The Ultimate Beginner Flash Game Programming Tutorial and Resource Guide

We all started as noobs in the world of game programming with flash. I always felt that less time searching for material and more time working is always helpful when you have everything in one place. So, here is my ultimate list of great tutorials and resources. Think something should be added? Leave a comment!

Books to read:

• Foundation Game Design with Flash (Foundations)
• AdvancED Game Design with Flash
• ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University
• Foundation ActionScript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move!
• Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Essential)

Start out with:

• FlashDevelop free open source code editor
• Beginner’s Guide to FlashDevelop – Basix

• http://pelfusion.com/tutorials/35-flash-game-development-tutorials-fla-files/
• http://flashgameu.com/book_source_files_2.html
• http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2010/12/29/making-a-flash-game-like-plants-vs-zombies/
• http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/beginners-guide-to-flashdevelop-intro-basix/
• http://gamedev.michaeljameswilliams.com/2008/09/17/avoider-game-tutorial-1/
• http://active.tutsplus.com/
• http://gskinner.com/blog/archives/2009/07/flash_actionscr.html
• http://active.tutsplus.com/
• http://www.flashandmath.com/
• http://www.actionscript.org
• http://snipplr.com/
• http://www.flashgametuts.com/tutorials/category/as3/
• http://asgamer.com/2009/making-a-complete-flash-game-menus-ui-screens-or-windows

My Main Blogs

• http://gskinner.com/blog/archives/2009/07/flash_actionscr.html
• http://gamedev.michaeljameswilliams.com/
• http://www.emanueleferonato.com/

Here are the links for some XML TUTs that are great!:

• http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3xmlvideoplayer/
• http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3slideshow/
• http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials/flash/as3musicplayer/