Understanding Flash MX 2004 ActionScript 2

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Goose Game

Introduction to Design and Programming of an Application

The main objective of this chapter is to put everything you have learned into building a game with the support of a step-by-step breakdown and explanations of all the code. The game is available from www.sprite.net/understanding and is made up of a simple syntax:

duplicateMovieClip( )

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for

if

with

startDrag( )

onClipEvent( )

The Game Loop

A game can be decomposed into five processes that continually run into a loop. It is a basic formula that almost every game has to have. The game loop is a series of processes for getting input from and displaying output to the user and updating the game. The five basic processes are:

1. The Introduction – The start screen has an animation ...