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Jan 27, 2012 Flash, General
Minko is one of the lesser-known Stage3D frameworks but it is actually one of the most advanced. Developed in France by Aerys , Minko boasts some of the best technology for things like 3D model compression, dynamic lighting effects, and hardware-accelerated animations. Aerys has just launched a preview level of their first game built using the Minko engine. In Black Sun , you are tasked with killing not only zombies, but Nazi zombies.
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Jan 27, 2012 Flash, General
Minko is one of the lesser-known Stage3D frameworks but it is actually one of the most advanced. Developed in France by Aerys , Minko boasts some of the best technology for things like 3D model compression, dynamic lighting effects, and hardware-accelerated animations. Aerys has just launched a preview level of their first game built using the Minko engine. In Black Sun , you are tasked with killing not only zombies, but Nazi zombies.
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Jan 27, 2012 Flash, General
Minko is one of the lesser-known Stage3D frameworks but it is actually one of the most advanced. Developed in France by Aerys , Minko boasts some of the best technology for things like 3D model compression, dynamic lighting effects, and hardware-accelerated animations. Aerys has just launched a preview level of their first game built using the Minko engine. In Black Sun , you are tasked with killing not only zombies, but Nazi zombies.
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Jan 27, 2012 Flash, General, Tutorials
In this quick tip I show you how to finally get rid of Flash’s right-click context menu once and for all! You can now listen to a right-click event and use it for a custom menu or for game play. Exciting stuff!
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Jan 27, 2012 Actionscript 3.0, AIR, Flash, General, Tutorials
With winter here, there’s never a dull moment for professional and even amateur photographers. Sure, the cold, icy weather can be a challenge but once you capture those amazing landscapes , there’s nothing like it. This is a season of snow, bright colours and monochromatic tones that can make for a stunning photograph , one that you would want to set as a wallpaper or even frame it. In today’s post, we’re showcasing 35 amazing winter photographs that will make your heart melt with their beauty. Enjoy! If you’re into photography, you might also want to check out these posts below: 30 Best Macro Photography Shots 30 Best National Geographic Photos 2011 25 Examples of HDR Architectural Photography Amazing Winter Photography 1.
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Jan 26, 2012 Flash, General, Tutorials
I just uploaded a new tutorial that explains how to use the new mouse lock feature that is included in Flash Player 11.2 . This feature allows you to create infinite mouse scrolling while in fullscreen mode, which is essential for things like first-person shooter games.
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Jan 26, 2012 Actionscript 3.0, AIR, Flash, Flex, General, Resources, Tutorials
If you, like many Flash developers, are looking into using HTML5 for your web apps, you’ll almost certainly have come across jQuery. It’s a very popular JavaScript library, used by a large percentage of the most visited websites – but what’s all the fuss about, and should you use it? Background If you know AS3, you basically know a lot of JavaScript already; the two languages are very similar. So it’s tempting to just jump straight in and code – but there are a few important concepts you need to understand first.
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Jan 26, 2012 Actionscript 3.0, AIR, Flash, Flex, General, Tutorials
Joomla is a flexible and powerful open source content management system (CMS) that makes your site easy to build whether is about a personal portofolio, an e-commerce site or a business presentation website. If you have experience in code writing will see that Joomla isn’t difficult to learn. These Joomla templates are a perfect start for you and don’t forget about the community that will answer your questions if you’re stuck on the road. In this post we’ve collected some of the best free Joomla templates for our readers.
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Jan 25, 2012 AIR, Flash, Flex, General, Resources
Over the next few days I’ll be presenting about Java, Play Framework, and Scala on Heroku at a couple Java User Groups and a MongoDB conference: Cincinnati JUG on January 26th Detroit JUG on January 31st MongoDB Boulder on Febuary 1st Hope to see you there!
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Jan 25, 2012 Actionscript 3.0, AIR, Flash, Flex, General, Resources, Tutorials
Hey Flash developers! In this tutorial series we are going to go through the process of developing a very basic Tower Defense game. In this first part of the series, we’ll learn how to deploy turrets on the game field, give them the ability to aim at an object (in this case, the mouse) and make them fire particles. Final Result Preview Once we complete this tutorial, we are going to have this: Click a circle to mount a turret on it. Notice how all the turrets rotate so that they point towards the mouse cursor.
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