34 Tips on Getting your Flash Game Sponsored


Written By MrSun at 12:51 pm - Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Categories: Flash

Be patient. Sponsors are very busy people and it will take time before they might even see your sponsorship request Use flashgamelicense.com. They provide a free service that gives you an oppurtunity to show your game to potential sponsors and/or developers. I use it and highly recommend it E-mail as many sponsors as you can, […]

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When to Use Storylines in Flash Games


Written By MrSun at 12:50 pm - Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Categories: Flash

Storylines often play a very large role in huge industrial games, but are they truly necessary in our smaller flash games? The answer to this is one that often answers many other questions: it depends. The first factor that you must consider before even thinking about making a storyline is what genre your game falls […]

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Game Development Spotlight: Glowbricks


Written By MrSun at 12:48 pm - Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Categories: Flash

Following my first flash game I quickly decided that I enjoyed programming them. But, I didn’t want to go through the mess that I had to last time with Glowsticks. That is why I decided to learn AS3. This time, however, I had a much better teacher (no offense to Cartoonsmart). I found a great […]

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From AS2 to AS3: The Migration


Written By MrSun at 12:47 pm - Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Categories: Flash

With the release of Adobe’s Flash CS3 about a year ago came a newer version of Actionscript, AS3. Even though it has been quite some time since that release, many have not begun to use the newer version. Though the migration is not required, I find it very necessary. The differences in these two languages […]

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Game Development Spotlight: Glowsticks


Written By MrSun at 12:45 pm - Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Categories: Flash

First of all, let me tell you what the Game Development Spotlight. In this series, I will take a game that I’ve created, and tell you of my experiences making it. Well, let’s get started. The first game that I ever made using Flash was Glowsticks, a simple platformer with interesting graphics. This was created […]

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Learning the Basics of Game Development


Written By MrSun at 12:44 pm - Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Categories: Flash

The basics of game programming are easy to learn, but take years to master. It took, about a week for me to figure out the basics of game programming, but I myself am still learning. It is my task to help you learn the basics of game development. Before we start programming a game, we […]

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Basic Filters in Flash 8 and Up


Written By MrSun at 12:40 pm - Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Categories: Flash

This is another tutorial that I made a while ago. Ok children, today we are going to learn about the filters feature in Flash 8 and up. These filters are great in making your flash graphics and animations more attractive. First of all, we need to know what a filter is. With filters in flash, […]

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Basic Drawing Tutorial


Written By MrSun at 12:20 pm - Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Categories: Flash

This is a tutorial I made a while ago, but I wasn’t able to put it on my main site, so here it is. Section 1: Drawing the Shape 1) We’re gonna start off simple. Open up a new Flash Document. If you don’t have flash, and you still want to know how to increase […]

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The Blog has Been Launched


Written By MrSun at 12:17 pm - Tuesday, July 01st, 2008
Categories: Uncategorized

Hey guys, I’m happy to announce the launch of my new blog, The Helion Code. This blog will contain tutorials and links to tools that will help any programmer or developer. I hope this turns out to be a useful tool for you all.

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