Ashley Godbold's Video Lectures
Mathematics and Game Design Lectures and Tutorials
Adobe Flash and ActionScript 3.0
Adobe Flash Basics
Introduction to Adobe Flash-Basics
This video covers the following topics:
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Creating a new file in Flash
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Workspace layout
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Predefined workspaces and saving custom workspaces
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Adjusting stage settings and document properties
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Changing the zoom of the stage
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Working with imported images in the Library Panel
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Moving, resizing, and rotating objects on the Stage
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Adding text
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Add layers to the Timeline
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Managing keyframes in the Timeline
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Previewing your Flash animation
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Saving and publishing your Flash file
ActionScript 3.0 and Buttons Basics
This video covers the following topics:
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Basic frame navigation in flash using code snippets and buttons
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Basic button creation and animation
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Navigating to a webpage using a button
How to add a Flash Game (.swf file) to a Wix Website
Drawing in Flash
Basic Drawing with Shapes
This video covers the following topics:
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Difference between Drawing Modes (Merge and Object)
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Using the Rectangle and Oval Tools
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Using the Rectangle and Oval Primitive Tools
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Using the Polystar Tool
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Using the Line Tool
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Understanding Selection in Merge Drawing Mode
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Changing the Stroke, Fill, and Style Using Selection, Ink Bottle, Paint Bucket, and Eye Dropper
Using Grids and Aligning Objects
This video covers the following topics:
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Displaying the ruler
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Showing and editing grids
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Adding and editing guides
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Using Align and Distribute with multiple objects
Moving Objects in 3D Space
This video covers the following topics:
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Translation
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Vanishing Point Change
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Rotation
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Perspective Angle Change
Text Adventure
ActionScript 3.0 and Buttons Basics
This video covers the following topics:
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Basic frame navigation in flash using code snippets and buttons
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Basic button creation and animation
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Navigating to a webpage using a button
Using Trace, Displaying Variables in Text, and Animating a Health Bar
Topics covered in this video:
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labeling frames for timeline navigation
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defining Number variables
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using a button to affect a variable
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using trace to display a variable value
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creating a health bar movie clip
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animating/scaling a health bar when damage is taken
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embedding a font
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displaying a variable's value in a textbox
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going to another screen for a variable value (i.e. death screen when health=0)
Adventure Game
Coding User Interaction and Animating Movement of A Game Character
Topics covered in this video:
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Animating a character's walk cycle
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labeling frames for coding purposes
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using embedded movie clips
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using the arrow keys to move a movie clip (character)
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changing animation frames based on a keyboard input
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not allowing diagonal movement
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checking for last key pressed
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restricting a movie clip's (character's) movement
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animating an attack with the space key
Collision Detection, hitTestPoint, and hitTestObject
This video covers:
-very basics of collision detection in Adobe Flash
-hitTestPoint
-shapeFlag
-hitTestObject
Using Arrays, Loops, and hitTestObject to Pick Up Objects with a Character
This video covers the following topics:
-picking up hearts on the stage and displaying hearts in the UI for health
-hitTestObject
-defining arrays by listing elements and using for loops
-using a movie clip's visibility property
-AS Linkage
-if(contains...){
-removing event listeners
-removing children from the stage
Point-and-Click Game
Mouse Events and Removing Event Listeners for a Rudimentary Point-and-Click Game
Topics covered in this video:
-Movie clip properities
-MOUSE_OVER
-MOUE_OUT
-CLICK
-animating a movie clip with MOUSE_OVER and MOUSE_OUT
-scaling a movie clip
-creating a rudimentary inventory system
-Removing Event Listeners
Create a Custom and Animated Cursor
This tutorial shows how to create a custom cursor that:
-runs an animation when the mouse is clicked
-changes when it hovers over an object
Drawing Game
Using External Classes and the Color Picker to Make a Drawing Application
Topics in this video include:
-Creating an ActionScript 3.0 class
-Using graphics to draw an ellipse
-Creating and adding an instance of a class (addchild)
-MOUSE_MOVE, MOUSE_DOWN, MOUSE_UP
-Removing event listeners
-Using the Color Picker Component
-Using add child to place objects at the correct depth
-Placing a class in subfolders