Haxe Game Development Essentials

Hello World

Now that we have everything we need installed, we should make sure that Haxe, OpenFL, and HaxeFlixel are all up and running. To do this, we'll create a new project using the command line, run it, and then add an image to the screen to ensure that we can make changes.

Creating a project

To create a project, open up a command or terminal window and navigate to the folder in which you want your game's folder to be created.

After doing this, enter this command:

flixel tpl -n "HelloWorld"

This will create a new folder using the standard HaxeFlixel project template. It will also create project files for your code-editing tool of choice, allowing for quick integration out of the box.

Tip

If HaxeFlixel doesn't automatically open your project in ...