Adrian Parr’s Blog

I have just come across four great animations called Understanding Games. Each episode (1, 2, 3 and 4) looks at a different aspect of game design and is done in a simple, engaging and interactive way. I love the retro styling and the way the information is presented.

Whilst you are there (http://www.pixelate.de), check out the game called Mr Bounce.

I have just come across some great video tutorials for the Box2D physics engine in Flash AS3. They have been recorded by a chap called Todd Kerpelman. The website address is …

http://www.kerp.net/box2d/

He has over 70 screencasts on there going through the process of using Box2DFlashAS3.

I also found a few useful links over on a blog post by Matthijs Kamstra.

Lynda.com has some free video tutorials called ‘Flash Catalyst Beta Preview’. I’m not sure how long these are going to be available for free for, so go and take a look now, while you can. The training is broken down in to the following categories …

• Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Understanding Flash Catalyst
  • Using the exercise files
• Creating a Simple Project
  • Creating a Flash Catalyst project
  • Adding components and change properties
  • Exploring component states and testing a movie
  • Creating additional page states
  • Adding interactions to move between states
  • Enabling smooth transitions on the timeline
• Using Design Applications
  • Creating content in Photoshop
  • Creating content in Illustrator
  • Editing content with Illustrator
• Publishing a Flash Catalyst Project
  • Publishing and deploying a movie
  • Working with Flex Builder
• Conclusion
  • Goodbye