WARNING!!! THIS IS NOT A FULL STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL!

I assume that you already know how to compile a swf with Flash Develop, but I’ll try to go over the basic steps as a quick review. There are quite a few steps along the way to get everything working, so since I don’t want to reinvent the wheel with this how-to so I’ll instead direct you to the original sources I followed where it makes sense:

What you need:

• FlashDevelop
• JRE 1.6
• Flex 4 SDK
• Air for Android SDK and Runtime for Andoid 2.2 Emulator
• Android SDK
• Flixel (optional)

Install and configure FlashDevelop if you haven’t already. FlashGamesDojo also has a nice install/configure tutorial. Click here to read more »

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Level design is a pain if you don’t have a decent tool. I’ve been using Tiled, a nice little open source tile map editor. One nifty thing you can do is write your own plugin so you can support any map format you need!

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Adobe and Google have made porting Flash games to the Android platform painfully easy. I’ve reworked Hell Invades Mars to run on Air for Android. Here are a couple of updated screenshots:

UPDATE:

I was having problems getting the original version to run on the Android Emulator, so the entire game has been ported to Flixel!

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Run, Humanoid, Run! running on the Android SDK emulator:

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An updated teaser:

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Slow and steady wins the race. Here’s a screenshot of some recent in-game artwork:

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A little teaser pic:

Compare to the original:

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I still have a lot of other commitments that will keep me from doing a lot of game development, but I have begun porting the Run, Humanoid, Run! code over to Flixel 2. In the process I’m doing a lot of rewrites and redesign a good chunk of the game which will  (hopefully) include semi-dynamically generated levels and all new artwork. More updates later, just don’t expect them quickly

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Adam Atomic has just released Flixel 2.0!

Flixel is an Actionscript 3 library designed to simplify Flash game creation. I’ve used Flixel on Gunpei Mania and Run, Humanoid, Run! and think that it is really a great tool. The new version breaks backwards compatibility, but it has some exciting new features, a number of bug fixes, and many general improvements.

Here are the important links:

• Download
• Announcement
• Release Notes
• Porting Guide (1.5 to 2.0)
• Demos

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Run, Humanoid, Run! is a short prototype game created with Flixel. The game is set on a space station that is about to explode. You must find keys to unlock the electrified doors and escape the bombs, blazing guns, and evil robots – all while completely unarmed. Run for your life, humanoid. Run!

There is no sound, but the game is otherwise complete. Be warned: the game is HARD, retro throw your NES controller across the room hard!

Play Run, Humanoid, Run! Online!

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