Flash Games Programming

Flash is the perfect combination of creativity and programming, and this is especially true with Flash games. Whether it's space invaders, a 20 level platformer, or a webcam controlled bubble bursting game, you'll learn everything you need to produce slick, professional and playable Flash games. Flash games specialist and Papervision3D team member Seb Lee-Delisle puts the fun back into Flash with this brand new 1 day game programming course. Whether you're an intermediate or advanced Flash programmer, you'll learn everything you need to know to make exciting and addictive Flash games. Working through the classic retro games - who knew that you could learn simple trigonometry from Asteroids and basic AI from Space Invaders? It'll be inspirational and fun, but most of all you'll gain the essential technical skills and techniques that the professionals use. Several case studies from his team at Plug-in Media with be reviewed in detail, including Extreme Pamplona (Sure for Men), Nev's Jambuster (BBC) and LunarLander3D. Required: A laptop with Flash CS4 and FlashBuilder 4.

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Seb has been working in digital media for over 15 years and is the founding partner at award winning digital agency Plug-in Media (pluginmedia.net). He is a specialist in games, physics, motion detection, 3D and visual effects (such as particle effects). His work has pushed the boundaries of what is possible in Flash, and has received many accolades including a BAFTA for the Plug-in Media project Big and Small.

As a member of the Papervision3D team, he is an expert in Flash 3D. He is regularly invited to speak at conferences, and has presented at iDesign, FITC, FlashForward and many others. In his spare time he manages FlashBrighton, a Flash platform user group.