Take a character, automatically generate a rig, apply animations, and bring it into Flash with a few clicks.

Via: Flash Player Developer Center

This tutorial will teach you all the basics for you to create a platform game with Flash. As you can see in the final movie all the main features of platform games are applied. Now it’s your turn to create your own Mario game.

Table of Contents:

1. Basic Character Programming
2. Creating The Level
3. Programming the Level
4. Adding Level Elements
5. Adding Enemies
6. Goals and Level Completion
7. Finishing Touches

This is a complete series of tutorials about Flash CS and Actionscript 3.0 on how to develop your own Flash games.

The list is composed by:

* AS3 Flash Games for Beginners: Adding Library Objects to Stage with AS3
* AS3 Flash Games for Beginners: Character Movement / Handling Multiple Keypresses
* AS3 Flash Games for Beginners: More Advanced Character Movement
* AS3 Flash Games for Beginners: Level Mechanics and Animated Backgrounds
* AS3 Flash Games for Beginners: Firing Weapons with Delays
* AS3 Flash Games for Beginners: Learn How to Make Enemies with Basic AI!!!
* AS3 Flash Games for Beginners: Registering Hit Tests
* AS3 Flash Games for Beginners: Using Frame Labels and Art Tweening

Tower defense is probably the most or one of the most popular game around these days. I’m sure some of you already thought on create something like that using your own graphics and concept.

Well, now you have your chance! Walter Reid has created a detailed 8 parts tutorial on how to create your own tower defense game using Flash.

How to build a tower defense flash game (Intro)
How to build a tower defense flash game – Part 1 Waypoints and Enemies
How to build a tower defense flash game – Part 2 Placing Towers
How to build a tower defense flash game – Part 3 Rotation and Realism
How to build a tower defense flash game – Part 4 Starting the tower attack!
How to build a tower defense flash game – Part 5 – Wave after Wave of Creep Kill’in!
How to build a tower defense flash game – Part 6 – Tower Powers!
How to build a tower defense flash game – Part 7 – Gold and Upgrades!
How to build a tower defense flash game – Part 8 – Poison Tower and Basic Startup!