How to make a platform game in flash (CS5)

[@eddi790]

THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUUUUCH! I have watched hundreds of tutorials, but this is the only one where the ball not glitces. Thanks again! Thank you!

[@activereplayar497]

Wow, there sure are a lot of "things" in this video.

[@MIC-if4hs]

Sooooo basically I copy and paste some code into the program with "Those two things" and "Just mess around with it" until I finally get my game to work properly...... Okay then.

[@DrSoda.]

Dont be an ass

[@iwatcher69]

Blayer, you got to create the animation and then nest it onto your movie clip (the character). For example, double click your character which should already be a symbol. next create the animation. I used it to bounce and squished when it hits the ground. then go back to your primary scene just click the blue arrow on the top left of your work area(next to "scene" then "char"), so that your character's symbol has a blue outline again. good luck.

[@TheMongwai]

Dude most say that I really liked this video and everything worked for me, thx. I have checked other persons videos and they don't explain what you should do or did simple as you did.

[@Darkfamiliars]

1.if so then you should make the whole thing over again, if you have done a mistake but cant remember it then that is the best choice. 2. make sure the ground is thicker then the speed you fall down in pixels per frame as if the ground is 1 thick and the character fall down 5 pixels every frame it will ignor the 1 thick ground as it does not actually collide with the ground :D hope t his helps :D

[@drawner22]

Thank you very much, this is one of the best tutorials of how to make a platformer I ever found on youtube. Keep up the good work ;)!

[@PiggySandvich]

Copying and pasting wont work for the camera mate.

[@EduMiguel16]

thanks for this perfect tutorial, best explaning video ever in youtube (or maybe I didn't watch a better one yet xD). :)

[@telopyd]

Now it works: I had the script assist on. I'm new to flash so I didn't know that. It works perfectly now, ty alot

[@ElectronicMindStudios]

Just wondering, but would it be possible for you to make a video explaining the code? That way people can learn a bit of action script while doing this, and hopefully be able to modify it slightly to suit there own needs. Thanks!

[@khwalotechtv6403]

Thanks for the CODE fam. That's very helpful

[@crunchycow7037]

this is the best tutorial ever you were the only one to teach me

[@rickythechicken]

THANK YOU SO SO SO SO MUCH!!!!!! I TOLD MY FRIEND ABOUT IT AND HE ACTUALLY PAYED ME TO PLAY!!!! THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!!!!!!

[@Mrwiseguy101690]

I'm going to subscribe to you. I have been searching for about 8 months for someone like you. =)

[@ATVMedia]

Now when i see how hard is it to make a game. i respect them

[@GrzegorzusLudi]

There is also another possiblity how to eliminate fast falling at start. Under the "_root.char._y = charY = 215.56;" in bottom clip write "_root.char.grav = 0;". Then you'll be able to place char in the air.

[@stripes1483]

you helped me make my first game. you are the best.

[@EcchiSamurai]

I have tried many different tutorials on how to make a flash game and I use Adobe Flash CS6. Every time I try to make a game in Flash, the character falls through the ground. I want to make a flash game using flash puppets, I'm guessing it would be the same concept, only with animated characters. My biggest problem though is that the characters always fall through the ground. How can I fix this?

[@chrt222]

I liked the tutorial, actually learned some stuff, try study the code guys!

[@AwS0Me9]

make sure the character has an instance of char and that your ground has an instance name of ground. Also check that the registration is on the bottom for the character and the top for the ground. And also make sure your stroke is at 4 or higher

[@NIP28]

THANX MAN THAT WAS AMAZING... now ima just try to find out wut ima make my game of..

[@TheGlenF]

Click on your character or ground layer, then click on your character symbol or ground symbol and you should find an instant name section when isnt filled in even when you thought you did it. and thats it basicly

[@lagahitjovenandrei7416]

Hi I'm from the future 2020 thanks for your useful video!!!!

[@리형진-g6q]

this was helpful.THX!although i don't understand it now fully. it was good for an introduction video to adobe flash content.(with code)

[@ImDerMonkeeBanana]

frislid thanks man i realised what wasn't working you need to space everything between each line because i typed it not copy and paste and when i did there was a difference thanks man great turtorial if you can show us how to make something like realm of mad god thatll be awesome

[@danger069gurl]

great job it helps me and I had no interest in flash until today

[@gilarynduran08]

This is really awesome, it help very much to my thesis :)

[@FrislidProductions]

good to hear you resolved your problem

[@Yaboimattjohnson]

this is really great man, i'm having such a fun time following along, you are really talented. thanks so much for putting this up

[@Hb35Jazz]

You sure you have named it ground in the "Instance Name" box in properties as well? Besides just naming the symbol? I made that mistake and experienced the same problem, but correcting it made everything work. Cheers!

[@BinghamVlogs]

Finally! Someone with a normal voice! Also, very helpful!

[@pistelli57]

If your character keeps falling down, make sure your platform height is higher than the character height. If not, it will only work if you change the code.

[@RetroGamerNO]

Maybe you could explain the code?

[@matthewjones608]

Great guide mate, certainly got me into some flash programming!

[@JazzMy8]

Good thing I studied C++. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to understand a thing. I understand why others may have trouble understanding though. In my case, thank you for making this video.

[@randomer24700]

You need to explain what you do it's not enough to just do it.

[@Broc923]

Worked perfect. Thanks! Going to mess around with this and make a level progression system.

[@superkrizz6970]

Scene 1, Layer 'character', Frame 1, Line 9, Column 26 1086: Syntax error: expecting semicolon before leftbrace.

[@fayaadbsa]

add ; before {

[@lego310]

ill subscribe to u if 2 part pop up plz i need to finish this project!! this tutorial is great one of the best i seen in youtube plz continue!

[@shalywahg6000]

thank you so much, please keep making tutorials!

[@lopex3824]

Where do you learn all the coding for the character and stuff? So if i want to make something difrent i dont need to search on google!

[@LittleGameDev]

Lopex Try www.khanacademy.org/ its an awesome site and its free. Once you there go the *Intro for drawing and Animations* you can also use your Gmail account to sign up and log in. I hope this helps.

[@emmanuelo24]

thx i had to look at this vieo like 100+ times !!!!!!!!!!!!!1 thx for vid it worked

[@DJOverspin]

Can you show how to make a 2 player online flash game? Would be great to make one so you and a friend in a different state can play online without being in the same house on the same computer.

[@ankzmoviez]

1. you can't delete the crosshair. it's called the shapeflag. 2. you don't have to delete anything inside the vcam (in the code it sets it's own alpha to 0)

[@MegaVmovies]

Is it just me or is the script not ok, if it isn't, please send me the good one

[@halo2523]

welcome to youtube

[@naturelove5656]

you are a very good animator

[@Untoldanimations]

While you were at you should have just let us copy and past the entire flash file -.-

[@Bl3zzz]

+Ping Pong Cup Shots hey hey hey, if you don't appreciate his effort, scram

[@lemonco7984]

then it wouldn't be a tutorial, you would just be stealing his game and pretend it yours

[@sophietheriolu]

It is a very complex code, more complex than HTML, and this is a tutorial for beginners - I would imagine it to be very difficult to memorize such advanced encoding.

[@naruarthur]

you don't need to put teh reset box bigger than the ground obj, you can make a small obj taht will move toguether with the player, so when it fall it will be always near!

[@areyousure4398]

one of da best tutuorials!!!!

[@UnknownDante]

If you follow his instructions exactly, it will work. Use your head, kids!

[@jedmanivx]

That was a great animation. it helped me alot. Because of that vid, i am now making huge games, thank you very much.

[@FrangoTraidor]

worked just as expected. thanks

[@Ceremony515]

FrislidProductions, I'm in the middle of learning Javascript, and the code you provided looks extremely similar. Is Flash actionscript it's own language? Or a combination of C++, Java, and Javascript? I thought creating a game took tons of code=time, but after watchin "Indie Games" the movie and finding this, I'm more inspired to create a short beautiful game. Is there any suggestion or direct you can give me? I'm already learning graphic design and soon illustration, so I'm excited! Thanx!

[@hazzmat2]

Thanks a lot for this video, Everything you mentioned works for me.

[@kitchenXninja]

make sure you make your backgrounds instance name "ground". i had the same problem and then i fixed it by doing that. hope i helped :)

[@FrislidProductions]

@TazzyProductions ur best best would be inserting a new scene which at the menu bar it says add new scene. then u add it but tht means u need new actions now which gets a little hard so let me just try saying when it goes to a cutscene instead of the action saying gotoAndStop() it will have to say gotoAndPlay()........and honestly adding scenes does make the actions corresponding with each other alot harder but hey its all trial and error then...good luck.

[@coconut2834]

wow you are so good at this aprove!!!!!!!!!!

[@NintendoDr]

@TheElitedeath you can make multiple levels if you make a button to go to the next keyframe (preferablywhere it is in a position where you can only click on it when you reach the last block), but then you would have to start the game all over (except maybe the character) to create the next level. the code for a button is on (realese) {gotoandStop(2)} just to go to the second keyframe. you would change the 2 to a 3 if you wanted it to go to the third keyframe 4 to go to the fourth,ect.

[@AwS0Me9]

check some of this guys other tutorials, hes really good at this

[@saultrujillo1745]

Very good, i find it very interesting and thank you!!!

[@gunrjzhr123]

i pasted the code for the character and it had a problem... using flash cc... does it matters?

[@JeromeIsTheMan]

Can flash cc use actionscript 2.0?

[@VitalityEd]

***** No. It got dropped in CC, which is why omer bengal is having trouble. you can't put codes inside of a symbol, only a frame.

[@NerdBoy72Productions]

Great video! this helped so much! do you know how to make a 2player platform game?

[@Messaneo]

@wonkyturban This might not be your issue, but make sure that when you name your character and ground (both in the layer and instance name) they are named EXACTLY "character" and "ground" If you name them "Character" or "Ground" (i.e with C & G instead of c & g) the code-reference will not work and your objects will have no action related to each other. Furthermore, if you want to name them something else, make sure you change the code to fit the names.

[@StandingTough]

thanks bro, it's cool how you explain it so well, and provide the codes.

[@Alejandrowrites]

is the character coding for cs6 any different because I'm getting a syntax error whenever i copy and paste it into the script

[@jrgenmindrebe7060]

How do I do the action option for the character in the new Flash version?

[@NAYOBULL]

change the keyboard short cut

[@and3210123]

You helped me out. Is it OK if i make a game EXACTLY like yours?

[@jamclock5855]

Thanks for the tutorial dude.

[@fakerabi]

+jam Clock You've a beautiful face

[@jamclock5855]

You aren't the first person to say that.

[@cpcheatscpvideos]

This is great help! You deserve a subscribe my friend! :)

[@RobertMaddison]

This is great! nice one!!

[@iwatcher69]

On the character layer, after converting your character to a symbol, name it by going to the properties and calling it "char". then go to your ground layer. After converting the ground to a symbol, name it "ground". I had the same problem and fixed it like that.

[@CharlotteBennett]

My Character isn't moving! But I selected play (in Control) and it still does nothing!

[@isaiahhainline3840]

make a game over frame in frame 4 or whatever frame you're in then go back to the restart box and make an action that says: gotoAndStop(4). Then make a back button using his example.

[@brennandownhill]

So... Step 1: make player and solid Step 2 : Copy and Paste I'm good at programming now!!! Obviously joking I didn't learn shit.

[@ozof8077]

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[@PapaPxD]

This is very helpful but I need it on actionscript 3 :(. Are there any tutorials same as this.

[@lukassavaikaitis955]

if you use action script 2.0 - yes it will. No matter wich version of adobe flash you use, it all comes into flash player and actionscript version to define either it will work or not

[@PPTVBA]

the worst problem after I put the code on the character and press ctrl enter it just comes down and falls.

[@gustavotonogamerMad]

my programation is almost complete but... my character is falling forever and not move

[@xgum]

When I convert it to a SWF to test it, the character seems to be off a few inches from the ground. He falls through and lands on an invisible platform below, which simulates what I've drawn.

[@aqw1337]

wow this is a great totorial only cuz this totorial iam mading big flashgames i will try to make an MMO game its take a while xD

[@iwatcher69]

Thank you sooo much. You are the MAN!!!!!

[@kingkyrie6474]

amazing man thanks for this tutorial

[@Oscar_____]

you sir are talented thank you :D

[@bruhmamba5697]

Scene=Scene 1, layer=char, frame=1, Line 9 Clip events are permitted only for movie clip instances

[@casinoBC]

@FrislidProductions thanks man, its just because the codes i was using were coming up as errors? but yes i shall watch the cs4 tutorial

[@alaslipknot]

//inside the V-cam this._visible = false ; will make the V-cam invisible when you run your game, it more practical than going inside and deleting the "colors" on the buttom.

[@csgotrollingstreamingother4676]

can you make the character able to attack? ty

[@MarcoPoloZsAll]

@DJ Vast, do you have a hit test set up with your character's instance name and the platform instance name?

[@jayhawkfan257]

Just a quick question, ive got vcam and everything works fine, but when i test it, the cam makes it to where it shows below the stage, and I dont want it like that, how do i make it so the bottom of the stage is the lowest vcam can go?

[@Shauntaro]

How can I make it so that if your character hits the restart box, it goes into a game over screen then goes back to the game?

[@qzwxecrbtntn5886]

Could you convert the coding to ActionScript 3? That would be AMAZING

[@ThePunisher1028]

***** In as3 hitTest() method is renamed as hitTestObject()

[@thegoodgamer872]

for macromedia flash users: if you try to find something named "classic tween", you wont find it, soooooo, use monition tween

[@OttoStadel]

It works great thank you, just one problem - sometimes when my character is standing the whole ground movieclip seems to vibrate, is there any way to fix that?

[@twoleggedcat_cs2]

I have a syntax error where it says line 1 expecting semicolon before leftbrace

[@mitchellgamer1291]

thank you so much It Works 100%

[@ClubPenguinMaster88]

would be a fun game to play when bored.

[@AkshaySingh-we1ib]

I followed all of the directions clearly, but when I right click on the character, I don't get the option to click on "Actions." I don't know what the reason may be but I have a newer version of this(don't know if that makes a difference or not) All of this is around 2:37 in the video.