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Game development
Explore tutorials, resources, and videos to learn how to develop your own games with Adobe game development software.
Announcing Stage 3D: Create hardware-accelerated 3D games and content. Stage 3D, previously codenamed "Molehill," is a new method/model of 2D and 3D rendering developed by Adobe and supported with a new Stage3D API.
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Game development in detail |
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Flash game development software, runtimes, and servers
Understand the building blocks of what makes Flash games work.
Game development performance and optimization
Learn how to develop games with performance in mind.
Distribute, measure, and monetize game development
Explore tutorials, resources, and videos to learn how to distribute, measure, and monetize your game development.
Gaming engines, 3D, and Stage 3D
Get an overview of and learning resources for engines and frameworks for Flash gaming.
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Excerpt: Adobe Flash 11 Stage3D (Molehill) Game Programming Beginner’s Guide
Christer Kaitila (Dec 06, 2011)
Follow this step-by-step guide for creating stunning 3D games in Flash Player 11 Stage3D (Molehill) using ActionScript 3 and AGAL.
Working with 3D cameras
Marco Scabia (Oct 04, 2011)
Add 3D cameras to fly through scenes in your 3D Flash projects.
Starling particle effects
Lee Brimelow (Oct 19, 2011)
Evangelist Lee Brimelow shows you how to add particle effects to your games using the Starling framework.
Creating "Whack!" with Starling and Flash Player 11
Justin Everett-Church (Oct 03, 2011)
Use the 3D APIs in the Starling framework to build amazing 2D games that benefit from Stage 3D hardware acceleration.
Working with the Proscenium framework
Adobe (Oct 03, 2011)
Create and animate 3D shapes and load 3D models using the Proscenium framework.
Creating 3D games and apps with Away3D 4 and Stage 3D – Part 1
Richard Olsson (Sep 21, 2011)
Learn how to create a simple 3D product viewer with minimal effort using Away3D 4.
Working with Alternativa3D
Artem Pecheny, Yuri Maltsev (Sep 21, 2011)
Animate 3D graphics with Alternativa3D.
Building a 3D Flash game with Flare3D
Ariel Nehmad, Jose Luis Ressia (Sep 18, 2011)
Use the provided assets to learn how to build a 3D sample project in Flash.
Adding 3D content to your Flash game fast and easy
Mixamo, Flare3D (Sep 21, 2011)
Take a character, automatically generate a rig, apply animations, and bring it into Flash with a few clicks.
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Kick Buttowski: "Race of the century"
Participate in an exciting career impersonating the famous stuntman Kick Buttowski. Developed for Disney by SIA Interactive. Powered by Flare3D.
DeadCoats
Benjamin Franklin is all that stands between a hoard of British zombies and everyone in the new world. Armed with a home-made lightening-musket, your goal is to zap the noggins off as many zombie Red Coats as possible.
Battle Punks
Developer Gravity Bear presents the first social game on Facebook using Stage 3D. Create and customize your own fantasy hero, and engage in fully animated melee tournaments, throughout a lush fantasy kingdom.
Yellow Planet
Yellow Planet is an emersive 3D game built on top of Flare3D and Stage 3D.
Whack!
Using the Starling 2D framework for the Stage3D API, Byxbe developed this "whack a mole" game. Be sure to check out the article about it.
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| 02/26/2011 | Disable Tab to avoid Flash's focus rectangle |
| 02/21/2011 | Native Mouse cursor for Flash Player 10.2+ |
| 08/28/2009 | Flash game development with Flex and Actionscript |
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Blogs |
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| Flashstreamworks - Traffic Slam 2 – Stage3D Game Powered By Away3D |
| Renaun Erickson's Blog - Upcoming Game Conferences I’ll be at |
| Photonburst's Ramblings - Adobe & Gaming Event |
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