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Barebones! - AS3 Skeletal Animation System

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately working on a fighting game for a client. It’s pretty standard Street Fighter fare, only much simplified due to time and budget restrictions. However, it made me start thinking about the limitations of the old 2D fighters and what a more powerful processor, faster graphics, [...]

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FIVe3D Custom Primitive: VectorCube Class

After a long Papervision-induced hiatus, I've come back to FIVe3D- mainly because I still think it's a great library. Since it's still relatively new, however, there's not a lot of example code out there. Thus, here's another chunk from your friends here at Pixelwelders.

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• If you have even a passing interest in great music and social media, take a look at Thru-You. Holy crap.
• Well kids, it's here. Flash Player 10 beta is ready for you to take it out for a spin. Link here.
• I can't decide which man I admire more: the guy behind the Bejeweled proposal or Richard Garfield.
• The David Perry Game Industry Map has launched: link here. They claim to be tracking 10,000 organizations in 72 countries, so take a look around to see who's in your neighborhood.
• Looks like the Penny Arcade fellas are releasing another digital games distribution system, a la Valve's Steam. It's still in beta, with no games, but a very interesting development for the indie game developers out there. PlayGreenhouse.com.