2005 is here, and this will be the year Macromedia releases the next version of Flash – Flash MX 2005 (codenamed ‘8ball’) – and the new Flash Player – Flash 8 (codenamed ‘Maelstrom’). As has been largely covered by the blogging media, 8ball/Flash 8 will have some cool new features aimed at making designers happy. […]

I’ve finally released the new version of MC Tween, now 2.19.22. MC Tween is the actionscript extension I use on my daily real-world work to easily create code-based tweenings on MovieClips, TextFields and Sound objects. While this new version adds some new (small) features, the most noticeable thing about it is that I’ve removed most […]

It was just recently that I noticed Mike Chamber’s Halo-inspired contest — in which he invites Flash and ColdFusion developers to use Halo 2’s stats feed in RSS format to create applications and try to win one of several cool prizes Macromedia is putting out. The thing that stroke me as cool was the fact […]

I think everybody in the general IT business has ran into some pretty crazy job post requirements on their life. I’ve just had one of those moments; I got an email forwarded by a former coworker… and while the company on this job posting doesn’t fall for the obvious choice of asking for more years […]

By now, everybody has probably seen the latest post on Colin Moock’s blog with a link to the first public demonstration of some of Flash Player 8’s capabilities. The blurry, low-res video shows what can only be defined as a quantum leap from the previous version. First, there’s some new font features (thanks to a […]

While I build enough willpower to read Colin Moock’s Essential Actionscript 2.0 and prepare to make the practical jump into AS2 & Flash 7.2, I’ve went back in time and started dealing with an script-like language for user interfaces and interactions… the GUI scripting system for DOOM 3, which gives me memories of coding for […]

Just a quick note to say that O’Reilly’s new Flash Book, Flash Hacks by Sham Bhangal, is finally shipping. Quoting the book description, Flash Hacks tackles problems and solutions that aren’t dealt with elsewhere. You’ll pick up insider tips from the experts, and learn about amazing and sometimes quirky aspects of Flash. If you want […]

Yes, I’ve been really away from the page for quite some time. The reason is, instead of working with Flash on my spare time, I’ve been learning on how to create real game content for the UT2k4 engine. I started it all with a pseudo-mod I created just as en excuse to learn the tools, […]

TonyPa has been constantly updating his tutorials on tile based games for Flash. It’s been a while since I’ve visited the page and the list of available topics seem to be growing. Strille is also starting a tutorial page about games on Flash. You can find his latest work here. André Michelle has just entered […]

A year ago I started working on some MovieClip tweening prototypes based on Robert Penner’s easing equations (I went to proto.layer51.com but couldn’t find any good one so I decided to start my own). I’ve been updating and evolving these tweening methods for quite a while (since I do use it on my everyday work) […]