Knowledgebase

[tomsamson]

Here in the games forum we have an excellent collection of information, the more important ones were "stickied" to the top of the forum, but as the great threads kept coming, we were running out of space!

So now all your favorite former sticky flash threads can be found below:

General Flash
Getting around "click here to activate.." Microsoft browser issue
Flash Player Version Penetration
Recommended stage size

Game Creation/coding
Different ways of organising code
The Grand Multiplayer Thread
The elusive hitTest explained
Hitest And Basic Collision
Optimization Tips
Simple fla template (F8, F2004)
flash game development related applications
metanet tutorials on collisions (SAT Collision Detection and Response)
Save Game
Functions to 'Pause' your flash game
Pause and Unpause root timeline and movieclips
Advanced Flash MX Zelda engine
BEAT-EM-UP TUTORIALS by EvilKris
protecting your games
Copy 'n paste gotoAndStop scroller engine
Shootorials at Kongregate
Tips for starting with AS3 and Flash9
AS3 Data Structures For Game Developers

Tutorials by Michael Grundvig from Electrotank
Time-based animation, collision detection, trajectory
A Simple Preventing SQL Injection
A Simple Game in Stages

Tile Based
Tile Based Games by Tonypa
Basic Tile Engines (non-Flash)
Tutorial by Strille

Art Based engines
by Marmotte
by Leight
David Doull
Magnetos

Protecting your highscores
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=731558
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=724500

Info
Tips for those starting a game dev team
So you want to make a mmorpgg?
The Pros and Cons of Licensing (not to be mixed up with licencing your games)
Creating Game Design Document
Articles on starting a game company
Copyright, patents, trademarks, infringments?

Art
Pixel Art
Faster transparent GIFs
Pixel Art tuts:
http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat
http://pixel.nascimpact.com/tutoriaux.php
http://www.derekyu.com/?page_id=218
Isometric Pixel Art / Flash game tutorial AS2

Links on other sites
Flash resources thread at gotoandplay.it
Amit's Game Programming Information
Vectorkid tutorials
Newgrounds bbs-NG AS link list
http://www.tutorialized.com
Flash examples about physics

regarding FlashKit:
FAQ
readme first guide check this if you´re new here
About job offers


Making Money with Flash games:
Licensing to Portals
licensing/sponsorship
http://www.flashgamelicense.com/
http://www.flashgamesponsorship.com/
http://www.mochiads.com/resources/

[tonypa]

Cleaned the thread at 3/apr/09. Please reply if you find broken links or have new suggestions.

[maby]

thankx for the knoledgeable information .........
good work keep it up!.Are you looking for a few easy steps to make money online? Maybe I must ask, if it really does take a few easy steps to making money on the internet With all the hundreds of different ways to work at home on the internetone can easily find yourself trapped in an overload of information which brings you to a point of confusion or indecisiveness

[Stella Richards]

thanks for sharing such a useful information with us, i really appreciate you. Thanks !

[Gogafem]

Hey, you should change www.flashgamelicense.com to www.fgl.com, since they changed their domain name now.

[umut90]

Thanks very good games.

[gamemorph]

A very helpful thread, thanks.

[rayicon]

Here in the games forum we have an excellent collection of information, the more important ones were "stickied" to the top of the forum, but as the great threads kept coming, we were running out of space!

So now all your favorite former sticky flash threads can be found below:

General Flash
Getting around "click here to activate.." Microsoft browser issue
Flash Player Version Penetration
Recommended stage size

Game Creation/coding
Different ways of organising code
The Grand Multiplayer Thread
The elusive hitTest explained
Hitest And Basic Collision
Optimization Tips
Simple fla template (F8, F2004)
flash game development related applications
metanet tutorials on collisions (SAT Collision Detection and Response)
Save Game
Functions to 'Pause' your flash game
Pause and Unpause root timeline and movieclips
Advanced Flash MX Zelda engine
BEAT-EM-UP TUTORIALS by EvilKris
protecting your games
Copy 'n paste gotoAndStop scroller engine
Shootorials at Kongregate
Tips for starting with AS3 and Flash9
AS3 Data Structures For Game Developers

Tutorials by Michael Grundvig from Electrotank
Time-based animation, collision detection, trajectory
A Simple Preventing SQL Injection
A Simple Game in Stages

Tile Based
Tile Based Games by Tonypa
Basic Tile Engines (non-Flash)
Tutorial by Strille

Art Based engines
by Marmotte
by Leight
David Doull
Magnetos

Protecting your highscores
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=731558
http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=724500

Info
Tips for those starting a game dev team
So you want to make a mmorpgg?
The Pros and Cons of Licensing (not to be mixed up with licencing your games)
Creating Game Design Document
Articles on starting a game company
Copyright, patents, trademarks, infringments?

Art
Pixel Art
Faster transparent GIFs
Pixel Art tuts:
http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat
http://pixel.nascimpact.com/tutoriaux.php
http://www.derekyu.com/?page_id=218
http://ultrashock.com/tutorials/flash8/pa1-pixelBasics.php]Isometric Pixel Art / Flash game tutorial AS2[/url]

Links on other sites
Flash resources thread at gotoandplay.it
Amit's Game Programming Information
Vectorkid tutorials
Newgrounds bbs-NG AS link list
http://www.tutorialized.com
Flash examples about physics

regarding FlashKit:
FAQ
readme first guide check this if you´re new here
About job offers


Making Money with Flash games:
Licensing to Portals
licensing/sponsorship
http://www.flashgamelicense.com/
http://www.flashgamesponsorship.com/
http://www.mochiads.com/resources/

Thanks for sharing this information. It has been helpful all the way. keep up the god work