| Chuck Insight 2006-02-20, 3:26 am |
| Hi All,
I recently created a hybrid of our old favorite board game, "Battleship;" and Flash seems to be the perfect way to bring this wonderful new game to the Internet.
Let's start with some bad news - My first time using Flash was when Studio 8 Professional showed up about two weeks ago. The good news is that I believe I already have enough graphics background to eventually pull this off. I've used Corel Draw since it was Release 5. More good news - I have replicated the game board foundation in Flash, and have already managed to create a frame-by-frame animation.
The part of developing the game that is still beyond me is that the game needs to allow a player to move a "ship" from dockside to its "battle position" on a 6 by 6 grid, numbered one to thirty-six (duh). The documentation suggests that the best way to achieve this movement is with a tween. Unfortunately, when I try to do that, the balance of the screen goes blank. Where should I look to learn how to do this task properly?
Another event I consider crucial the overall success of the game is to associate the specific sound a ship makes when it sails from one place to another. Sorry, but this is another required task I simply cannot figure out how to do no matter how far I delve into the help file. Please suggest here, too.
Oh, yea, a future question will involve connecting to a database . . . any clues where to fine the meat and potatoes of this topic would also be great.
Thanks, Chuck
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