Practical Web Projects, May, 2005. This is an article on how to use Flash to create a dynamically generated soundtrack. Using a careful blend of musical elements, with matching tempos, one could transition between different feelings and intensities of music, without a seams in the transition. Making a dynamic soundtrack where music seamlessly shifts to…
by Glen Rhodes Creating games with Macromedia Flash MX 2004 is a rewarding endeavor for aspiring and seasoned programmers alike. With its quick download time, cross-platform deployment, ease of use, and power, Flash is quickly becoming the program of choice or online game development. The use of vector graphics also makes the games scalable for…
For Practical Web Projects, December, 2004. Creating an animated intro for the hypothetical “Mash and Grab” website. When creating the intro for the Mash & Grab website, it’s important to grab the attention of the visitor right away, with relevant motion graphics that make use of the branding that has been developed thus far. To…
This was a 3 part series for Web Designer Magazine, October, November and December 2004. How to create an audio mixer in Flash, first looking at the task of drawing the graphic assets. One of the things that Flash handles really well is audio. Flash has the ability to play up to 8 stereo audio…
by Sham Bhangal, Anthony Eden, Brad Ferguson, Brian Monnone, Keith Peters, Glen Rhodes, Steve Young, Kristian Besley (Editor) Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Games Most Wanted is the latest title in the popular ‘Most Wanted’ series from friends of ED. This book presents the definitive selection of game design techniques using the latest version of Macromedia…
Practical Web Projects, November, 2004 This article was about creating a game in Flash to fit into the framework of a pre-existing site. When it comes to really showing our stuff, nothing seems to show it better than creating a game for our site. Creating a game says that we don’t just know how to…
Practical Web Projects, September 2004 Using the built in sound timing in Flash MX 2004 to create a rock solid interactive drum machine. Macromedia Flash MX 2004 is a powerful tool, and it allows us to do some amazing stuff. One of its catches, however, derives from the fact that all timing is frame based,…
MX Developer’s Journal, July 2004 (Now called Flex Developer’s Journal). I wrote this article on Game developement in coordination with a new solo book I had coming out. As you can see, they put the reference to my article right along the very top of the magazine. That was nice to see. The full article…
From Web Designer Magazine, August 2004 Displaying an interface at runtime using motion graphics code to animate the elements in to place. One of the best things about Flash is the fact that it allows for interfaces to be created in a very short period of time. We can easily open Flash, drop a few…
Web Designer Magazine, Making a Robust Flash Player Detector, June 2004. Overcoming the differences in Flash version, and creating a single player detector SWF that works for Flash players 4 on up to the latest version. Often, we want to indicate to website visitors and users of our Flash applications what version of Flash player…
