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:
Here’s a quick update on the status of Run, Humanoid, Run!
I’ve got bombs that explode when you touch them, turrets that rotate and shoot in 8 directions, keys that unlock electrified doors, electrified doors that will fry your ass if you touch them, and robots that… well the robots just stand there for the moment because I haven’t written any AI for them yet.
I’m working without a design doc or an exact game that I want to emulate so I’m not sure of the final direction. I’m just playing with pixels, Flixel, and FlashDevelop!
Want to extend your Flash/Flex game to include social media content? Check out these Actionscript 3.0 APIs:
var randomThought:int = Math.floor(Math.random() * thoughtsInHead);
I recently rewrote the random level generation code for my current game project, Hell Invades Mars. In addition to the levels being generated much faster, they now feel a lot more random. In my last Flash game project, I had to write a separate application to do level design. While designing a level editor was fun, it was also a good bit of extra work. Thinking about the differences in the development experiences between my current and previous project, I remembered this blog post by Adam “Atomic” Saltsman.
Long story short: a little bit of randomness in your games can be a good thing for the developer (less work) and the player (more variety and replayability).
I always think its interesting to see how a game progresses through the development process. Here are a couple of developmental snapshots of the Flex version of my thesis game.
