jakel168

directing scenes

2010-01-05T20:09:00.000-08:00

Forgot to post this last time...

Learned a new changing scene skills from the turn-based game which I worked on last time...

Using .gotoAndPlay(a, "b"), in which 'a' is for the frame number, while 'b' is for the scene's name. Have to use the "" symbols (I have no idea what it was called till now) when writing the scene name; as for the frame number. no need to.

live borderless

2010-01-05T17:13:00.001-08:00

I finally found the site which contain infos about the LG flash game making competition I mention a few blogs back. The site's URL: LGBorderless.

It turns out, there's a theme! I should have thought of that and look for it on the net before I start making my game!!! "Live borderless", their theme, reminds me of Borderlands again, haven't play it in days, kinda miss it.

Well, I'll have to restart the whole operation again: get a new idea, plan, brainstorm, and make the game...

I'll still continue making "get off my table!" at the moment, while thinking of a new idea.

The good news is, the contest ends on the 28th of February 2010... still, I have to be fast! Think fast!

the freaking if conditional statement

2010-01-05T07:06:00.000-08:00

Not sure how I can explain the situation in a professional way, I'll just explain it my way then...

Here I have a circle, and it's own properties:

Condition 1: If the size of the circle MovieClip is less than a certain amount, say 25p (pixel) by 25p, it'll turn red.

Condition 2: If the width of the MovieClip is between 25p and 45p, and it's height is higher than 25p, it;'ll turn orange.

Condition 3: If the size of the MovieClip is higher than 150p by 150p, it'll turn yellow.

So, while I was working on it using the IF conditional statement, I mis-insert an "else" at Condition 2, which causes the Condition 1 to stop working. It seems that if all the conditions are related, and "if" is inserted instead of "else if" in front either the 2nd or 3rd condition, will cause the 1st condition to stop working.

Below is example of what I mean:

Without "else":

Scripts:

function colourChange(evt:Event):void{
 if (pointer.width <= 35 && pointer.height <= 35)
 {
  pointer.gotoAndStop("red");
 }
 if (pointer.width <= 45 && pointer.height >= 35)
 {
  pointer.gotoAndStop("orange");
 }
 else if (pointer.height <=45 && pointer.width >= 35)
 {
  pointer.gotoAndStop("orange");
 }
 else 
 {
  pointer.gotoAndStop("yellow");
 }
}

With "else":

Scripts:

function colourChange(evt:Event):void
{
 if (pointer.width <= 35 && pointer.height <= 35)
 {
  pointer.gotoAndStop("red");
 }
 else if (pointer.width <= 45 && pointer.height >= 35)
 {
  pointer.gotoAndStop("orange");
 }
 else if (pointer.height <=45 && pointer.width >= 35)
 {
  pointer.gotoAndStop("orange");
 }
 else 
 {
  pointer.gotoAndStop("yellow");
 }
}

a working script displayer

2010-01-04T21:22:00.001-08:00

Been looking all over the net for a working code/script display box for my blog. Finally found a "working" one, on WebUpd8.

It's not like the rest of the tutorials doesn't work, but they tends to get my scripts all distorted-like, un-fixable, and sometimes bugged.

Here's an example of how it works:

hi, i'm jakel168, and this is my blog!

drag & enlarge mouse cursor

2010-01-04T05:19:00.000-08:00

While working on a game project, I was trying to create an effect where I could enlarge a mouse cursor by simply dragging it.

Here's the final output of the effect:

How-to: Click and drag the cursor with your mouse to see what happen.

Below is the script which make this effect works:

pointer.enabled = false;
Mouse.hide();

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, moveLight);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragLight);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropLight);
//Proper mouse cursor function.
function moveLight(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
 pointer.x = this.mouseX;
 pointer.y = this.mouseY;
}

function dragLight(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
 //Stop cursor from following for a moment.
 stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, moveLight);
 //If the mouse move out of the MovieClip, start rescaling.
 if (mouseX >= pointer.x && mouseY >= pointer.y && mouseX <= pointer.x && 
 mouseY <= pointer.y)
 {
  pointer.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, rescaleLight);
 }
}
//When user stop holding on left click, resume the movement of the cursor, 
stop dragging and scaling the cursor.
function dropLight(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
 stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, moveLight);
 pointer.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, rescaleLight);
}

function rescaleLight(evt:Event):void
{
 //Number variables which represents the distance between the mouse and cursor.
 var dragSizeX:Number = pointer.x - mouseX;
 var dragSizeY:Number = pointer.y - mouseY;
 
 //If the distance between the mouse and the cursor is a negative value, 
 multiply a negative number to make it positive. Else, no need to.
 if (dragSizeX >= 0)
 {
  pointer.width = dragSizeX * 2;
 }
 else if (dragSizeX <= 0)
 {
  pointer.width = dragSizeX * -2;
 }
 
 if (dragSizeY >= 0)
 {
  pointer.height = dragSizeY * 2;
 }
 else if (dragSizeY <= 0)
 {
  pointer.height = dragSizeY * -2;
 }
}

Explanations are provided inside the script box above, in black font.

inaccessible problem

2010-01-05T04:32:00.000-08:00

My long smooth programming has finally come to encountering a problem. Not a real AS3 problem to be exact, but a stupid mistake everyone could make.

When adding a new scene into a project, I forgotten to add a "stop();" code into the previous scene which I'was working on, and resulted in an output error, saying:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
 at getOffMyTable_fla::MainTimeline/moveLight()
TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
 at getOffMyTable_fla::MainTimeline/moveLight()

This error has been my No.1 enemy since a year ago, when I first started learning AS3. Better to avoid creating more of these errors in the future... Double check!

final decision

2010-01-04T22:10:00.000-08:00

I gave myself a few thoughts about what kind of game which I wanted to make this holiday. I need to be fast, because it'll end in 2 weeks time. A great flash game developer I know once said: Rushing is not best way to make a great flash game.

But dude, I've only got 3 weeks left to make a flash game to be submitted for the upcoming flash game making competition!!!

So I've got myself 2 ideas:

1."brrrogg..."

-a RPG game about a mucus-like monster trying kill other monsters and their bosses, and complete the 7 stages game.

2. "get off my table!"

-a simple flash game about killing ants with a magnifier, and get them off your table.

Still have a lot on my list, but this 2 were the one which I thought was the best among them.

Since I've already started working on "get off my table!", I suppose I'll just continue working with it then...

一番ポスト

2010-01-03T18:44:00.000-08:00

This wasn't the first time I'd created a new blog called "JakeL168 in Blogger", should be the 3rd time if I'm not mistaken... Well anyway, I've been casting my previous "JakeL168" blog (the 2nd) away for a while before I've decided to make a more professional portfolio based blog.

I also realized that I will have to buy a domain or get a web host, pay some cash to get a "www.jakel168.com" site myself to seems more professional. I just don't have that kind of cash at the moment, still trying my best to create games, join competition, win it's prize (especially the cash prize), and pay my mom the money I owed her for the new desktop.

I'm now working on a new project, not sure what it's called yet, just know that it's new and it's gonna be a flash game. And I'll be joining a flash-game making competition, held in Malaysia. Good luck to me!

good time with flash

2010-01-03T19:31:00.000-08:00

Currently watching this vid... the interesting stuff starts 16 minutes later... so just wait...