My .net magazine “Build a Retro game in Flixel” article is now out
.net magazine is apparently the “world’s best-selling magazine for web designers” which may be of little interest to game developers reading this, however issue 217 just hit the news stands and it contains Part 1 of my article on building an 8-bit inspired retro platformer in flixel 
The article starts from ground zero and builds up, covering sprite sheets, tile maps, cameras and collision. Written for almost total beginners, with lots of well commented source code (available as a download) to accompany, it should serve as a gentle introduction to flash game dev. I will post the article on my blog eventually, but not for a couple of months. So if you’d like to see it earlier take a wander into your local newsagents, or you should be able to buy the issue online from the .net site. Part 2 will appear in issue 218 (September 2011)
Click here to buy .net magazine issue 217 (august 2011)
Posted on June 20th 2011 at 1:43 pm by Rich.
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That magazine is not sold where I live, and I desperately need a series of tutorials for zero-knowledge Flixel & AS3 developers. Where can I look at? Remember: I have zero experience. =)
Massive congrats to you Rich, ill be sure to check it out
The article will appear on my blog once it has run its course in the magazine. So approx. 60 days time. Sounds ages to wait I know, but not much I can do about that I’m afraid.
Congrats man! Love the blog, keep up the good work
Can’t wait till August, I saw on their website you can buy single copies: http://www.netmagazine.com/shop
Thanks Rick – and yeah I noticed that today, so I’ve updated the links to point there. You can get single issues in print, or digital.
Finally got a hold of the magazine, and your tutorial rocked me out of my shoes. Gratz! =D
Glad you liked it
Part 2 out soon!
I d/led the digital version….awesome article Rich, but damn, what drugs were the programmers of the Zinio Reader on? Extremely cumbersome….I did screenshots and made my own PDF lol
Ouch, sorry about that! (have never tried the digital version of their magazine to be honest). I’ll release it as a PDF once I’m allowed to
(won’t be for a while yet though)
If anyone else is contemplating buying the download, don’t let my opinion of the reader stop you. It’s a good issue, and I learned one thing from the article that was worth the purchase price. Just wanted to add that
Grats man! I wish they would have featured some of your art on the cover rather than that boring black W we all have seen a million times before… :o)
Looks great. Having trouble getting the magazine as well, but I’ll be scanning the blog for when the article goes up. I tried to get into Flixel a year ago and am looking forward to something that can get me back in to it.
Just bought the magazine. I had to go to the all of the bookstores in town just to find it.
Sorry about that – but not really my fault
The new issue with part 2 in is finally out too!
Hi,
Download links (http://www.netm.ag/flash-218) are broken, would please be a dear and upload them somewhere?
tnx.
What’s up, just wanted to tell you, I liked this article. It was inspiring. Keep on posting!