Today at Future Professionals I could see that some were almost ready to start programming in Flash, but were intimidated by the time that it takes to get used to ActionScript.
It, literally, is another language. Just like Spanish or French, it takes some getting used to. One of the ways that I became familiar with programming was by taking apart other people’s programs.
So I give to you a game that I made for my friend Brian. (In my high school group of friends was Tommy, Tommy, Brian, Brian, and Mike.)
Click on the .fla file to download the source. (Depending on where you are, you may need to right click/control click.)
Test the movie in Flash to see what it does (spacebar fires and arrows move) and then experiment.
As you experiment, try to:
- Increase the amount of money the character gets
- Increase the number of hook gnomes
- Change the amazing artwork
Once you are comfortable with editing the parts of the program, try editing other people’s files and finding tutorials.
