Flash Game Programming

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Making games can be very rewarding and it's not too difficult to get started. To begin learning Flash games programming, start with the tools to actually start building them. There's a broad range of tools out there, but you can get started by downloading a trial of Adobe Flash, or else using a free and open-source tool such as FlashDevelop and MTASC.

Fundamentals
Animation
Artificial Intelligence / Behavior
Maths
Physics and Physics Engines
Sound
3D Engines and APIs
More Resources

Master Tutorial Index

Fundamentals

Anatomy of a Flash Game, Lesson 1: Setting Up the Game— MochiLand article.
Anatomy of a Flash Game, Lesson 2: Creating Enemies & The Game Environment— MochiLand article.
Anatomy of a Flash Game, Lesson 3: MochiAds, MochiBot and MochiAds Leaderboards— MochiLand article.
AS3 Avoider Game Tutorial
Understanding Flash’s Coordinate Systems
Firefox, Flash and Keyboard Events— MochiLand article.
The Basics of Multi-Player Games
Create a Flash Racing Game— tutorial.
Tip: Launching Pop-Ups From Flash— MochiLand tip.

Animation

Artificial Intelligence / Behavior

Flash Artificial Intelligence, Part 1— video tutorial.
Flash Artificial Intelligence, Part 2— video tutorial.
Pathfinding - Tony Pa's Flash-based tutorial on pathfinding
State Machines - State machines are invaluable for enemy / npc behavior!
Steering Behaviors and Boids - Very simplistic AI / Behavior pattern
- Overview and resource list - Useful overview of steering behaviors you can use
- AS3 Boid Flocking Simulation - See steering and flocking in action