Premier Press - Game Development with ActionScript

• Main page
• Table of contents
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Letter from the Series Editor
• Introduction
  • Section Part One:. What's in This Book?
  • What's on the CD?
• Part ONE: The Essentials
  • Chapter 1. The Flash Interface: Getting Acquainted
    • Flash History
    • Flash Today
    • The Flash Tour
    • Symbols
    • Publishing
    • Summary
    • Questions & Answers
  • Chapter 2. Programming and Design: Concept to Production
    • What Is Programming?
    • What Is ActionScript?
    • Production Pipeline
    • Summary
    • Question & Answer
  • Chapter 3. The Fundamentals: Variables, Conditionals, and Loops
    • Where Do Scripts Go?
    • The trace Command and Syntax
    • Your First Program
    • Commenting Your Code
    • Introducing Variables
    • The Operators
    • Conditional Statements
    • Loops and Iteration
    • Summary
    • Questions & Answers
  • Chapter 4. Movie Clips and Buttons: Methods and Properties
    • Programmable Buttons
    • All About MCs
    • Custom Functions
    • Movie Clip Navigation
    • Summary
    • Questions & Answers
    • Exercise
  • Chapter 5. Arrays and Objects
    • What Are Arrays?
    • Referencing Arrays
    • Creating and Initializing Arrays
    • Multi-Dimensional Arrays
    • Using Arrays
    • What Are ActionScript Objects?
    • Creating and Initializing Objects
    • Using Objects
    • Summary
    • Question & Answer
• Part TWO: The Intermediate Info
  • Chapter 6. Dynamic Movie Clips
    • Generating Random Numbers
    • Duplicating a Movie Clip
    • Duplicating Clips from the Library
    • The attachMovie Demo
    • Improving the Particle System
    • Summary
    • Question & Answer
    • Exercise
  • Chapter 7. Drawing with a Script
    • How to Draw a Line
    • How to Draw Shapes
    • How to Automate Patterns
    • Drawing Shapes with Fills
    • Drawing Curves
    • Drawing Shapes in Movie Clips
    • Summary
    • Question & Answer
    • Exercises
• Part THREE: Interactivity and Sound
  • Chapter 8. User Interactivity: the Keyboard
    • The Hidden Keypress
    • Using the Key Object
    • Installing Key Listeners
    • A Key Object Demo
    • Summary
    • Questions & Answers
    • Exercises
  • Chapter 9. More Interaction: The Mouse
    • Detecting the Mouse Cursor Position
    • Replacing the Mouse Cursor
    • Drawing Lines to the Cursor
    • Allowing the User to Draw
    • Dragging and Dropping
    • Summary
    • Question & Answer
    • Exercise
  • Chapter 10. Sound Effects and Music
    • Using Library Sounds
    • Setting Up a Sound Movie Clip
    • Attaching Sounds Dynamically
    • Creating a Volume Slider
    • Panning Sounds
    • Transforming Sounds
    • Sound Monitoring
    • Summary
    • Question & Answer
    • Exercises
• Part FOUR: The Math
  • Chapter 11. Trigonometry Made Easy
    • The Unit Circle
    • What Are Radians?
    • Periods, Domains, and Ranges
    • Trigonometric Functions
    • The Tank Demo
    • Summary
    • Question & Answer
    • Exercise
  • Chapter 12. The Physics: Making It Feel Real
    • Vector and Scalar Values
    • Working with Gravity
    • Working with Wind
    • Working with Friction
    • Summary
    • Questions & Answers
    • Exercise
• Part FIVE: Advanced Topics
  • Chapter 13. Server and CGI Communications
    • Exporting HTML
    • Browser Communication
    • CGI Scripts
    • How Info Is Stored
    • The LoadVars Object
    • Sending Info to the Server
    • Saving Game States
    • Summary
    • Questions & Answers
  • Chapter 14. Memory and Web Management
    • Designing a Loader Screen
    • Using the Bandwidth Profiler
    • Issues with Linked Objects
    • Summary
    • Question & Answer
    • Exercise
  • Chapter 15. Advanced Interaction with Components
    • Meet the Components
    • The PushButton
    • Designing an Options Screen
    • Summary
    • Questions & Answer
    • Exercise
  • Chapter 16. Debugging and Avoiding Common Programming Pitfalls
    • Common Pitfalls
    • Using the Debugger
    • Summary
    • Questions & Answers
  • Chapter 17. Matridia II: The Project
    • The Idea
    • The Approach
    • The Setup
    • The Code
    • The Future
    • Summary
    • Questions & Answers
    • Exercises
• Appendix A. Keyboard Keys and Key Code Values