December 20th, 2008 by Jim Burrows
I found this tutorial on gotoandplay.com about creating a massively multiplayer online game. It's a great read for more advanced users:
MMOs
December 15th, 2008 by Jim Burrows
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In this tutorial we will focus on creating a very simple, yet popular, arcade game from the past. I call it Breakout, but I've seen it called by many other names. The object is to take out all the bricks at the top of the screen by using a bar located at the bottom of the screen to deflect a ball back up to the top to take out bricks. The round ends when all bricks have been cleared. The game ends when the ball goes through the bottom of the screen. I'll start out by showing the code in full, and then I'll break it down and explain the working parts.
