Macromedia Flash MX Game Design Demystified - Softcover

Makar, Jobe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201770210 ISBN 13: 9780201770216

Publisher: Macromedia Press, 2002

Synopsis

So you wanna be a hotshot game designer? Well, if you have a basic grasp of Macromedia Flash MX, you can. Unafraid to tackle some of the more complicated aspects of game creation (including physics and trigonometry!), this comprehensive reference covers it all. Macromedia Flash Game Design Demystified starts out with the basics: planning, adapting ActionScript techniques, using introductory Flash game techniques, and more. Then it gets down to the real business of building simple games. You'll tackle simple-logic and quiz games before moving on to multiplayer and complex-logic games (chess, for example)--learning about importing 3-D graphics, adding sound effects, and licensing your games in the process. The book's companion CD includes the source files for a number of games as well as the tutorials and lessons that go along with the book and XML server software to facilitate multiplayer games. If you're tired of the games that you have and want to make your own action, this book offers comprehensive coverage of sophisticated techniques--but put in easy-to-grasp, practical terms.

About this title

About the Author

Web site developer and game creator Jobe Makar is the co-owner and founder of Electrotank as well as the author of two other Flash books: Flash Super Samurai and Flash MX ActionScripting: Advanced Training from the Source.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macromedia Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201770210
• ISBN 13: 9780201770216
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 648