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ActionScript: Protect your Flash games on the web, sitelock all your games.

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:29:33 +0000

If you want to submit your games on one game portals DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR GAMES WITHOUT A SITELOCK SCRIPT.

WHY ?

Your games can be “stolen” by game portals. Or if you didn’t finish your game it’s a really a “pain in the ass” to update your games spread on all the web.

I tried lot of code for sitelocking my games but some of them are in ActionScript 2.0 or totally out of date. Some of them can’t work with the “https” or without the “www” characters.
Another example when you to want to test your game on your local computer you have to comment the script. And you can forget to uncomment the sitelock script when you submit your game on the web.

So I decided to create my own script.

This is a short version of my script.
But this one is perfect for all uses.

Installation

Copy and Paste this code and add your domains into the array “[ ]” separated by commas :

["kongregate.com", ..., ...]

You can lock the local mode by adding a second parameter : false
The default value is set to true.

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sitelock(["kongregate.com","benoitfreslon.com"])

/**
* Sitelock your swf file on domains
*
* @param arrDomain List of all authorized domains
* @param local This swf can be played on local computer ?
*/
function sitelock(arrDomain:Array, local:Boolean = true):void {

var isAut:Boolean = false;

var url:String = root.loaderInfo.url;
var arr:Array = root.loaderInfo.url.split("://");

var domain:String = arr[1].split("/")[0];

// localmode
if (url.split("file://").length > 1) {
if (local) {
//trace("Local mode is autorized");
return
} else {
destroy();
return;
}
}
for (var i:String in arrDomain) {
arr = domain.split(arrDomain[i]);
if (arr.length > 1) {
isAut = true;
domain = arrDomain[i];
//trace("*** Sitelock: Domain found");
break;
}

}
if (! isAut) {
//trace("*** Sitelock: Not authentified");
destroy();
}
return;
}
/**
* This function is called when the game is locked.
*/
function destroy() {
// Domain error
trace("*** Domain Error ***");
root.alpha = 0
}

Nano War 2 finally playable

admin — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:51:01 +0000

Finally the sequel of Nano War 1 released in november 2007.

I hope that new game will be a great success llike the first episode.

Every humans own billons of nanoscopic cells.
Some of these cells are doomed to protect our organism and fight foreign organisms.
Even confined to smaller and unlikely places the war is present.

Welcome on Nano War 2.

Play Nano War 2 on Kongregate.

What’s news ?

Solo mode
25 levels: play against 1, 2 or 3 computers.
Upgrade your cells
3 difficulty levels
Multiplayer: play against 1, 2 or 3 players.
Skirmish mode
21 Achivements
The White blood cell: Increase your cells and capture opponent’s cells.
The Fat cell: Protect your cells or infect opponent’s cells
The Antibody cell: The most powerfull cell, increase your production or capture opponent’s cells and units instantly.

Have fun!

Roll n Jump : android, on the market

admin — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:07:48 +0000

You are welcome to download my game Roll n Jump for free from the Android Market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=air.com.benoitfreslon.rollnjump

Game Description

Roll n Jump is a skill game where the goal is to climb as high as possible.
Roll and Jump is a skill game where the goal is to climb as high as possible by jumping from a rolling circle to another.
Tap to jump from a wall or a circle or do a double jump in the air.
Clim and do the highest score as possible.

Screenshots

ActionScript: Move an object with keyboard with absolute controls

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:29:30 +0000

In this tip I will show you how to move an object with keyboard with absolute controls.

What is the absolute controls?

The direction of your object will be calculated depending the object orientation. (Biohazard, Micro Machines, Gears of War). This code is very usefull if you design a car game.

How to make an absolute control in Flash?

Get the arrow key status (key is up/key is down);
Move or rotate the object on enter frame with the new velocity (Left and Right keys: rotate, Up key: forward, Down key: backward);

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// Assign 4 booleans for the 4 arrow keys
var keyUp = false;
var keyDown = false;
var keyLeft = false;
var keyRight = false;

// Add the keyboard event (KEY_DOWN) on the stage
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, pressKey);
function pressKey(pEvent)
{
// If an arrow key is down, switch the value to true to the assigned variable
if (pEvent.keyCode == 38)
{
keyUp = true;
}
else if (pEvent.keyCode == 40)
{
keyDown = true;
}
else if (pEvent.keyCode == 37)
{
keyLeft = true;
}
else if (pEvent.keyCode == 39)
{
keyRight = true;
}
}
// Add the keyboard event (KEY_UP) on the stage
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, releaseKey);
function releaseKey(pEvent)
{
// If the arrow key is up, switch the value to false to the assigned variable
if (pEvent.keyCode == 38)
{
keyUp = false;
}
else if (pEvent.keyCode == 40)
{
keyDown = false;
}
else if (pEvent.keyCode == 37)
{
keyLeft = false;
}
else if (pEvent.keyCode == 39)
{
keyRight = false;
}
}

// Set the velocity of the object
var speed = 6;
// And the rotation speed
var rotationSpeed = 5;

// Add an enter frame event on the moving object
myCircle.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, circleEnterFrame);
function circleEnterFrame(pEvent)
{
// Set the default velocity to 0 if no key is pressed
var velocity = 0;
if (keyUp)
{
// If the key up is pressed set the new velocity to the speed value
velocity = speed;
}
if (keyDown)
{
// If the key down is pressed set the new velocity to the half speed value
velocity = -speed/2;
}
if (keyLeft)
{
// rotate the object
pEvent.currentTarget.rotation -= rotationSpeed;
}
if (keyRight)
{
// rotate the object
pEvent.currentTarget.rotation += rotationSpeed;
}

// Convert the degreeAngle to the radian angle
var angleRadian = pEvent.currentTarget.rotation / 180 * Math.PI;

// Move the object with the radian angle and the object speed
pEvent.currentTarget.x += Math.cos(angleRadian) * velocity;
pEvent.currentTarget.y += Math.sin(angleRadian) * velocity;
}

Download source: www.benoitfreslon.com_Move_an_object_with_keyboard_with_absolute_controls

Vote for Nano War and Take Something Literally

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:25 +0000

Hello,
If you like Nano War or Take Something Literally you will be very helpfull if you can vote for my games on the Inde Pub Game contest.
Register here http://www.indiepubgames.com/register.php
And vote here http://www.indiepubgames.com/vote.php

Only 5 minutes needed :). Thank you very much.

Edit: The contest is over. Actually my game was submited one day before the end. Thank your IndiePub.

The vuvuzela game: just for fun

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:02:13 +0000

The Vuvuzela game

After the hand of Thierry Henry the vuvuzela game.

PLAY HERE : http://www.benoitfreslon.com/my-games/the-vuvuzela-game/
Play on Facebook: The vuvuzela game sur Facebook

Game made in 4 hours just for fun :).

Description:

Play the vuvuzela game. Blow up the Maradona’s head with your vuvuzela.

How to play:

Just click to “shoot”.

Emebed this game:

Take Something Literally 2: released

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:21:07 +0000

Play

The second episode of Take Something Literally was released friday june 4thon ArmorGames.com.

You can play this game by clicking here: Take Something Literally 2. (Exclusive on ArmorGames until Friday)

Like I said, I designed an original, conceptual and non-conform game. Unfortunatly many players expect to see “a classic game”. Therefore they don’t understand the meaning of the game “Take Something Literally”. If I had to describe the main concept of Take Something Literally 1&2 I said: “Make the players play with their environment “. Like the first episode players have to play with their computer inside and outside the game.

If you don’t want to play with your OS, your browser, your mouse and your keyboard I think that Take Something Literally is not for you.

What is this game?

Take Something Literally 2 is a compilation of 25 original puzzles. In this game you just have to think outside the box. This game is abstract, conceptual and uses new interactivities. This new episode contains new features: new scoring system, new tip system and more funny rewards.

Walkthrough

Only if you are stuck :)

1st Part : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLfz5Jy9FDc
2nd Part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb7S5x2NFGQ

Why this game?

Actually I had no plans to develop a second episode. The first episode exhausted all resources of Flash. But I received many messages from players asking me to make a new Take Something Literally. I was exciting to work on this game again. So I decided to find 25 new puzzles with the same idea: “Make the players plays with their environment”. I wanted to create something new. I knew that many players would dislike that king of game but I also knew that players would be surprised and entertained to play an original game with original interactions. So I hope that game will entertain many players!

You should also read my last post about Take Something Literally 1&2.

Take Someting Literally 2 private beta

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:23:01 +0000

Click to play Take something literally 2 beta

After many requests I decided to blow up my brain to design more puzzles. That was hard, that was epic but I finally found 25 more puzzles. And now your are welcome to test here:

Take Something Literally 2 in private beta here.

I hope you will enjoy the new game system, the puzzles, the references and the rewards. If you have any request please post a comment or go to the forum.

A little post mortem about the first episode:

Take something literally 1 was my first “riddle” game. I made this first episode without Internet connection in few days. I made this game for fun. Actually I just started to design one little “game” based on the irreversible choises, the “flash cookies” and the clock system. But after all this idea had a big potential. So I decide to design a lot of litle puzzles based “outside the game”. Against all odds it was a hudge success with players. I knew that some players could not play some puzzles. But that was my choise. I knew that sponsors would be frightened about that. But after the first release on Kongregate and the 1 million plays in one week they changed their opinion.

Nano War 2.0 private beta test

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:28:41 +0000

Your are welcome to test my new game Nano War 2.0. Indeed it’s the sequel of Nano War released in may 2008.
New gameplay, new graphics, new music, new AI, new cells, …

If you want to test the private beta click here to play Nano War 2.0 beta and use this password : beta

EDIT: The new version “beta 2 is available”.

Dont forget to report any bugs, errors and feedbacks on the forum.

La main de Thierry Henry Le jeu flash

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:59:54 +0000

Hello and bonjour,

J’ai vu ce matin en me levant que le match d’hier soir France – Irlande (pour les qualificatifs de la coupe du monde 2010) avait fait un énorme buzz sur Internet.
Ni une ni deux j’ai sauté sur l’occasion pour faire un mini jeu réalisé en 6 heures.

Pour jouer c’est ici : Jouer à La main de Thierry Henry le jeu de main.

Un nom de domaine spécialement pour l’occasion : www.lamaindethierryhenrylejeu.com

Hello

The hand of Thierry Henry is a huge Internet success today so I made a little funny game on this. (France – Ireland)

Pour jouer c’est ici : The hand of Thierry Henry the game

Edit : http://videos.tf1.fr/infos/zap-net/le-zap-net-du-vendredi-20-novembre-2009-5551268.html