Software, Fitness, and Gaming – Jesse Warden
Software | Fitness | Gaming
*** NOTE: This article is out of date, and superseded by Part 2. ***
The following is a quick start guide on how to get RobotLegs working on top of the Gaia Flash Framework written by Steven Sacks. Â In later articles, I’ll show how to use per-Gaia-page Contexts, a visual example, as well as cover Enterprise scenarios. Â For now this should get you up and running in 10 minutes.
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This is a long post, so I’ve provided a short version, and content links to relevant sections if you want to skip around.
Short Version
I’ve built an AIR application in my spare time using Flex that helps you play Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition faster. It took 6 months in my spare time and cost around $50k to build, and $40 a month to maintain.
See and download it here.
It was created in response to my new players, who are tech saavy, having a slow time getting a game going. I copied the design metaphor used in MMORPG games, as well as creating an online database via Django of user submitted content to help the process go faster, as well as supporting house rules. In doing market research, I found my product is for a younger generation, and this makes it challenging to market. I used an Iterative/Agile development process to ensure it got completed.
The app had 3 goals: make money, make our games quicker & easier, and prove to myself I could execute. I succeeded in the latter 2, and failed in the making money… so far.
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This is not code I’m proud of, nor have I thoroughly tested it. Â However, I know SOMEONE out there will need this, so here it is. Â Keep in mind, she leaks memory like a seive, but for a slideshow that shows to the user for 30 seconds, who cares. Â If you’re bored, you’re welcome to fix/mod/improve/re-write.
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Josh was bitching on Twitter the other day about how if you select multiple objects in Flash and choose Convert to Symbol, it puts them all on the same layer, regardless of where they were before. Others agreed that it is frustrating. I know where he’s coming from doing production art, so I built this quick Command to do just that. If you save in your Commands folder, and re-boot Flash, you can re-map your F8 key to use this Command instead of the regular Convert to Symbol Command.
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