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• 12 Thrilling Chapters
• 10 Full games in AS3
• Make games in both the Flash IDE and with the Flex SDK
• Build a reusable game development framework
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• The Basics: Getting Started With Flash Develop
• The Basics: AS3: Where does my code go?
• The Basics: AS3 Packages
• The Basics: AS3: Static vs. Const Variables
• The Basics: AS3: Numerical Types Rules Of Use
• The Basics: AS3: GetURL()
• The Basics: AS3: MovieClip Buttons In MovieClip Classes
• The Basics: AS3: flashvars
• The Basics: AS3: Creating Custom Events In Flash AS3 (ActionScript 3)
• The Basics: AS3 : Controlling the Main Timeline of a SWF Embedded at Compile-Time
• The Basics: AS3: Using Fonts Embedded At Compile-Time
• Games: AS3: Simple Drag And Drop
• Games: AS3: Making A Click And Stick Christmas Tree Designer
• Games: AS3 Sound Basics
• Games: AS3: Tile Maps, XML, and bitmapData
• Games: AS3: Bitmap Collision Detection
• Games: AS3: The basics of tile sheet animation (or blitting).
• Games: AS3: BitmapData rotation with a matrix
• Games: AS3: Basic Blitting #2 : Rotation - Part 1
• Games: AS3: Asynchronous key detection for arcade games.
• Games: AS3: Building Atari 7800 Asteroids Part 1
• Games: AS3: Building Atari 7800 Asteroids Part 2
• Games: AS3: Building Atari 7800 Asteroids Part 3
• Games: AS3: How to Blit an animation from a tile sheet embedded at compile time
• Games: AS3: A Generalized Game Engine with AS3 in Flex Part1
• Games: AS3: Flex Game Development: When a blank screen equals success (Flex Game Control Part 2 )
• Games: AS3: Building A Generalized Flex Game Control Part 3
• Games: AS3: Building A Generalized Flex Game Control Part 4 - TileSheet class