Hello, I'm an Avid Javascript developer, and am wondering if there's any to use Open web technologies (JS/HTML/CSS) to build a flash game.
After a few Google searches, i've got nothing, so I'm asking here.
A:
If you want to build the Flash game on the web, http://wonderfl.net/ is forkable and editable code that compiles instantly all in your browser, with a pretty vibrant community of flash developers (though I find a lot of the code comments are in Japanese, which I can't unfortunately speak/read). The editor I think defaults to a flash based text editor, but there is an option to use a html/css version instead.
If you want to build an editor like wonderfl.net, you'll need a serverside SWF compiler. I believe MTASC is still the most popular way to do that.
If you just want to build a flash game without buying flash, Eclispse + the Opensource FLEX sdk will do it with some work or notepad/textmate + MTASC.
Nilloc
2010-06-28 04:57:42
I'm looking to compile HTML/CSS/JS into a swf, but thanks for all of the links!
Rixius
2010-06-28 05:36:41
MTASC is an AS2 compiler
TandemAdam
2010-06-28 20:11:38
+1
A:
Flash is just as "open" as JavaScript. They are both based on ECMAScript. The Flex compiler is fully open-source, and there are a bunch of really great open-source tools for developing with, including my personal favorite IDE; FlashDevelop.
Flex and Flash can also use CSS for formatting if you prefer, but there are better options than verbose CSS.
TandemAdam
2010-06-28 10:34:27
Thanks, i was aware that Flash was ECMA Script, unfortunatly it's an attempt at what was ES4, not ES5/Strict; But I wasn't aware the compiler from Adobe was Open Source, Thanks.
Rixius
2010-06-28 14:03:15
The compiler that the Flash IDE uses is not open-source, but the compiler in the Flex SDK (MXMLC) is open-source.
TandemAdam
2010-06-28 20:14:50