Slides from my #AEL12 workshop. Joseph Labrecque shows you how to build a simple game for mobile devices that teaches concepts. You’ll assemble components into a mobile game that can be deployed to multiple mobile devices. We will cover Timing, Mouse Interaction, Character Movement, Object Rotation, Scrolling Backgrounds, Obstacles, Collision Detection, Game Loop, Scoreboard, Player Health, Asset Skinning, Sound Managers, Game States, Movement Constraints, Packages/Classes, Randomization, Garbage Collection, and Game Cleanup!

1. GAME DESIGN WITH ADOBE ®
FLASH® PROFESSIONAL CS6
Joseph Labrecque
Adobe Summer Institute | July 26th 2012
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2. Joseph Labrecque, MA
Senior Interactive Software Engineer
University of Denver - Office of Teaching and Learning
Adjunct Faculty
Proprietor / Owner
Fractured Vision Media, LLC
Adobe Community Professional
Adobe Education Leader
Adobe Influencer
Author
Packt Publishing
O’Reilly Media
video2brain
Adobe Press
Peachpit
Artist
An Early Morning Letter, Displaced
shivervein
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3. Joseph’s Books, DVDs, & Videos
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4. Here is some more…
Published in: Appears in…
Adobe Inspire Magazine
Adobe Developer Connection
Adobe Developer Center
ZDNet LifeHacker
ActiveTuts+ The Flex Show
CodeBass DU Today
InsideRIA The Clarion
UX Magazine The Source
Flash and Flex Developer Magazine
Runtime Expectations
…and channels like YouTube!
…and more, and more.
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5. Great… what about games?
?
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6. Flash Gaming
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7. Adobe roadmap for Flash runtimes
Adobe believes that the Flash runtimes are particularly
and uniquely suited for two primary use cases: creating
and deploying rich, expressive games with console-
quality graphics and deploying premium video.
This shift in focus for Flash does not mean that existing
content will no longer run, or that Flash cannot be used
for content other than gaming and premium video.
However, it does mean that when prioritizing future
development and bug fixes, gaming and premium video
use cases will take priority.
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8. http://gaming.adobe.com/
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9. Big Names in Flash Gaming
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10. 2D Game Libraries
Starling
[http://gamua.com/starling/]
CitrusEngine
[http://citrusengine.com/]
StarlingPunk
[http://www.andysaia.com/radicalpropositions/
starlingpunk/]
Flixel
[http://flixel.org/]
Axel
[http://www.axgl.org/]
FlashPunk
[http://flashpunk.net/]
SmashIO
[http://smash.io/]
AS3isolib
[http://code.google.com/p/as3isolib/]
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11. 3D Game Libraries
Away3D
[http://away3d.com/]
Alternativa3D
[http://alternativaplatform.com/en/]
Flare3D
[http://www.flare3d.com/]
Unity
[http://unity3d.com/?flash]
Unreal Engine
[http://www.unrealengine.com/flash/]
Minko
[http://aerys.in/minko/]
Sandy3D
[http://www.flashsandy.org/]
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12. Adobe Sponsored
3D
2D
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13. Flash Gaming Concepts
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14. Game Loop
• Anything that needs to
occur as the game is
running.
• Often used for
movement, status,
tracking.
• High level – invokes
other methods.
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15. Background Scrolling
• Used to simulate movement
and add depth to an
experience.
• Normally used with a repeated
bitmap image.
• Recycle.
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16. Player Movement
• Can be done with keyboard,
mouse, or touch.
• Obstacle avoidance.
• Aiming before fire.
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17. Obstacles
• Used to impede the player.
• Often will decrease time, or
remove player health.
• Sometimes can be
Destroyed for points or as
an avoidance technique.
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18. Score / Timing
• Keep track of player
progress.
• Life remaining.
• Score.
• Time.
• Points.
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19. demo
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20. Flash Killa’
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21. Flash Killa’ States
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22. ActionScript for basic gaming
Concepts covered: • Game Loop
• Timing • Scoreboard
• Mouse Interaction • Player Health
• Character Movement • States
• Rotation • Constraints
• Scrolling Backgrounds • Packages/Classes
• Obstacles • Garbage Collection
• Collision Detection • Game Cleanup
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23. LET’S DO THIS!
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24. Mobile Devices
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25. DROID3 + Transformer Prime
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26. Mobile Considerations
To be considered:
• Touch + Gestures
• Device Sensors
• Scaling [StageScaleMode]
• CPU vs. GPU vs. Direct
• AIR Version
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27. Play time!
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28. Thank you.
@JosephLabrecque
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