Michael James Williams

Sometimes you have a set of items -- could be Strings, could be Numbers, could be Objects, whatever -- whose order you want to randomise. This is...

So you've been reading about an awesome Flash library, engine, or API, and you want to use it in your own project. You download it... but it's either some...

Box2D is a popular physics engine with a solid Flash port, which was used to create the excellent game Fantastic Contraption. In this tutorial, the first of...

Almost every game can be thought of as having one main function that contains all the game logic, and which is run either when the user does something, or...

Lip synching is the process of animating an illustrated character's mouth to match its voice, creating the illusion that it is talking. This month, to tie in...

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Activetuts+. This tutorial was first published in October, 2009...

Two common misconceptions about Flash Professional: first, you have to buy it in order to make Flash apps and games; second, it's a decent tool for writing...

What happens when a website crams your SWF into an area where it doesn't fit? In this Quick Tip, you'll find out how to take control of how your SWF scales.

In my last tut: Create New Features for Flash with JSFL we created new commands for Flash. Now we're going to take things further by creating entirely new...

In this introduction to the JavaScript for Flash (JSFL) scripting language, you'll learn how to automate repetitive tasks and add new commands to the Flash...

We're making some changes at Activetuts+. From now on, our tutorials will be using class-based code, instead of timeline code, wherever possible. This Quick...