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Archive of October 2008
Oct 28, 2008

<head> conference

Thanks to everyone who watched my presentation during the <head> conference last Saturday. Aral put together a great event, and despite not being able to hear the audience laugh uproariously at my hysterical jokes, I very much enjoyed giving the presentation.

I mentioned during the presentation that I would post the Big Spaceship end tag somewhere so those people for who it did not play through smoothly could see it. I am hoping to have that done sometime this week, so check back soon.
Joshua Hirsch     1 Comment     More »
 

Oct 16, 2008

Sprite: Properly update properties

Simple: update the x property of a bunch of Sprites on the stage based on the Mouse's x position.

If you are on the right half of the stage, move objects to the left (scroll right/negative x). If you are on the left side of the stage, move objects to the right (left scroll/positive x). This also takes into account how close you are to the center; if you are closer to the edges, scroll faster.
Stephen Koch     6 Comments     More »
 

Oct 16, 2008

AS3 Optimization Tip

Creating a site that has a lot of transitions is fun. One that uses a ParallaxManager to manage and scroll 6 layers of objects is also fun.

What isn't fun is having the user leave the site to check mail, work, oh, I don't know, do something else and have the site continually scroll. In steps 'Event.MOUSE_LEAVE'.
Stephen Koch     7 Comments     More »