Free flash game development resources. This is a list of sites any ActionScript game developer will find useful, AS2 and AS3. Everything on Flash games; books, popular flash tutorials, flash game development forums, ways to make money with games, and more.
Game Development from Adobe
Tools
- FlashDevelop – A great Free AS3 development tool.
- Flex SDK – Free SDK from Adobe. Needed to make “Flash free” SWFs with FlashDevelop
- Vizzy Flash Tracer – Shows trace statements outside of Flash. Works out of the box.
Game Development Forums
- ActionScript.org Forums
- kirupa Forums
- Flash Kit Forums
- MochiAds Community
- Kongregate Forums
- NewsGrounds BBS — Flash
- Ultrashock Forums
- GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
Game Development Blogs
Flash Game Sponsors
- CPMstar
- GameJacket
- Google Adsense
- Ad4Game
- Flash Game License: Welcome
- APT from Yahoo!
- Profit as a Flash Game Developer
- FlashGameSponsorship
Flash Books
- Essential ActionScript 3.0 by Colin Moock
- ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns Programming
- ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook
- ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University
Tutorials
- – Box2D Tutorials
- Tonypa Tutorials – Tile based games
- Kirupa Flash Tutorials
- N Tutorial – Collision Detection
Video Tutorials
Game Engine
Pathfinding
Misc Stuff
Multiplayer Servers
Templates
Flash Magazines
If you would like to suggest additional resources, please feel free to contact me.