I want to make Flash games like on addicting games, BUT $700 for Adobe Flash!?! I can't afford that!
So how can i use an Adobe Flash alternative and to make games?
nsutton 0 Light Poster
SgtMe 46 Veteran Poster Featured Poster
there are a few cheap flash alternatives...unfortunately, in this case, they are free for a reason. Swish Max is probably the best alternative I have seen, but I'm not sure whether you can make games on it or if it's just animations...hey i've just found flashdevelop.org...im gonna check it out
SgtMe 46 Veteran Poster Featured Poster
OK...follow these steps very carefully:
1. Download the FlashDevelop IDE here
2. Download the debuggers: here and here
3. Download the Adobe Flex 4 SDK here
4. Extract the Flex SDK to somewhere like "C:\FlexSDK" and install the debuggers.
5. VERY IMPORTANT! Go to "<SDK location>/frameworks/libs/player" and make a new folder called 9.0 (if there isn't already). If there is a folder there already, check that there is the following file: "playerglobal.swc". If not, download it here. Copy "playerglobal.swc" from inside the zip into the new folder ("<SDK location>/frameworks/libs/player/9.0").
6. Open up FlashDevlop. On the toolbar click "tools" --> "program settings". Under AS3 context, under language, there should be a field for the FlexSDK location. This is just where you extracted the SDK zip (eg. "C:\FlexSDK").
7. Make a new AS3 project, write some AS3 code and click on the toolbar: "Project" --> "Test Movie".
8. When your finished click build to generate all the required files.
Enjoy!
Mark
<Rushes off to learn some AS3>
PS. If you have any problems regarding set-up, just ask me. I am trying to remember these steps from abotu 10 mins ago, but I wasn't taking it all in, so it might be wrong. However, I'm pretty sure I've covered everything.
nsutton 0 Light Poster
can you animate anything or bring in buttons ect. like in flash even outside the ide itself?
thanks for the info btw
SgtMe 46 Veteran Poster Featured Poster
the anser is: I don't really know! You'll just have to google around and find out what you can do. The answer is that you can probably do anything that you can in Flash CS, but in AS3 code. Not sure what you mean about "outside the IDE though".
SgtMe 46 Veteran Poster Featured Poster
Oh and let me know how your doing with Python ;)
nsutton 0 Light Poster
Pythons awesome. btw nice youtube channel. I'm 13 too :)
SgtMe 46 Veteran Poster Featured Poster
So yah...you go learn AS3?
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