Building Tiled Backgrounds Using Photoshop and Illustrator
on Nov 3, 2009 in Design Illustrator Photoshop Tutorials 3D patterns photoshop texture tiles I can’t wait to get back to publishing Flash tips and code, but we’ve been so wrapped up in ChessJam lately leaving so little time to clean up code and make things more component-ized. I am enjoying the break from programming though, doi...

ChessJam Now Has Robots And A 14-Day FREE Trial
on Oct 20, 2009 in ActionScript 3 Flash Flex Games No new code or demos this week, I spent most of the week and weekend fixing bugs and adding robots to ChessJam. All those who tried out ChessJam and only got a 3 day trial, email us at “chessjam [at] gmail [dot] com”, we are now offering...

Augmented Reality Sound Mixer Demo
on Oct 8, 2009 in ActionScript 3 Audio Flash Flex Augmented Reality flar flartoolkit papervision sound mixer Here is one of the demos we built recently to show some possible uses of Augmented Reality and Flex. This demo uses the FlarToolKit to detect the instrument patterns and place a 3D plane on screen with Papervision 3D. For the main mixer we use mp3s a...

Adobe Now Offers Shareware Option for AIR developers
on Oct 6, 2009 in Flash Flex AIR chess games monetize Just announced, Adobe is adding a shareware option to the AIR Marketplace and handling the credit card transactions. Built much like the iTunes app store, developers can submit apps to the AIR Marketplace where consumers can purchase apps using their...

Use Flash Pro CS5 To Build iPhone Apps
on Oct 6, 2009 in ActionScript 3 Flash iPhone Adobe appstore flash cs5 Flex itunes max I have to admit I was skeptical of the rumors and was not alone ether. There were many tweets on this subjects as everyone speculated what the “Big Flash Announcement” was was going to be. So now it’s out of the bag, you will be abl...

AS3-101: Intro to Functions Part 2 and Class Overview
on Sep 26, 2009 in ActionScript 101 ActionScript 3 Flash Flex Tutorials Actionscript class function getter Howto method properties setter Tutorial The Class: Classes are a collection of variables and/or functions that provide unique functionality. Within a class, functions and variables define the functionality and how that functionality can be expanded or used by other classes or components.

AS3-101: Intro to Functions Part 1
on Sep 13, 2009 in ActionScript 101 ActionScript 3 Flash Flex Tutorials Actionscript argument function Howto method return Tutorial void For Flash Developers: (If you are looking for Flex related stuff, without a timeline, skip down to “The Foundation”.) Functions really are the building blocks of programming. They take your code off the timeline and open doors to more com...

Flash/Flex Tips and Free Book Drawing - Using Test Projects
on Sep 11, 2009 in Tips We will give away 1 free copy of Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation, Making Things Move and Foundation Flash, Cartoon Animation. Details below. Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!$11.71 Foundation Flash Cartoon Anim...

iPhone Watch August 2009
on Aug 27, 2009 in Games iPhone iPhone Application (Game) Reviews. We currently have 4 apps in the store, 2 games, one lite version of a game and a companion app to the book The Business of Design by our founder Joe Desetto. Though we had plans to have at least one new app in the s...

AS3-101: Introduction to Variables
on Aug 5, 2009 in ActionScript 101 ActionScript 3 Flash Flex Tutorials Actionscript 3 101: Introduction to Variables. ActionScript 3 (AS3) 101 is a series that will cover the fundamental use of actionscript in the process of building interactive projects. We will start with an elementary overview of terminology and the...