The Blazing Games Guide to

Flash Game Development Volume 1

Please note that I have removed the html version of the book (as I did not want to do all the transition work). If you prefer the html versions, email me. If there is enough interest, I will post the html version of the book.

Part 1 Introductions (download part 1 pdf version)

Chapter 1 : What’s in this book
Chapter 2: The Game Development Cycle
Chapter 3: Introduction to Flash
Chapter 4: Action Script Basics

Part 2 First Games (download part 2 pdf version)

Chapter 5 First Games Overview
Chapter 6 NIM
Chapter 7 Advanced Action Script
Chapter 8 Bomb Nim
Chapter 9 Part summary

Part 3 Card Games (download part 3 pdf version)

Chapter 10 Card Games Overview
Chapter 11 Building Card Classes
Chapter 12 Video Poker
Chapter 13 Cribbage Square
Chapter 14 Cards Summary

Part 4 Board Games (download part 4 pdf version)

Chapter 15 Board Game Overview
Chapter 16 Pent Up Anger
Chapter 17 Pent Up AI
Chapter 18 Three Dimensional Tic Tac Toe
Chapter 19 Tic Tac AI
Chapter 20 Cards Summary

Part 5 Adventure Games (download part 5 pdf version)

Chapter 21 Adventure Games
Chapter 22 Designing Adventure Games
Chapter 23 One of those Weeks
Chapter 24 Rooms engine
Chapter 25 Dragon and the Sword
Chapter 26 Finishing the Dragon
Chapter 27 Adventure Summary

Part 6 Arcade Games (download part 6 pdf version)

Chapter 28 Arcade Games
Chapter 29 Game Concepts
Chapter 30 String Along
Chapter 31 Additional String Along Levels
Chapter 32 Lights Out
Chapter 33 Arcade Summary

Part 7 Conclusions (download part 7 pdf version)

Chapter 34 Book Summary
Chapter 35 Where to go From here