonIn part 4 of the series we added user input, and created a scrolling background to simulate flying over an ocean. In part 5 we will add some enemy fighters and player weapons. At this point in the series we have implemented enough underlying code to make adding new elements to the game quite easy. With GameObjectManager and GameObject classes handl...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/11015.aspxFri, 06 Nov 2009 20:40:02 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11015MatthewCaspersonIn part 3 of the series we finally got to draw some graphics to the screen. In part 4 we will take this one step further and make the game object interactive. We will also create a background level that the player can fly over. The majority of Flash games tend to be quite simple in nature. They are 5 – 10 minute distractions that are played during ...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/11014.aspxThu, 05 Nov 2009 18:02:10 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11014MatthewCaspersonIn part 3 we will add some graphics resources and display them on the screen. When writing a new program there is always a point where you first get to see the fruits of your labour. With the state and rendering “plumbing” now done we can start doing some fun stuff by adding graphics to our game and displaying them on the screen. But before we do l...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/11012.aspxThu, 05 Nov 2009 17:58:48 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11012MatthewCaspersonIn part one of the series we created the initial Flex application class. In part two we will be adding states and a double buffered rendering process. In part one of the series we created the initial Flex application class. In part two we will be adding states and a double buffered rendering process. States are quite self explanatory: they represen...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/54236.aspxFri, 30 Oct 2009 13:20:46 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:54236tsvwrOpenLaszlo is a popular technology and even though it is not new, there are many Web developers, who haven't heard about it. This is not something to be ashamed of – when you have in mind how many Web technologies and tools exist, it is not surprising there are technologies you haven't heard of. How OpenLaszlo Started Before Open Lasz...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/13775.aspxThu, 08 Oct 2009 09:39:10 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:13775MatthewCaspersonLearn how to modify the texture of a Papervision 3D Collada model at run time. VIEW THE DEMO DOWNLOAD THE CODE In article Papervision 3D Programming Tutorial - Loading and Displaying a 3D Model we looked at how to embed, load and display a 3D Collada model with Papervision 3D. In order to allow us to embed the texture into the final SWF file we had...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/6996.aspxMon, 05 Oct 2009 15:24:59 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:6996MatthewCaspersonAdobe Flex takes the power of Flash to a new level, but what exactly is Flex, and who is it targeted at? This article will give you a brief introduction to Flex, and will highlight some of the differences between Flex and Flash. Transferring the interactivity that desktop applications have taken for granted onto the web has proved to be a daunt...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/14494.aspxMon, 05 Oct 2009 15:06:05 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:14494MatthewCaspersonA Silverlight development tutorial that shows you how to create your own 2D web based games. This series attempts to recreate a game originally developed with Flash, and can be used to highlight the differences between the two platforms. When it has come to displaying rich content on the web Flash was king. Its widespread deployment on Internet con...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/14557.aspxThu, 01 Oct 2009 03:53:09 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:14557MatthewCaspersonA silverlight development tutorial that shows you how to create your own 2D games. This series attempts to recreate a game developed with Flash, and can be used to highlight the differences between the two platforms. In this article we will add keyboard input and start creating the game elements. In the last article we created some base code to dra...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/15029.aspxThu, 01 Oct 2009 03:50:11 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:15029MatthewCaspersonA silverlight development tutorial that shows you how to create your own 2D games. This series attempts to recreate a game developed with Flash, and can be used to highlight the differences between the two platforms. This article shows you have to implement state management In this article we will take a look at state management. The term “state ma...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/14372.aspxTue, 29 Sep 2009 10:27:13 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:14372MatthewCaspersonA Flex / Actionscript development tutorial that shows you how to use the Papervision 3D egine to create 3D Flash effects in your webpage. This article shows you how to display a movie as an animated texture on a Papervision 3D model. Flash has always had excellent multimedia capabilities, and as we saw in the article Papervision 3D Programming ...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/14251.aspxTue, 29 Sep 2009 10:20:42 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:14251MatthewCaspersonA Flex / Actionscript development tutorial that shows you how to use the Papervision 3D egine to create 3D Flash effects in your webpage. This article demonstrates the use of Flash filters with Papervision 3D objects. Flash comes with the ability to apply filters to graphical objects, which allows you to create some interesting effects like blu...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/13776.aspxTue, 29 Sep 2009 10:20:09 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:13776MatthewCaspersonA Flex / Actionscript development tutorial that shows you how to use the Papervision 3D egine to create 3D Flash effects in your webpage. This article shows you how to add real time physics to the Papervision 3D engine. I remember the first time I played Jurassic Park: Trespasser . It was one of the first games to implement physics. I was in aw...http://www.brighthub.com/internet/web-development/articles/13880.aspxTue, 29 Sep 2009 10:19:34 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:13880MatthewCaspersonA Flex / Actionscript development tutorial that shows you how to use the Papervision 3D egine to create 3D Flash effects in your webpage. This article looks at the various shading techniques available in Papervision 3D. Shading is a technique used to highlight a 3D model against a light source. In previous articles no shading at all was used – ...