20 July 2011

Welcome!

Hi and welcome to my new blog!  I am Hom and I am a 24 year old student living in Sydney, Australia.  I currently am studying Environmental Science, however I have always had a strong interest in computers and electronics.  I was lucky enough to go to a high school which offered a programming class and from then on I have been fascinated with programming and understand how computers and their software work.

I have recently got my hands on a copy of Flash CS3 and started teaching myself Actionscript, and I have decided to start making flash games.  Or at least one game.  I'm going to try and make this game, and if I am successful, hopefully I can make some more, put some ads in them, and have myself a nice little side income.

In the meantime I thought that I would create this blog to chart my progress.  I hope to not only provide help and examples to other people who are trying to teach themselves flash, but also to get feedback from more experienced developers.  And I figure if anyone else out there is also trying to learn how to make flash games they can follow along as I learn.

So have a look around, hopefully you'll find it interesting, and PLEASE comment, I welcome all feedback.  As I said I'm quite new to actionscript and flash and if you see something that I could do better, or do in a different way, or whatever, please let me know!

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A little bit on the structure etc. of this blog.  I intend to create a post every day that I do work on the game, hopefully 3 times a week or so.  If I do a lot in one day then I might split it into multiple posts.  I will post all the code for the project, and I will also upload the .swf files for you guys to download if you want.  You can use my code if you want (I don't know that any of it will be any good :P) but if you do I would request an attribution or acknowledgement or something.

With the comments, I also encourage you guys to post suggestions and improvements which I will consider and may include in the game if I am able to and think it's a good idea.

13 comments:

  1. Good luck! It's a tough job, but there is nothing more rewarding than teaching yourself a new skill without anyone forcing you. I really hope it works out for you.

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  2. Looking forward to hearing about your progress, keep us informed!!

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  3. Goodluck with your blog!
    i will follow after your progress.

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  4. good luck dude it sounds like its gonna go well :D

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  5. Interested to see how this comes along, I have a few game dev friends

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  6. Wish you the best of luck, hope you succeed in making your game.

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  7. man this blog is great im following for sure!

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  8. Can't wait for future posts. Followed:)

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  9. Good luck! I hope things go well, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing your progress.

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  10. never thought of making a flash game, but I´m excited to see how to do it!

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  11. I have always wanted to get into Flash Programming. Good luck with your game, and I can't wait to hear more about your progress.

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  12. Australia is beautiful, looking forward to more posts;)

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  13. How long does it take to learn Flash programming? Looking forward to updates. Man, CS is much more practical than biology. :P

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