Flash "Find the differences" game creation tutorial - Part 2

Here comes the second part. Today I don't have time enough to write it all, so I'm going to split it in two parts: Part 2a and part 2b.

This first part will consist only in the game and the source code and the next will be the explanation.



Download the source code if you want, but don't worry,I will explain it soon.

A prototype

This is a game we made. I think it's quite interesting.
I plan to make a tutorial in a few days, but till then you
can download the .fla if you want.


Your ball moves with arrow keys

New look

As you may have noticed, we've changed the page's
look. That's why we haven't written for a while, but
now we're back with more interesting articles. See
you


By the way, check this songs at Newgrounds:

- Space pirates, by chainsaw_09
- Your prelude, by Bosa
- Chaoz Japan, by ParagonX9


Happy Christmas!

The composer

Do you know The Composer, by JAZZA? You can
have a look at it at Newgrounds.

"The Composer is an animation following the life cycle
of a young boy to adulthood, who uses the purity of
music to heal wounds, and inspire the hearts of others"

It is really beautiful and also quite sad, I recommend all
of you to watch it.

I think Newgrounds is a very good place to find games,
animations and music, especially music and I enjoy visiting
it to have a look at really good stuff.

Moving!

Because of some curious facts, next friday ( yes, tomorrow)
we're moving to:

http://rjflashgames.blogspot.com

So, don't forget it, don't visit rjgamez anymore if you're
looking for the best blog about flash games, visit
rjflashgames!

Escape from the time

Do you know Escape from the time, from Crazy Genius?

It's very, very good and also hard, really hard. At the
moment I'm writting this, only 189 people out of 691764
managed to beat it. Can you be number 190? I can't. I
get stuck here:




One last thing: don't try to cheat by right-clicking, it's fatal,
believe me...

Where to find good music for your games

Looking for some good music to add to your games? Have a
look at Newgrounds Audio Portal. There are lots of musics
tracks, the only thing you have to do if you add them to your
creations is to give credit to the artist.

Here you have a list of some of my favourites:

- Twilight Techno, by Dimrain 47
- Surface, by Dimrain 47
- Chaoz Fantasy, by Paragon X9
- Mazidon's Fury, by Paragon X9
- A simple Jazz, by SasquaMox
- Playing Poker, by Cheez-R-Us
- Christmas Reloaded, by RaustBlackDragon
- Polar 240, by Paragon X9

A little game by us

Flash "Find the differences" game creation tutorial - Part 1

Hi, in this tutorial we'll see how to make a flash
game similar to 5 Differences. Of course, in Flash
things can be done in lots of different ways, so we'll
cover only one of them, maybe not the best, but
it will work.


Lets see what I have in my flash document:

There are 6 layers:

- Image 1: A drawing
- Image 2: The same drawing, but with some changes
- Contour: Some black lines, to make it look better
- Button/s: In this layer I drew an invisible button
over the differences, instanced as "Df1_btn"
- Text: A dynamic text field instanced as "congrat"
- Actions: The actions layer.


In the actions layer I introduced this code:

Df1_btn.onRelease = function() {
_root.congrat.text = "Well done! You found the difference!"
};

And that's it. Lets see what do we get:

Oh, that's really primitive... when you place your mouse over the difference, it turns into a little hand. We need to solve this problem. Lets think...

If you can't see the cursor, then you won't see the
little hand... Great!
But... wait a moment... then you won't know where
your mouse is and you won't be able to play. We'll
have to make our own custom cursor.

This is very easy, don't worry. All you have to do
is to create a movie clip and link it as cursor




How do I do that!!??

Firstly, create a new MovieClip [in the image, rounded
in green] and draw an arrow.Once you have it created,
don't forget to open it's properties panel and tick
"Export for ActionScript" and give it the identifier
"cursor".

And now, the ActionScript

The only ActionScript I have is in the layer actions, in
the first frame. This is what I wrote:

Mouse.hide();
attachMovie("cursor", "cursor", 1);
cursor.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._x = _xmouse;
this._y = _ymouse;
};
Df1_btn.onRelease = function() {
_root.congrat.text = "Well done! You found the difference!"
};

And that's all.


This is the final result. Of course, it's not
finished, but the rest will have to wait for
Part 2.

Coming soon... flash tutorials!

I'm glad to announce that in a few days, we'll be publishing
our first flash tutorial. Please be patient while we prepare it.
We're also going to change the blog's look. It's a lot of
work, but I think that it'll be ready for Wednesday.

Thanks for reading ;)

Bubble Tanks

Don't play Bubble Tanks if you have anything
important to do, because once you begin playing,
you can't stop. It's not addictive. It's a drug!



In this game you begin playing as a small bubble
thing that shoots tiny red bubbles and you can
become a huge (bubble) monster that shoots lots
of big, red bubbles. Your tank grows when you
destroy your enemies and pick up the bubbles they
leave, but don't get hit by their attacks, or you'll
become smaller and less powerful.

Base Jumping

Base jumping is a strange game by Bubble
Box where your objective is to become the
king of extreme sports by being promoted
from league to league until you challenge
the king of extreme sports and beat him.
All you need is to have great reflexes and
you'll dominate the game. In my opinion,
it's very original and also addictive.

The Fancy Pants Adventure

Fancy Pants Adventure is a flash game
created by DrNeroCF and sponsored by
Armor Games.



What I like about this game are the guy's
movements. They're so funny... He's kind
of a crazy runner, he can climb even
the hardest loops, no matter if he's
upside-down.
All these things, along with good
music and easy controls, make a
really funny game.

Bloons!

Bloons is a simple, funny game developed by NinjaKiwi



In this game you are a monkey who has to pop
a minimum number of balloons to advance to
the next stage. You can also pop special bloons,
which help you to pop more balloons with their
special effects. Some levels are very easy, but
others are really challenging. You have a limited
number of darts, so use them wisely. It's very
easy for everyone to understand and play, and
funny too.

You can also play More bloons and Bloons
Tower Defence.