Category Archives: ActionScript

MinimalDesigner … um … Alpha?

Posted on August 10, 2009 by keith

I don’t know what you want to call it, but I wrapped up the rest of the properties panel and plain vanilla code gen. VERY minimal testing, so let me know what breaks, as I’m sure something will. Tomorrow I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Components, Flash | 7 Comments

MinimalDesigner working preview

Posted on August 9, 2009 by keith

Go check it out! http://www.bit-101.com/MinimalDesigner/ Still lots to do. As far as the properties panel goes, the first column should pretty much work. The second column partially works. The others, not at all. As far as code generation, it just … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Components, Flash | 11 Comments

MinimalDesigner

Posted on August 9, 2009 by keith

Ooh, look what I am playing with…

Posted in ActionScript, Components, Flash | 5 Comments

The Need for AS3 (non-Flex) UI Components

Posted on August 9, 2009 by keith

Am I the only one to notice a gigantic gap in the Flash Platform? I’m talking about the lack of AS3-only UI components. Currently there are three main ways to create a Flash application. 1. Use Flex and MXML in … Continue reading →

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Minimal Comps: Plans

Posted on August 8, 2009 by keith

A few things I have in mind for the components: – A tick property on the sliders. Currently, you can set the label precision which is ok, but it doesn’t affect the resulting value of the component. So you might … Continue reading →

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Minimal Components: HBox, VBox

Posted on August 8, 2009 by keith

Long overdue, a couple of simple layout containers. HBox and VBox. You just create them, add components to them and they lay out the components vertically or horizontally. You can adjust the spacing. I had to go in and do … Continue reading →

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Blobs, iteration 2

Posted on August 8, 2009 by keith

Worked on this some more…

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Blobs

Posted on August 7, 2009 by keith

Just kicking back with some good old fashioned Flash experimentation.

Posted in ActionScript, Flash | 9 Comments

New MinimalComp component: Window

Posted on August 5, 2009 by keith

To celebrate my return to the world of Flash, here’s a new component to go into the Minimal Components set: Quite simple, just two panels and a label, made draggable. I created a simple version for a level editor I’m … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Game Architecture

Posted on June 11, 2009 by keith

I’ve made a few games in my time. And made various parts of a few other games for other people. Most of the games that I’ve worked on have been pretty simple, but recently I’ve been working on some more … Continue reading →

Posted in ActionScript, Flash, General, iPhone, Objective C | 41 Comments