Category Archives: Beginner

How to make a multi-player game – part 1

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Paul Firth

Hello and welcome back to my blog! Its been a while since my last post, this is because I’ve been working on a multi-player game, called mmoAsteroids which you can play by clicking on the icon on the side-bar. This … Continue reading →

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How to make games

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Paul Firth

In this article I’m going to be talking about the process behind actually making, testing and publishing a game. It’s aimed at the absolute beginner but there should be something of interest here for the intermediate level reader as well. … Continue reading →

Posted in AS3, Beginner, learning-to-program, Portals, Self improvement, Stencyl | Tagged , , , , , , | 24 Comments

Physics engines for dummies

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Paul Firth

Hello and welcome back to my blog! This time i’m going to talk about the basic components that make up a physics engine and how to put them together; this tutorial is aimed at programmers who have a basic grasp … Continue reading →

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