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Flash/Flex questions
Posted by Gilvado
April 15th, 2009 12:40 pm
Hey all — I’ve done my previous two entries (one mini ld, and ld 13) in python with pygame, but this time I’m considering using flash. I’m just wondering if anyone knows a good suite of open tools to work with flash/flex? I have literally no experience with any of that stuff, although I’m a professional (if junior) java developer.
Well, if you think it is a good idea to do something new for LD, let’s have a look here: http://disruption.ca/archives/actionscript-and-mxmlc/
Hybridmind gave that link some posts ago and it is very interesting for flash/flex developers….have fun, ToM
Not really shore what kind of tools you are looking for but here is a list http://osflash.org/open_source_flash_projects
Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I think I’m gonna be using that link that hybridmind suggested — http://www.gamepoetry.com/blog/2008/03/26/make-flash-games-for-free/
and try Flash Develop
Hey Gilvado.. good to “see” you again! As you perhaps noticed I too am gonna try using Flash/AS3 this compo as well. I can’t wait.
Glad there are free flash tools out there that people keep recommending and I hope some of my links prove fruitful!
I recommend haXe (http://haxe.org/) for your open flash development needs. Language is similar to AS3, API is fairly well documented and it has nice tutorials and guides too. You can use swfmill or similar tool to include your assets (sounds, graphics) to your project.
Here is my sample project, coded with haXe: http://www.students.tut.fi/~raskuj/spacemap/
Read more about it and the tools used in here:
http://www.students.tut.fi/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/raskuj/piki.py/SpaceMap
I’d also recommend haXe, together with the FlashDevelop IDE and Tile Studio for graphics. Here is some base code which I made before last LD: http://www.wieringsoftware.eu/ (see the readme.txt for setting everything up).
Wiering — Thanks for the heads up. I spent some time looking through haXe, and it sure is tempting. I’m looking through your example now, and if it looks like it’ll work decently, I’ll try using it for this compo!