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What is flash – flash is a multimedia and software platform used for creating animations, game and can also be used for creating high quality presentations which can be viewed on adobe flash player made to stream creations, the quality of any animation can be in such detail that it can seem like you’re looking at a photograph or a video of something you would see every day and look completely real.

How flash is used – flash is used mainly with graphics and sound to display information or data in order to create an process of an game or other media based products of an game or other media products.

Animation and vectors – both animation and vector based graphics can be both encorperated with one another with an process that uses multiple process such as the use of a simple drag and click animation, or you can use the process of coding where you input a set amount of commands with the name of the object which in all can be used to do storytelling.

Code – although coding is simple to use a beginner such as myself can find it difficult and tedious but when it comes to someone more experienced it can be easy, in some cases some people can easily use copy and pasted which is the most popular option but when it comes to people whom have been coding for many years they tend to create the code themselves from scratch which can be very difficult, code can be used to move and manipulate anything in almost any way if the code is correct and device in use has the power to make it happen which is vital or interactivity

Overall – other uses of flash are that u are able to import bitmaps, video clips and sounds these things are helped by the large range of the shortcuts that can be used to access multiple area’s that otherwise would take longer to get to, the use of flash is benefital when it comes to using what you have created on multiple devices such as phones, iPods and other such things where you can test the device on an device simulator, using the timeline for these process can be very helpful in creating something made for a certain time frame eg. One minute or two depending on the project and the amount you have to crate including the interactivity.

Flash codeing

//*********BEGINNING STUFF**************/     = creates a movie clip called end screen, false means wont be seen intill this point,

endScreen.visible = false;

//**************VARIABLES**************/

var gameState:String;

                                                                                               Creates a string variable of characters , has no value

//**************INTRO SCREEN**************/                                            

introScreen.play_btn.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, clickAway);         

function clickAway (event:MouseEvent):void {

      moveScreenOff (introScreen);                                                            (

}

function moveScreenOff (screen:MovieClip):void {

      screen.x = (screen.width)*-1;

      gameState = "INITGAME";

      addEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME, gameLoop);

}

(intro is movieclip with mouseevent, play button, making it clickable called clickaway which is a mouseevent , the child play button which finds he function clickaway when it is clicked,

 function moveScreenOff- makes the movie clip move off screen

  screen.x - is the axis which it is on x,y = (screen width) *-1, the hole value moves off screen by the width of the screen)

gamestate - event.enter_frame, gameloop) creates an enterframe of which it will be a tempoary value = startplayer 

Research :

Find and research 6 examples  from past and present games with similarities and differences :

most "retro" games such as pack man, space invaders , and other such games have always been popular since their release of which that is not changed in the many years that they have been around following a trend of similar games and clothes to be created.

these games have taken over the world : these games have not only become popular but rare in some cases the original machines were thrown out when video games come into the limnelight in console's such as the play station which took up less room and cost less aswell but this did not stop these old games from making come back after come back by being placed on mobile phones and the internet with fan created games even 3d games.

the sounds within these game are a basic tune or sound repeated over and over or a mix of tunes creating atmospheric feelings and as well as the danger factor as well as sfx like bullets movement or explotions


asteroid - The original game is of a basic design with a simple  two control system of spinning around and firing of which is the basic plot of the game to get as high as score as possible it creates the illusions of you needing to protect yourself while drifting through space the increase of hardness within this games is the size of the "asteroids" in question and how they split in half each time they are shot again increasing the hardness with aliens who again shot at you and the asteroids around you which can be considered good and bad.

asteroid 2 - again the basic two controller base with movement and shooting but with enhanced colors and details the only things that have changed is the color's within it, althought it is only slightly harder due (depending on the difficutly setting)

Flash games -