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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-01-16 19:46
and by flash games, the cat means like sim dates
what software would be the best for doing that.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-01-16 20:24
I'm not a Flash/AS dev myself, but I believe the gold standard would be Adobe Flash Builder. You might be able to get yourself a free copy from Adobe here:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet-archive/flex/free/
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silentselene wrote on 2011-01-16 20:46
And be sure to take time and learn Actionscript 3. It's the coding language that Flash uses, and you can't really get anywhere without it.
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Shizukani wrote on 2011-01-30 17:53
A bit late, but you should use Adobe Flash Professional CS5. It's the latest version, and you have to pay for it, but it's the only program you should be using to make flash games. It's what I use :D
It's about $600-$1000, so don't buy it unless you really want to make flash games.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-01-30 20:39
Yeah, and advising someone who has no clue what Flash development is to shell out "$600-$1000" is truly wonderful advice. :( Admittedly, Flash Builder (which is geared more towards coding) is harder to use for game development than Flash Professional (which is geared more towards animation), so perhaps I should not have called it the gold standard. :P But it's still free, capable and a good learning experience, none the less.
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Shizukani wrote on 2011-01-30 22:45
Quote from Yoorah;311280:
Yeah, and advising someone who has no clue what Flash development is to shell out "$600-$1000" is truly wonderful advice. :( Admittedly, Flash Builder (which is geared more towards coding) is harder to use for game development than Flash Professional (which is geared more towards animation), so perhaps I should not have called it the gold standard. :P But it's still free, capable and a good learning experience, none the less.
I advised him to not buy it unless he really wanted to.
And he asked what the best software to develop flash games would be, so... I just wrote my opinion.
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Roy Mustang wrote on 2011-01-31 02:44
I personally use CS3 only because I shelled out $300 for it 3 years ago and haven't had the money to shell out that kind of money to keep updated. Besides, any good game progammer will be doing most of the animation work in code. There is some sprites you need to make for the animations though and the movie clips for that. But that's beside the point.
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Shizukani wrote on 2011-01-31 02:47
Quote from kingofrunes;311896:
I personally use CS3 only because I shelled out $300 for it 3 years ago and haven't had the money to shell out that kind of money to keep updated. Besides, any good game progammer will be doing most of the animation work in code. There is some sprites you need to make for the animations though and the movie clips for that. But that's beside the point.
Yeah, any version would be fine.
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Cannibal wrote on 2011-01-31 02:48
And you really don't have to pay for it. But I'm sure you know that, Cat~
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silentselene wrote on 2011-01-31 23:07
Quote from Yoorah;311280:
Yeah, and advising someone who has no clue what Flash development is to shell out "$600-$1000" is truly wonderful advice. :( Admittedly, Flash Builder (which is geared more towards coding) is harder to use for game development than Flash Professional (which is geared more towards animation), so perhaps I should not have called it the gold standard. :P But it's still free, capable and a good learning experience, none the less.
Flash Builder aka Flex is much better for programming Flash games. Experienced coders in Flash will tell you to not have any code at all on the timeline, and well Flex doesn't even let you.
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Shizukani wrote on 2011-01-31 23:09
Quote from silentselene;313164:
Flash Builder aka Flex is much better for programming Flash games. Experienced coders in Flash will tell you to not have any code at all on the timeline, and well Flex doesn't even let you.
Yeah, I believe Flex is integrated with Adobe Flash Professional CS5.
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Yoorah wrote on 2011-02-03 03:49
Quote from silentselene;313164:
Flash Builder aka Flex is much better for programming Flash games. Experienced coders in Flash will tell you to not have any code at all on the timeline, and well Flex doesn't even let you.
Programming, yes. But game development is more than just programming. :P Ideally, a combination of the tools would be used. But that's for major projects. And in any case, Builder makes one learn AS and that's a good place to start. x3
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Cucurbita wrote on 2011-02-03 19:53
Cat, I can't believe you just asked what software you need to make flash games.