Are you ready to jump into the world of game development? "Game Development with ActionScript" is the guide that can show you the way! You'll cover the basics of programming with ActionScript and will explore the incredible development possibilities offered by Macromedia Flash MX 2004. You'll develop the animation techniques you need to keep players coming back for more. Transform your game as you learn how ActionScript can be used to create amazing sound effects that flow seamlessly into your game's script. When you're ready, move on to advanced math and components topics that can take your game to new levels of realism. By the time you're finished, you'll be able to put everything you've learned together and begin creating amazing, eyepopping games!Features This book is a companion to Macromedia Flash MX Game Programming. It is targeted at the beginnerintermediate user; the Flash MX book is for intermediateadvanced user. Focuses more on artistic game design and programming; the Flash MX book is heavier on the programming side. Requires no prior programming knowledge and no prior Flash MX knowledge. Covers Flash MX's newest features. Many competing titles do not because they are based on Flash 5 Annotation Are you ready to jump into the world of game development? "Game Development with ActionScript" is the guide that can show you the way! You?ll cover the basics of programming with ActionScript and will explore the incredible development possibilities offered by Macromedia Flash MX 2004. You'll develop the animation techniques you need to keep players coming back for more. Transform your game as you learn how ActionScript can be used to create amazing sound effects that flow seamlessly into your game's script. When you?re ready, move on to advanced math and components topics that can take your game to new levels of realism. By the time you're finished, you'll be able to put everything you've learned together and begin creating amazing, eye-popping games! An introduction to ActionScript, the scripting language of Macromedia Flash MX, explains how to use the technology in the field of game design and programming, covering the latest features of Flash MX, exploring the use of ActionScript to create interactive games, and including an accompanying CD-ROM. Original. (Intermediate) "In this book, I have tried to take programmers, graphic designers, Web developers, and animators to a place of pure fantasy-painlessly."
