Hey, I've never really been introduced to any of these programming things. I'd love to be able to learn houw to do them. I'm a little frustrated because I don't even know how to do a simple transaction with a server using flash. Anyone know of some tuturial or something like that I could look at so I can learn PHP MySQL and XML? I'm in the process of creating a website and my goal is to make it entirely with flash. But if I can't transfer information back and forth between servers and crud, then the website would stink.

Also, I'm trying to make a 3D breakout type game. Where the paddle turns into your mouse (both x and y) and the ball comes closer than goes far away when it goes to hit a brick. Would that be extremely hard or even possible at that?
I just don't understand how you guys can whip these games off the press like each day or week. I've created only ONE game. And it was just a quiz game. Easy! Anyone have any recommendation of a game that would not be too hard to program for a beginner as my self? I'm good at the animating part, just not so good at the coding part.

Thanks!
Dan


(whew, another LONG message)