We’ve been linked to by a fellow agency called Airtight Interactive on the subject of altering cross-domain bitmap data in Flash. They mention the server-side proxy work-around that i’ve used, calling it “prohibitive” for large-scale apps. That was the concern i raised when a casual games publisher approached me to ditribute Jigsaw! across its extremely [...] Keep Reading

i just received a friendly note from D’Accord Music Software: Dear Folks of Untold, We´ve seen the post about iChords and Sheet Happens! Thanks for the nice words about our software. We just released a gadget called iChords Gadget, you might find it useful. Freeclef – Free music notation software. Take that, Cakewalk. – Ed. [...] Keep Reading

i’m not above profiling the mistakes i make as i bring my new business to its feet. It’s possible some of you are budding entrepreneurs planning to follow the same path. So here’s my hot entrepreneurial tip of the day: DO YOUR RESEARCH. Two months ago, i hunkered down to learn Actionscript 3, and i [...] Keep Reading

PROBLEM: TextField.setSelection doesn’t select any text! SOLUTION: Set the stage.focus property to your TextField object. 1 2 3 4 // Selects all the text in myTextField: myTextField.selectable = true; myTextField.stage.focus = myTextField; myTextField.setSelection(0, myTextField.text.length); Other search terms: setSelection not working setSelection not responding setSelection broken setSelection bug setSelection buggy DOUBLE_CLICK problem Keep Reading

My good friend and talented colleague Mark Duiker has just launched his latest game, Wildfire 2: Help! My adorable cottonpuff tail is on FIYYYURRR!!! PLAY WILDFIRE 2 NOW! It’s like Lunar Lander with cute furry forest creatures (and some kind of alligator). Don’t worry – if you haven’t played the first Wildfire game, there aren’t [...] Keep Reading