Strategy Games focusing on State Machines


Learn to master state machines in part 3 of the Strategy Games in AS3 series. Attach A* to sprites to move them across terrains, bringing together the two previous parts of this series. This course is taught by John Nyquist, author of our popular Blender Tutorials.

In part three you will:

- Create a shaded terrain. Dynamically adjust contrast with the ColorMatixFilter class.
- Create multiple states for an object. Progress from a simple switch statement to object-oritented states.
- Create multiple players.
- Learn to create a turn-based environment for units and players, for both human and computer input.
- Create computer opponents.
- Create multiple unit types: land, air, computer and human.
- Use the bitmap class to create a “fog of war” that reveals the map as units move.
- Differentiate between turn-based and non-turn-based states (and support both).
- Add combat between units.
- Refactor to use a singleton design pattern.


Like all our tutorials, this one includes the source code. You'll also get project files for Flash, Flash Builder (Flex) and Flash Develop.

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