At 11/16/09 05:21 PM, The-Super-Flash-Bros wrote: Sadly not possible :( I'd recommend Kuler though, really helps with that kind of colour selection. Added bonus: it's built into Flash CS4 as a panel.

Tom-

I second that. Kuler is a nice little palette chooser to have around.

I'll also throw this one out there. It's just way too easy to look at a bunch of colours and make your decisions and save them. It really helps break out of that 200 or so colours they give you on the primary swatch palette in Flash.

At 11/11/09 02:35 PM, Deadclever23 wrote: Working Out

I started working out a couple years ago. I decided that if I was going to be doing Flash for 40 hours a week I needed to get in shape and get away from the computer more. Working towards something like a big bike event or running event is what has kept me going since then. I did my half marathon and my 100 mi bike ride this year and next year I want to work towards a full marathon.

I do weight lifting twice a week and try to do some sort of cardio once a week when not training. When training for a cardio-related event I try to work out 3 times a week at least, at least 30 minutes cardio and 30 minutes lifting. On Sundays I would do an extended cardio (like 2-5 hours) to get set for the run/ride.

When i lift I try to focus on only one thing. It might be bicep night, back night, legs night, etc... just work a muscle group at a time then return to it in a week or so. That's worked for me fairly well. Since i am trying to bulk more than tone I do high weight/ low rep(reps of 15) instead of lighter weight with more reps (reps of 30).

Also hang out with someone who knows the equipment or take out a personal trainer/class to get used to it. Using equipment wrong (or using just the wrong equipment for the job) is a waste of time. Having someone just get you in gear is so useful, especially in a gym environment.

Not to add to the Video Game Regs Lounge, but I've discovered that if you buy popular games on Amazon as preorder they usually give you a $10-20 coupon for your next game. I preordered MW2 and got a $20 coupon towards Mario Bros Wii (got it for $26), then I got a coupon from that for another $10. A lot better than whatever you're getting a retail.

In other news my wife is painting acrylic paintings of some of my Flash games for the AG office. Super awesome.

This is the exact definition of a collab.

Anyway, if people want to contact you they will but I'll have to lock it since your qualifications to host a collab here are not up to snuff. Thanks!

At 11/9/09 09:26 PM, Duchednier wrote: As long as that 1 frame doesn't become shitloads of lag O.o

Bitmaps are your friend.

At 11/3/09 01:04 PM, Deadclever23 wrote: Adobe are doing a crap job with Flash
Also HTML5 has been predicted to overtake Flash
I'd give flash 5 more years for it becomes mainly obsolete.

What? There's very little basis in any of these claims.

Anyone getting spammed daily by Evan's old AIM account? I get facebook or porn messages every single day from it.

If it's a joke, well played.

Anyone posting in the forum right now didn't drink enough last night. Although sugar comas also count I think.

What the hell is going on with your formatting and lime green paper?

Knugen comes online telling me he just got modded, so I made a "Congrats Knugen!" thread. He then told me he was modded yesterday and Kirk already made a thread, so so far Knugen and my relationship is tense. He's already humiliated me. This may not work out.

Take your shots elsewhere guys.

Also I will probably be the only one to say this but I like Hot Fuzz more than Shaun. Sorry.

lastMovieClip = attachMovie(...);

lastMovieClip._rotation = 5;

Just a few thoughts:

Have someone read over your work before publishing. I love reading articles but some basic grammatical issues can really toss around the integrity of the article.

Remove the voting system. It doesn't seem necessary to have voting in a blog unless there is need for users to cast votes. Voting on an article about game design seems sort of odd.

Add syndication methods. There's some good tools out there so that people can easily subscribe to your blogs. Technorati, Digg, Mixx, and other all-in-one plugins really help your blog stay in the spotlight of readers.

Enjoy! Good luck.

My Geocities is gone today. It was a high density cache of wonderful animated gifs.

At 10/22/09 02:05 PM, knugen wrote:

At 10/22/09 12:18 PM, jmtb02 wrote: We're flying halloween themed at the office today.

Is that FlashDevelop? If so, please send :D

No, sadly not. I'm flying Mac at the office. But I do suggest the font Andale Mono for programming, it's a very nice font.

We're flying halloween themed at the office today.

At 10/14/09 05:18 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: There's plenty of ways to make money making games, flash is not the only thing capable of making money.

I've always wanted to make board games for a living.

At 10/14/09 02:11 PM, BoMToons wrote:

At 10/14/09 12:57 PM, Rustygames wrote: Why is everyone afraid of going and making money off flash IRL rather then over teh intrawebs

Many of us older users have IRL jobs in the industry, but making our own stuff still has a lot of appeal. The others, I assume, have school sucking up their "IRL" time.

It's hard once you get in the industry to continue doing things on the side, it takes a lot of dedication and focus. I know that once I started 8 hours a day the time spent on side projects definitely flew out the window.

At 10/14/09 01:02 AM, BoMToons wrote: I can't express how happy I am to have heard the news in this article:

DREAM COME TRUE

I was going to ask, have you seen the movie Holes? The kid in the movie steals a pair of shoes that looked a lot like the ones you showed me. Just a side thought.

I don't dress up for Halloween. Scaryies.

jmtb02 Dinner Treat List:
Glaiel-Gamer - Thai Food
BoMToons - BLT with Fries

Who's next?

Mandatory "I'm Sitting Next to BoMToons" post.

I found Newgrounds through my friend who did this project:

Dale Earnhardt SUCKS, by AcIdLiFT Type: Movie Rating: Everyone

This was right after Dale Earnhardt died. This video actually got a fair amount of buzz, hitting local news stations and pissing a whole lot of race fans off. The guy lives in a pretty big racing community.

They convinced me to submit animation so I decided to start submitting smallish games and animations. That was before there was actually a distinction between a game and animation swf on the site.

At 10/8/09 03:02 AM, Deadclever23 wrote: Miami Shark
So what did everyone think of the game.

I though it was good but being a minigame didn't deserve the score.

I know everyone is entitled to their own opinions but I don't think it being a minigame is in anyway a point against the game. There's nothing wrong with delivering an amuse bouche if it can trump the main course. This game is fresh, interesting, and makes me giggle. Maybe not eternally deep and maybe doesn't have RPG elements or breasts but that doesn't take away from what it is.

Yeah, score is slightly high... that'll come down once it gets the Top 50 list royal treatment.

At 10/6/09 12:17 AM, BoMToons wrote: Believe me because I'm old.

Aged like a fine wine.

At 10/3/09 12:11 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: indiecade day 3 begins!

I heard Indiecade is nearby.... should I visit? Hmmmmmmmmmmm

oh ya and I won the trophy for "Gameplay Innovation". It's a 20lb cast iron sculpture of death

Congrats! Remember your checked baggage is limited to 50 lbs ;).

At 9/29/09 12:09 PM, Paranoia wrote:

At 9/29/09 10:12 AM, Luis wrote:

At 9/28/09 10:28 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: TURBO SHANDY FOR LIFE!!! ****

**** Whatever you do, do not drink his turbo shandy concoction.

I have to side with Luis on this one :p

I typically stay away from drinks that have Turbo in the title.

At 9/28/09 07:25 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote:

At 9/28/09 12:13 AM, jmtb02 wrote: I'm back. Australian beer needs to try harder.

Big statement from the young lad. Drinking is like religion out there. What were you drinking?

I tried a little bit of everything... VB, Cascade, Blue Tongue, Coopers, Crowns... I would have to say out of those my favourite was VB and Coopers.

And you know beer needs to be cold to drink it properly, right? Have you guys figured that out yet on your side of the pond?

I'm back. Australian beer needs to try harder.

HELLO FROM THE FUTURE.

Australia is nice. See you all soon.

Happy Birthday Xeptic :) :)