ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University, Second Edition

9. Word Games: Hangman and Word Search

• Strings and Text Fields

• Hangman

• Word Search

Using letters and words for games has been popular since the mid-20th century with board games, such as Scrabble, and paper games, such as crosswords and word searches.

These games work well as computer games and as web-based games. This chapter looks at two traditional games: hangman and word search. First, however, we need to take a closer look at how ActionScript handles strings and text fields.

Strings and Text Fields

Source Files

http://flashgameu.com

A3GPU209_TextExamples.zip

Before trying to make word games, it is worthwhile to see how ActionScript ...