Originally I didn’t pretend to write about me. However, as I get asked these questions a lot, I have added an “About me” page to the sidebar contents. But really, I’d rather keep the mask on, as those Daft Punk guys.
Mouse Events update
This time only a small post regarding Mouse Events. The AS3 Event model is way more complex than the old one. You have to carefully enable/disable events for every DisplayObject in your hierarchy if you want your listeners to receive the events.
In the FFilmation engine there’s an added complexity, as occluded elements ( those that [...]
FFilmation 1.1 released + SVN Support
The FFilmation team (me) is proud to announce FFilmation 1.1 !!
I am very happy with the response I have received so far, and this has encouraged me to continue my work on this. My previous post contains detailed info on what I have been working on. Here’s a summary of what’s new.
NEW
Added coordinate-translation methods to [...]
New FFilmation demo
Edit: Firefox users please update to the latest player version (9.0.124.0 ) for a big performance increase.
I have been working on a new demo for the FFilmation engine. I thought that the best way to decide which features were most important was to simulate making a “game” and see what was I missing the most [...]
Current developments
First off all I’d like to thank everybody ( yet again ) that has showed appreciation for this project. Here’s a brief status report:
There are a couple of key features I haven’t finished yet, and this is why I’m not putting the source on google code (many people has asked for this) or sourceforge yet: [...]
The FFilmation Forum is open
Hello,
I have setup a forum for all FFilmation users to use. You can access it from the sidebar links. Just be kind to each other, I’d rather be spending my time programming than moderating.
Bye
FFilmation logo
Wow, two great contribututions in one day.
MrExcuse, a taiwanese designer, has created the FFilmation logo and header image. I have modified the wordpress theme slightly to reflect our new and official graphic identity. Logos will soon be made available for download as png, ai and fla.
Big thanks to you, Gary !
FFilmation Flex Howto
Thanh Vu has kindly emailed me a document on how to migrate de ffilmation engine to Flex.
A very big thankyou goes to him for the effort. I’m sure a lot of people will find it useful.
Download it here.
MIT license & Material FLAs
Hello everybody.
First of all thank you for all the compliments so far. They do help. After a bit of investigation FFilmation is now officially released under the MIT license. This is as loose as it gets, I think. I’ve updated the about page and added a license.txt to the classes Zip.
Also, the downloads page now [...]
FFilmation 1.0 released !
It’s a releaseeeeee !!! At last ! Go to downloads to get it. I’ve also setup a contributors page for people interested in being part of the project.The API reference is already online as well.
There are so many things I’d like to explain in this post that I won’t even try. Instead, just a short [...]
