Comments on: Open-source Flash Game Engine Now In Open Beta

By: creator

creator — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:06:05 +0000

In net very much free game-platform engine, but it is interesting

By: malc@flashgamesmaster.com

malc@flashgamesmaster.com — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:08:59 +0000

I found flash easy to learn, but demo’s are needed, otherwise you could get frustrated trying to learn games, it’s much easier if your shown first.

By: Porter

Porter — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:42:47 +0000

I wouldn’t say that AS3 is that much easier than C++, it really depends on how you program. Sure you can hack some code together and get things up and running, but if you want to be a successful developer and actually maintain a library or reusable classes, AS3 offers that as well. I myself program in AS3 with OOP, we make sure everything is incredibly optimized and makes sense, that way we can use it for future projects to increase production time.

As for the engine, I haven’t tested it myself, but I personally prefer to do things myself, it pays off in the long run.

By: Tasker

Tasker — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:40:34 +0000

Two years ago I started to learn flash, few months ago I bought flash SDK http://www.theoworlds.com/theobuilder.php
This sdk saved a lot of time to create world and etc.

By: sketchbookgames

sketchbookgames — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:43:33 +0000

making games in flash can be easy.
learning flash can be easier thanks to communities like http://wonderfl.kayac.com/

making good games can be difficult.
thanks to open-source developers
like those at box2d-Flash
can drastically help the quality and speed of good games.

push-button should be able to help in the same way, and i like their sales model

-> i agree about needing to see demo’s (so far their site boasts just screen shots last i checked)
-> i have yet to try push-button-engine but I’m keeping my eye on it for now.
-> they don’t support flash IDE, they require the use of the flex sdk, which supports all but the flash IDE : )
— not a big hurdle, but enough to keep me from it for a few more weeks. most other developers don’t use the Flash IDE anyway.

any start-up that has attempted to remove the need for programming all together ends up very limited, and have all failed so far as i know. also many of the one’s I’ve seen have operated poorly and sloppily at the few things it was designed to support.

for now I’m more looking forward to companies that help improve the quality of the average flash game, rather than making it so the average person can make low quality games.

three cheers for push-button and best wishes.

By: chipset

chipset — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:24:29 +0000

Flash ActionScript is pretty easy to learn (especially if you know Java), but powerful because it is very dynamic and statically-typed. I recommend trying Flex Builder (free 30-day trial) or the open-source FlashDevelop IDE.

The Push Button Engine is not trying to remove the need for ActionScript.The Push Button Engine provides significant game infrastructure: 2D physics, efficient network message protocol, asset loading/management, and an extensible game entity and component framework.

I don’t really play games myself, but I downloaded the Push Button Engine to experiment with Sims-like sandbox worlds. :)

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By: Mark Young

Mark Young — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:59:49 +0000

No demos? Seems ridiculous to be hyping a Flash game engine and not be showing off some interactive demos that give some indication of its graphical cleverness.

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By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:49:22 +0000

Perhaps i’ll take another look…I may have misjudged the difficulty of Flash.

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By: J. Games

J. Games — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:58:13 +0000

This sounds interesting. Ben is right about Flash being relatively easy to learn. but if something like this can help people make better flash games then I am all for it.