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Title: Macromedia Flash Mx 2004 Game Programming (Game Programming) by Craig Murray, Justin Everett-Church ISBN: 1-59200-036-3 Publisher: Premier Press Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for stated purpose but still need reference book
Comment: This is a pretty decent book in an easy-to follow format which does a great job of providing information for it's stated purpose (Flash MX game programming).
As an experienced programmer who just started toying with Flash, I would say this book certainly opened my eyes to the capabilities of Flash and Actionscript. After reading Chapter 6, it took about an hour to modify the "Space Invaders" type game into a "Math Blaster" game to help my son learn his multiplication tables.
It also does an admirable job of being useful for beginners and experienced programmers. For those already familiar with Javascript, there will be a lot of repeated material but the book's format makes this easy to skim through.
Now for the problems. First off, the index is one of the worst I've ever seen. I typically scan through an entire book to see what kind of information is available then use the index when I need to look up the specifics. This book might as well not have one. I finally started writing my own additions in the margins of the index pages.
The second problem probably isn't fair to mention but, because of the useless index, you will definitely still need a good Actionscript reference (is there one out there?). Again, to be fair, the book never claims to be a reference.
If you plan to program Flash games or just want to learn what Flash is capable of doing, read this book. If you're looking for a reference guide, move on (and please let me know when you find one).
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Title: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Games Most Wanted by Kristian Besley, Sham Bhangal, Anthony Eden, Brad Ferguson, Brian Monnone, Keith Peters, Glen Rhodes, Steve Young ISBN: 1590592360 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Macromedia Flash MX Game Design Demystified by Jobe Makar ISBN: 0201770210 Publisher: Macromedia Press Pub. Date: 09 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 ActionScript : Training from the Source by Derek Franklin, Jobe Makar ISBN: 0321213432 Publisher: Macromedia Press Pub. Date: 19 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 for Server Geeks by Nate Weiss ISBN: 0735713820 Publisher: New Riders Pub. Date: 26 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Macromedia Flash MX 2004 ActionScript 2.0 Dictionary by Macromedia, Flash Experts ISBN: 0321228413 Publisher: Macromedia Press Pub. Date: 03 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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