Equipment & Softwares I use
- I use FDT PowerFlasher it's based on Eclipse.
- The language is ActionScript 3.
- I use Github and SourceTree for Version control.
Animation, Art, Level Design:
- I use Flash CC for level design, collision placement, or whatever task that require a lot of back and forth between code and visual (Enemy placement on the screen for example). It's the equivalent of my 'scene' in Unity. I also do a little bit of animation here and there, but I draw like sh**.
- Etienne and Marc (the two other co-founder of Berzerk Studio) draw and animate in Flash as well. Sometimes they use Photoshop, but we mainly do everything with Flash.
- I use Audition CC for sound/music design. I sometimes have to cut music to make them loop, or do little sound tweaks but I’m not sound designer. I can do the job, but I’m no professional.
- I use Premiere CC for video editing. I learned how to do it by messing around with it. Otherwise, I watched that whole hour of editing by Hank Green on Youtube that taught me a lot.
- I use OBS Studio, it’s free and more powerful than xSplit. Was using xSplit before, but ran into lots of problem when combining with flash animation over time.
- I use LachhhTools for the new follow/sub/cheers/donation notification.
- The music playing is from this playlist :
But Flash is dead! Why u no Unity3d you f'king newb lawl?!?11?
- Expertise : I've been using Flash for the past 8 years. I'm way more comfortable and fluent in ActionScript 3 than I can be in any other language.
- Art : The artists I work with all use Flash to draw and animate. Using the same software for code and visuals is pretty cool when you work as a team.
- Less Back and forth : If I didn't use Flash, there would be an extra step in the workflow between the art and code. Any time I want to test something that rely on visuals/animation, there's an extra step to be made to import the visual. It may be little, but it's an extra effort nonetheless. With Flash, everything is in the same software. We draw, animate, CTRL+Enter and BAM, it's in the game. Pretty cool when you prototype.
- Compile time. The compile time at the end of a project is around 3-5 seconds in Flash while the same project in Unity3D takes around 15 seconds. It's long enough that I often end up opening Youporn Facebook or Twitter and spend 10 minutes not working.
- I DO use Unity3d. At the end of the project, I port everything in Unity3d. I made a lot of tools to port the code, visuals and animations. I like Unity3d for the cross-platform and performance. It's a pretty cool engine.
I still love you if you don't use Flash.
I often say that I'm using Flash, but I don't recommend Flash if you're starting up. It has it's pros and cons like any tool out there but if you're starting up, I suggest something like Unity3d or GameMaker.
In the end, remember that
People don't play code, they play games
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