The Hello World of flash games?

[CrustySheet]

so people what would you say would be the hello world of flash games?
im not talking dressup games a little more advanced than that
i was messing with a mate he is saying Asteroids im saying frogger :)

any other thoughts?

[monksor]

var t:TextField = new TextField();
t.text = "Hello World";
this.addChild(t);

[CrustySheet]

Hardy harady harady harady har!

[Magical-Zorse]

At 11/10/08 12:07 AM, CrustySheet wrote: Hardy harady harady harady har!

he's right, you know

[Glaiel-Gamer]

pong

[CrustySheet]

At 11/10/08 12:18 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: pong

i tend to disagree with pong as it requires physics

[Glaiel-Gamer]

At 11/10/08 12:22 AM, CrustySheet wrote:

At 11/10/08 12:18 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: pong

i tend to disagree with pong as it requires physics

Pong requires no more physics than any other game. It's quite minimal what it requires actually.

[Pasty-Flawss]

I guess the hello world is making it so when you hold down arrow keys it moves in that direction.

[Woadraiders]

Space Side-Scroller with like just 1 type of enemy that moves only left no tricks, you can move up and down only, and can shoot and kill the enemies.

[iameatingjam]

At 11/10/08 12:22 AM, CrustySheet wrote:

At 11/10/08 12:18 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: pong

i tend to disagree with pong as it requires physics

Yeah your right, it was a lot harder for me to make a pong game than some of my first platformers

[RyanPridgeon]

At 11/10/08 12:22 AM, CrustySheet wrote:

At 11/10/08 12:18 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: pong

i tend to disagree with pong as it requires physics

You think it requires more physics than Asteroids?

[liaaaam]

if(ball.y>bat.y/2){
ball.yspeed++;
} else {
ball.yspeed--;
}

That's not hard..

But I guess trace("Hello World"); would be the best answer. Yes.

[DiscoBeard]

Tetris

Lots of arrays and theres about a gillion ways to do it, so it gets you thinking.

[Bobby444]

A catapult game like mine!

[Fion]

Hentai Quiz, why do you even need to ask.

[KaynSlamdyke]

I second Tetris (array management, conditions, functional game mode states).

I also recommend Mastermind (array management, solver algorithms, parsing), Frogger (timing events, keyboard input), Noughts and Crosses (artificial intelligence), Matching Pairs (game modes, random sorting), Slot Machines and Arkanoid (physics).

Best bit of it is that all the above (bar arkanoid) can be coded to output as text only, meaning you only need to display everything either in a textfield with a fixed width font, or in the output window.

Keeping graphics seperate to programming encourages a specific mindset that covers problems from a purely coding side of things, and doesn't slow you down when it comes to taking your code and assigning graphics to it (which in turn, promotes an OOP way of thinking later in your programming career)

[5h4d3ofBl4ck]

Dress up games.

[zuperxtreme]

At 11/10/08 12:18 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: pong

I second this.

Then Pong written completely in AS.

[Bobby444]

By the way I meant this:

444 Presents - Catapult, by Bobby444 Type: Game Rating: Everyone

[OctoFlash]

i think platformers are definitely in the top 3. maybe #1.

[WolfAkela]

Really, my guess would be dress up games.

Or based Key.isDown which moves a movie clip.

Or trace.