Recent posts by TastyLamp on Kongregate

Topic: Programming / Literature vs. tutorails

Keith Peter’s Foundation Actionscript for Animation is a good read. I personally prefer video tutorials, though.

Topic: Programming / AS3: Main Timeline Control From Inside a Movie Clip

Yes that is right.

Topic: Programming / Best Game to Start Out With?

A point-and-click shooter is a pretty easy thing to start off with. Just a bunch of buttons, really. :)

But snake works, lol.

Topic: Programming / TransitionManager help?

I’ve never used TransitionManager so can’t help much there, sorry. But you might be interested in Tweener, a very nifty class which is both simple and powerful at handling tweens on ANY numerical value.

Tweener.addTween(m1_mc, {x:200, time:2, transition:'easeInOutBounce'});

Topic: Programming / [Kongregate API] AS3 API Integration

This is great! I didn’t expect so much documentation and attention to detail in the API. Awesome work.

Topic: Programming / Lighting Engine!

Wow this is cool. I’d be interested to see if you could somehow replace the raycasting parts with vectors or similar. That would defiantly speed things up. :P

Topic: Programming / Ways to create platform game?

Flash games use “engines” all the time. Papervision3D, APE, Fisix – to name a few. Nothing wrong with it whatsoever, just make sure your well in your right to do it (ie. check the licenses or ask for permission).

Topic: Programming / How to create a bilingual game?

Depending on how complex you want to get, you could take a leaf from what most PHP developers do and have a big array of all the common language elements.

languages = new Array();

languages['english'] = new Array();
languages['english']['welcome-message'] = 'Welcome to the game.';

languages['spanish'] = new Array();
languages['spanish']['welcome-message'] = 'Lol I don't know any spanish.';

//then for text fields and stuff:
textField.text = languages['spanish']['welcome-message'];

Topic: Programming / AS3 Game Development Community

kirupa.com has a rather nice AS3 forum.

Topic: Programming / pure AS vs Flash IDE

You could just export all your graphics and what not as a SWF and load them into your game (that was made with Flex or FlashDevelop). That works fine.

And I agree. FlashDevelop really needs a Mac port.

Topic: Kongregate / Suggestions

The tag system (for searching games n stuff) is great in theory, but doesn’t work. People keep abusing the tags by adding their life story to it…

It needs to have some sort of limit. Maybe so only people level 5 and above can tag games? I don’t know. But it’s not working at the moment.

Topic: Kongregate / Suggestions

Can we get a RSS feed for new games, and newly popular games? :)

Topic: Kongregate / Challenge Names Puns?

I liked the diablo reference lol.

Topic: Programming / Socket Server

I want to make online multiplayer games, with Flash. Yayzors.

Lol. I know I need some form of socket server that I can connect to – but does anyone here know where to get one?

Hosting one myself is out of the question, and I’d much prefer it if I didn’t have to pay.

Your damn right beggers can be choosy.

Topic: Programming / ? on C++/Flash on Structures

If you understand OOP you should be running as fast as you can, away from AS2. Head straight to AS3 and do yourself a favour.

Topic: Programming / When is the Kongregate multiplayer API coming out?

I’ve got shotties on making multiplayer pong. :P

Topic: Programming / [Kongregate API] High Scores

Awesome work. Just get the AS3 version out, and the multiplayer API. licks lips

Topic: Kongregate / Most Popular User (Except Kongregate Staff Members)

jmtb02 lol.

Topic: Kongregate / Vote for Kongregate in the Webware 100!

I voted for Kongregate. I hope it wins too. This is Web 2.0 at its best.

Topic: Kongregate / More moderators...

Touché…

Fine. You have to be GMT+10ishian.

Topic: Programming / AS 3.0!

You’ve never tasted a lamp…?

And yes. Agreed 112%. The syntax and layout of classes is both intuitive and logical.

Topic: Kongregate / Suggestions

We need an Apollo app for kongregate chat. Then we wouldn’t even have to open our browsers to have a conversation!

....well I think it’s a good idea. Lol.

Topic: Games / Let's Kick John Coorney!

Ahahaheahaha. AHahehahe. Hahe. Hehea. aheahAheahe.

Topic: Off-topic / family guy

Looooove family guy. Got all episodes on my iPod.

Topic: Kongregate / More moderators...

Yeah..apparently all you have to do to become a moderator is be Australian. :P