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Subject: RE: FLASH: "whackamole" Games tutorials
From: Mountain, Mike J
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 11:02:16 +0100

Thanks John...looking forward to getting my hands on your book....is
Actionscript covered in depth?

> ----------
> From: John Croteau[SMTP:croteauaterols [dot] com]
> Sent: 21 October 1999 10:40
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: Re: FLASH: "whackamole" Games tutorials
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> > Whackamole is the game when a mole pops out a hole you have to whack
> > it....moles pop out of holes at random and the speed and number of moles
> > increases...the more moles you whack the better you do......
> It seemed like you had a particular partial URL there, so I was curious
> if there was something special.
>
> > It's going to be done in Flash 4 but my grasp of actionscript is
> > "rudimentary" as I've just migrated from flash 3 - although I can handle
> > variables and "if" "for" loops etc. as I used to program in basic on my
> > spectrum eons ago.
> Flash 4 makes it much easier to program games like this in Flash but
> there are very few experts in ActionScript as it is a new language.
> ActionScript is pretty basic so if you understand the basic syntax,
> programming a simple shooting game should be fairly easy.
>
>
> I haven't seen any tutorials that specifically addressing how to create
> this type of game in Flash 4. You will likely need to review variables
> and possibly Get Variables and Set Variables. --->
> http://www.FlashBible.com/members/
>
> --
> Coming Soon Flash 4 Web Animation F/X and Design
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1576105555/flashcentral
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