A collection of posts from www.omegastormproductions.com, recovered from an old backup.
The first part of the tutorial is now ready for your viewing. This part of the tutorial covers setting up the basic structure of the game, adding the player, adding an enemy, and letting the player shoot the enemy. Very basic so far, but there’s more to come. Stay tuned for part 2 where we’ll begin adding a little flair to our game.
The next tutorial I am preparing is going to be a replacement for my older extension of Andreas Zecher’s tutorial. There are two very important reasons as to why this tutorial must be redone: One, the original was not optimized, not programmed with speed in mind if you will; and two, I need the tutorial to be compatible with Flixel 2.5 so that there’s actually one available, which was also a problem after Flixel 2 was released… which is when I started learning Flixel. I don’t want others not having something up to date to learn from like I did.
It took me a while to get them positioned in a way that looked somewhat decent, but assuming I didn’t royally screw something up, you should now be able to Flattr me using the buttons to the top-right of each page or post.
The Flixel Hello World Tutorial is now available! Find it here!
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Important good news: from May 1st we no longer require users to flattr others before they can be flattrd. In other words, it’s not mandatory to add money to your account to have an active Flattr button.
So if you didn’t like the requirement to put money on you Flattr account upfront, you’ll probably like that it’s not necessary anymore. You can simply get your Flattr button and add it to your blog or website. Of course, if you feel like flattring someone else’s content you’re welcome to add money to your account at any time.
We hope you’ll like the simpler more straightforward Flattr. If you have any comments, questions or feedback please visit our blog or support page.
Linus, Peter and the rest of Flattr team
This is excellent news for me as I can now add a Flattr button to the site and not continually lose money each month I don’t get any donations. To avoid sounding greedy, I have yet to receive a single donation via paypal, so I just couldn’t justify using Flattr’s services before now. Here’s to getting Flattrd in the future!
In order to give back to the community, I’ve begun writing up tutorials for Flixel (I’d done one in the past, which will be redone). I could think of no better place to start than the beginning. You can check out the Getting Started tutorial that will show you how to get FlashDevelop set up, where to get the Flex SDK and Flash Player Content Debugger, and make them play nice.
Next up will be a Hello World tutorial because you just HAVE to have one of those. Haha. I’ll be slowly adding more tutorials for your viewing pleasure so stay tuned.
(12/4/2015 – The full size poster has been lost to time and space. Enjoy this thumbnail remnant that doesn’t have the top or bottom of the poster instead)
You’ll find this beauty hanging outside the Cybersphere during March.
It’s that time again. I present to you the Cybersphere’s schedule for the next 3 months!
The vastness of our planet’s oceans guards unimaginable secrets. One of its most precious is “Kaluoka’hina,” the enchanted reef whose magic protects it against humans finding it. Kaluoka’hina’s colorful inhabitants live in peace until the volcano erupts, and the spell is broken. Now it’s up to Jake, the young sawfish, and his paranoid pal, Shorty, to restore the magic of Kaluoka’hina.
Thrilling Rides, Exotic Destinations, One Immersive Experience
You’re in for a wild and immersive experience as you travel to exotic vistas throughout our solar system and enjoy 9 thrilling amusement park rides, including roller coasters, pendulums, inverters and more.
Quicksilver on Mercury
Twin Tornadoes on Venus
The Tumbler on Earth
AresXpress on Mars
Vertigo on Jupiter
CH4 on Titan
Delirious in the Rings of Uranus
Black Hole Coaster on Triton
Diablo on Io
Digistar 3 Edition – Full Dome Animation (No Laser)
Speak to Me
Breathe
On the Run
Time
The Great Gig in the Sky
Money
Us and Them
Any Color You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
The Serengeti is a huge area of grassland in Tanzania, Africa. Once a year, in the time of drought, about two million herd animals, like wildebeests, travel north to feed and mate before moving south again, when plants there begin to blossom.
Santorini – Yanni
Godzilla – Blue Oyster Cult
Love Gets Me Every Time – Shania Twain
Men in Black – Will Smith
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
Storms in Africa – Enya
Money – Pink Floyd
Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
Time Warp – cast of Rocky Horror Picture Show
Diana (Candle In The Wind ’97) – Elton John
Don’t Speak – No Doubt
The Hunter – Björk
I Love Rock & Roll – Joan Jett
Rock Lobster – the B-52s
Tub Thumping – Chumbawamba
Song Remains the Same
Over the Hills and Far Away
Good Times, Bad Times
Immigrant Song
No Quarter
Black Dog
Livin’, Lovin’ Maid
Kashmir
Stairway to Heaven
Whole Lotta Love
Rock n’ Roll
The Cybersphere now has four new shows and we have already begun showing them, starting with Kaluoka’hina. Below are the new shows in the order I plan to unveil them to the public on Saturdays (subject to change). Note: There is likely a fifth show on the way, so stay tuned.
Kaluoka’hina: The Enchanted Reef – Now Playing in February & March
The vastness of our planet’s oceans guards unimaginable secrets. One of its most precious is “Kaluoka’hina,” the enchanted reef whose magic protects it against humans finding it. Kaluoka’hina’s colorful inhabitants live in peace until the volcano erupts, and the spell is broken. Now it’s up to Jake, the young sawfish, and his paranoid pal, Shorty, to restore the magic of Kaluoka’hina.
Africa: The Serengeti – Playing in April & May
The Serengeti is a huge area of grassland in Tanzania, Africa. Once a year, in the time of drought, about two million herd animals like antelopes travel north to feed and mate before moving south again, when plants there begin to blossom.
The Zula Patrol: Under the Weather – Playing in June & July
The stalwart heroes of the Zula Patrol are on an expedition collecting samples of weather for scientist Multo’s research — using their loyal pet Gorga’s ability to collect and bottle all kinds of weather. But when the Zula gang inadvertently hurts Gorga’s feelings, he decides to leave Zula and find another planet to live on. Interplanetary villain Dark Truder then tricks Gorga into stealing the weather from other planets – part of his latest nefarious scheme to rule the Universe. The ZPers find out and go after him – in the process learning all about weather, both terrestrial and interplanetary.
Ice Worlds – Playing in August & September
The delicate balance between ice, water and the existence of life has been a topic of exploration and discovery in science for generations. In travels to the Arctic and Antarctic regions of our planet, we’ll examine the ecosystems that live and thrive there and see how their survival is connected with our own. Beyond Earth, we’ll see how the existence of ice shapes the landscape and the natural systems on other planets and moons in our solar system.
… when you’re having fun, right? Of course it does. Which is why so much time has passed since my last post. Fear not, I’m still alive and it’s time to get the ball rolling again. It’s a long way down the mountain and hopefully we won’t repeat last year. It is Groundhog Day after all.
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