Flash MX 2004 Games : Art to ActionScript

outline, 17
sections, 17, 21–8
usage methods, 2–6, 18–29, 35, 113–14
Top-down approaches, concepts, 137–40
Trace action, concepts, 46, 55–9, 83–4, 88, 90–100,
143, 144–7, 153–60, 236–9, 261–75
Trace Bitmap selection, 55–9
Transform selection, 54–5
Transpose, vector, 147
Trees, background art, 60–1
Triangles:
concepts, 103–4, 147, 288–91, 294–5
Pythagoras theorem, 103–4, 147, 288–9
True evaluations, 9, 90, 106–7, 114–17, 121–2,
160–1, 260–4
Truth tables, ‘if ’ statements, 106
Turn animation, sprite characters, 43–5
TurnLeft function, mazes, 240–1
TurnLeft label, platform games, 260–80
TurnRight function, mazes, 241
TurnRight label, platform games, 260–80
TV see Television
Tweening, 29–30, 35–8, 78–9, 395–410
Two-player board games, concept, 244–59, 322–4
Typewriter font, 189
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), 365–6
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), 168, 171, 173,
175–6, 192
Up key:
concepts, 260–3, 292–3, 326
platform games, 260–3
sport simulations, 292–3
Up-and-down positions, simple cut-out animation,
37–41, 53–4
UPDATE command, SQL Server, 213–15, 341–3
Update function, sports simulations, 295–305
URI see Uniform Resource Identifier
URLs see Uniform Resource Locators
User input:
see also Inputs
board games, 245–6, 248–54, 259
concepts, 78, 137
mazes, 239–42
mobile devices, 78
planning considerations, 137
platform games, 260–75
sports simulations, 282–95
User-defined classes, concepts, 94–5
UserAction function, platform games, 263–75
UserJump function, platform games, 266
UserLeft function, platform games, 265
UserRight function, platform games, 265
Users, databases, 207–9
Variables, 8–9, 13, 83–100, 135
arithmetic operators, 10, 88–91, 118–35, 315–17
arrays, 97–8, 138–50, 198–200
Index
assignment operator, 10, 86–100, 123–4
Boolean variables, 90, 111, 114–17, 121–2, 160–1,
260–4
breakpoints, 163–7
class definitions, 93–5, 144–50
concepts, 8–9, 13, 83–100, 135
counting variables, 118–35, 156–7
creation, 86–7, 90–1
database connections, 212–25, 337–8, 342–3
declarations, 86–7, 153–8
definition, 86–7
errors, 152–7, 162, 258–9
examples, 89, 91–5
fscommand, 179–81, 325–6, 376–7, 384–5
functions, 93–4, 104–17
initialization, 118–19, 123–30, 144, 162
Internet, 169–75, 228–9
loadVariables, 175–6, 189, 200–1, 219–24, 228,
341–2, 346
logical operators, 9–10, 102–17, 123–4, 315–17
MIME-encoded variable forms, 217–18, 221, 227,
342–4, 346
mode variables, 237–42
names, 98–100
objects, 93, 98–9
operations, 86–100, 123–4
private variables, 149–50
query strings, 172–5, 212–13, 341
scope errors, 13, 156–7, 258–9
small games, 185–204
string variables, 87, 90–2, 98–100, 152–3, 156,
201–3, 217–18, 221, 227, 309–10, 334–46
telephone-number analogy, 86
types, 8–9, 87, 90–2
VB see Visual Basic
Vector class conventions, 146–8
Vector-based packages:
concepts, 2–4, 60, 64–5
speed issues, 60, 64
texture shortcomings, 65
Vectors, 2–4, 60, 64–5, 131–5, 146–8, 269–71, 282,
294–5, 297–9, 306
Vectra3D, 46, 54
Velocities, 131–5, 269–71, 282, 294–5, 297–9
Vertex maps, concepts, 52
View section, Toolbox, 17
Visual Basic, 176, 179–80, 346, 375–8
concepts, 176, 179–80, 346, 375–8
embedding Flash, 375–8
examples, 375–8
frame setting, 375–6
messages, 376–7
variables, 375
Visual C++, 348–59, 385–8
WalkLeft label, platform games, 260–80
WalkRight label, platform games, 260–80
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