Flash MX 2004 Games : Art to ActionScript

Index
Ideas, plans, 136–7
IE see Internet Explorer
‘If ’ statements, 9–11, 93, 96, 101–17, 196–7
And operation, 106–17
bugs, 103
comprehensive example, 115–17
concepts, 9–11, 101–17
conditions, 9–11, 101–17
examples, 9–11, 105, 107–17
logical operators, 9–10, 102–17, 123–4
loops, 99–100, 118–35
nested ‘if ’ statements, 102–3, 115–17
Or operation, 106–17
small games, 196–7
truth tables, 106
uses, 9–11, 101–2
variants, 9–11, 101–2
IIS see Internet Information Services
IK see Inverse Kinematics
Implementation ideas, quizzes, 224
Imports:
animations, 28, 46, 50–9
background art, 65, 69–70
bitmaps, 28, 46–59, 64, 69–70, 75–6
In-between positions, simple cut-out animation,
37–41
Include These Characters field, 109–10
Increment operator, concepts, 88, 118–35, 142, 157,
247–59
Infinite loops, 121, 158–60
InitAction function, platform games, 266–9, 278–9
InitBoard function, board games, 247–8
Initialization:
errors, 123–8, 162
loops, 118–19, 123–30
variables, 118–19, 123–30, 144, 162
Ink Bottle tool, 27
Ink option, 22
Inputs:
see also User...
databases, 211–15, 219–24, 340–3
registration pages, 329–36, 338–43
INSERT INTO command, SQL Server, 214–15,
341–3
Instance names, FCS, 365–6
Instructions, small games, 200–3
Integers, concepts, 95–7, 103, 201
Integrated Development Environment (IDE), 348
Internet, 108, 168–81, 189–92, 228–9, 243, 312,
318–21
see also Hyper Text Mark-up Language
background, 168–81, 189–92, 243, 312, 318–21
cookies, 329, 334–6, 339–41
form-based web pages, 329–32
high score tables, 329–46
multi-player games, 347
overview, 168–72
security issues, 232
420
Internet Explorer (IE), 171–3, 179–80, 318–21
Internet Information Services (IIS), 177–8, 206, 211,
360–3
Inverse Kinematics (IK), 52–4
IP addresses, 168, 347–9
Iteration see Loops
JavaScript, 102, 176–8, 179–81, 214–19, 321, 334–46
C++ similarities, 348
concepts, 102, 176–8, 179–81, 214–19, 346
current pages, 179–81
databases, 214–19, 334–46
fscommand, 179–81, 325–6
Jpeg format, concepts, 69–70
JumpLeft label, platform games, 260–80
JumpRight label, platform games, 260–80
Key positions, simple cut-out animation, 37–8
Keyboards:
see also Individual keys
concepts, 8–11, 260–75, 282, 325–6
examples, 260–75
PocketPCs, 325–6
sports simulations, 282–7, 292–6
sprite characters, 44–5, 260–75
Keyframes, 30–3, 405–10
Key.isDown construct, concepts, 9–11, 260–4, 292–3
Keylines, background art, 62–4
KickBall function, sports simulations, 294
Kickoff function, sports simulations, 285–7, 300
Knife tool, Lightwave modeller, 46–52
Labels, 43–5
Land function, platform games, 273–5
LandLeft label, platform games, 260–80
LandRight label, platform games, 260–80
Languages, programming, 96–7
Lasso tool, usage methods, 3–4, 35, 56
Layers:
adding/deleting methods, 3
concepts, 1–14
debugging, 161–2
frame actions, 85–6
Pong, 1–14, 192–8, 314–15
simple cut-out animation, 35–45, 54
Tetris, 198–9
Left Arrow key, 45, 260–3, 292–3, 326
concepts, 260–3, 292–3
platform games, 260–3
sport simulations, 292–3
Left shift operator, concepts, 88–9
LegalMove function, board games, 252–8
Legitimacy checks, registration pages, 331–2, 339–41
Legs:
left/right conventions, 37
Lightwave modeller, 49–53
Less-than operators, 102, 124–5, 310, 315
Library, 6–7, 35, 130, 310–12, 323