I have Macromedia 8 and I would like to make a board game, I know how to make animations in it but I don't know many commands, can anyone help me?
Things I would want to have in game
-random dice rolling (I have no idea how to make something random) -hit points (when you land on some spaces you lose hit points) -switches (when you land on switch it my activate trap on other space, like spikes) -potions (when you land on it it restores your health) -players (I would like 2-6 players options) -other (some spaces do diffrent actions when you land on them)
If that is too much, for my first game I would just wat to leard how to make player move that many spaces showed on dice and I would like to have dice that show random "dots" from 1-6 after that I How to make hitpoints, traps and potions
for rolling, you need a function on the main timeline that will generate a random number between 1 and 6 when triggered. the code would be something like function roll(){
or rolling, you need a function on the main timeline that will generate a random number between 1 and 6 when triggered. the code would be something like
function roll(){ result=Math.ceil(Math.random()*6) moveplayer() }
moveplayer would be another function that will move a player based on the result. also to trigger the function roll, you will need a button with the code, on(release){ _root.roll() }
As I've said to a lot of people before... the key to creating a game (or any sort of project for that matter, not just flash or programming) is breaking it down into manageable chunks. You see, learning a language might sometimes be challenging, but it helps so much to be able to say what exactly you want.
For instance, you ask about dice rolling. You could break this down into smaller chunks, like 'click on a button', 'getting a random number from 1 to [maximum]', 'store the result', 'displaying that to the user for a specific time', 'moving the (current) player result spots forward'. This might seem pretty straight-forward, and it is actually, but it helps you determine what it is you want. Another benefit is that because you've broken it down into small pieces, you can easily ask for help, tips or hints on how to implement that - meaning that even if you don't know the code, you know what exactly to ask for. This makes life for you a lot easier, and also for those you ask help from
Well I think it is a good idea for him to make the board game on paper or something equivalent. Make it for real and then try and put that game into Flash.
You will find out what you need to do to get it into flash by taking the same steps you did in building the real game as the digital one. You can also add a lot of neat things dynamically in flash that you cannot with a real board game.
Here is a link to dice animations to give you a little idea of differences: Dice Animations
No it's just flash sucks for that kind of stuff I can easily see it using way more resources than a software based system.
I heard that my friend go his computer up to 110 celcius playing flash games. He could literally boil water on his cpu (maybe even make some eggs and bacon to boot). Though his motherboard sucked at regulating temp but still it puts it into perspective.
