Hi all,
I am thinking of developing a small flash game. I was considering my different alternatives. One of them obviously involves working with some open source projects. Does any of you know of an open source flash game? Something similar to a shootup'. Is it even realistic to expect such a thing?
Thank you
If you do some googling you can find some basic Flash games like Asteroids with tutorials and source code available.
Generally speaking, you aren't going to find a lot of serious API's or engines for games floating around for Flash since Flash programming tends to be rather gridlocked in with visual design.
On the flip side, something like Alterniva3D could arguably be called a gaming engine since it has basic precepts of gravity and keyboard movement built right into it... but 3D programming in Flash is quite an advanced topic.
I don't know any open source flash games you can contribute to but you should consider one using the fantastic API flixel made by Adam Atomic so you will learn how to use it.
If you decide to use Flixel (and you really should), there are a number of games with the source code available for your perusal.
Good luck.