Articles by LEE BRIMELOW

Flash Player 11.2 custom right-click example

I’m sitting in my hotel room in Brussels putting together some demos for my presentation tomorrow. Below you can check out my example of creating a custom right-click menu in Flash Player 11.2. You can also download the FLA but make sure you have CS6...

Quick Tip: Targeting new AIR SDK in Flash CS6

By Lee Brimelow

I had no idea that this feature was in Flash CS6. Finally we can easily target new versions of AIR! Check out how in the tip below. Thanks to Daniel Albu for tipping me off about this. [if !IE]>

New tutorial on creating object pools in AS3

By Lee Brimelow

I just uploaded a new tutorial that shows you how to create and use object pools in AS3. In the example I am using Starling but the concepts carry over to any other framework or just the traditional display list. This concept is vital to get good performance...

GreenSock tweening comes to JavaScript

By Lee Brimelow

Great news for those who are looking to get into JS animation. GreenSock, the creator of excellent libraries like TweenLite and TweenMax, has just released their new animation platform and it includes support for both Flash and HTML5. By the looks of the API,...

Flash Player 11.3 fullscreen keyboard input

By Lee Brimelow

One of the greatest features in Flash Player 11.3 is the ability to accept full keyboard input while in fullscreen mode. This is really important for fullscreen games that need chat or other keyboard input. You can implement this feature very easily by using...

An unofficial premium feature FAQ

By Lee Brimelow

I thought it would be useful to address some of the questions and concerns that I have been hearing over the last couple of days surrounding premium features. So you’re charging people to make Flash games now? No not at all. It is only the combined use...

Quick comments about Unity and premium features

By Lee Brimelow

I’m sitting at the Seattle airport at the moment but I just wanted to clarify a couple of things about the announcements we made last night. Firstly we announced that we now have a partnership in place with Unity. Our teams working together will make...

We’re coming to Seattle, Denver, Vegas, Tempe, Nashville, Atlanta, St.Paul, and NYC!

By Lee Brimelow

I’m excited to announce that I will be visiting user groups and/or agencies in Seattle, Denver, Las Vegas, Tempe, Nashville, Atlanta, St. Paul, and New York City over the next month. I will be joined in many of the cities by Mike Chambers. I will be talking...

Free iOS Game Center ANE now available!

By Lee Brimelow

I have talked quite a bit about the great gaming-related native extensions that have been released by Milkman Games. Well now, Richard Lord, a very talented game developer based out of the UK, has released a free and open-source extension that enables you to...

Adobe Shadow for multi-screen web development

By Lee Brimelow

We have been making some awesome progress on the HTML side of the house recently. One of the most impressive is Adobe Shadow. This allows you to easily view and inspect your web content on multiple devices without having to even touch them. I just spent the...