Gary Rosenzweig's ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University shows you how to use ActionScript, the programming language behind Flash CS3 Professional. The lessons teach you all the basics of ActionScript programming through game examples, but the code can be easily adapted to non-game-oriented projects, such as web training and advertising. Written by a real-world Flash developer, this book presents you with the source code of 16 complete games and lays the foundation for you to create your own games. Gary also provides a companion website - flashgameu.com, which contains files, updates, new content, Gary's blog and much more.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
It's Magic:
Here's the deal,
I am not a programmer...not even a great flash designer.
My previous knowledge of ActionScript was stop(); and gotoAndStop();
Don't know any other computer language. I got this book and 2 weeks later I got my very own Flash game.
(two weeks of sitting with a yellow highlighter, and studying like I am back in collage). I don't mean a customized version of one of the book examples, but a completely new game.
Gary helps you understand the logic behind... more info
Good and enjoyable book:
What's so enjoyable about a programming book? Well Gary Rosenzweig has a nice style of writing. Besides learning AS3, you will also learn how to think. How to build the games. This is a very important thing. He presents a simplified way of the game, then he starts evolving the game. I'm an AS3 beginner and I can say this book is not 100% for beginners, but if you want to make games and learn AS3 this is a good start. Also, on the book website Gary keeps posting new videos and tutorials!
Excellent book:
Before buying this book, I searched Amazon.com reviews for the best rated intermediate level AS3 books that address AS3 via examples of AS3 being applied to useful tasks from an Object Oriented approach. With an instructional design/development background, some Java, C and looong ago even BASIC, some history developing with MacroMedia Director, Authorware, and Flash, I needed more than a basic intro, but not just a dry syntax dictionary or another abstract OOP lecture. His concrete examples... more info
Excellent:
The book is in excellent condition and I got it before the deadline,
It was great!
