Make Your
Own Online Flash Game
Adobe Flash, the program used to produce most single-player online games, has been designed to be both accessible and robust. While new users may experience a steep learning curve, or take many hours of practice to feel confident in their understanding of Flash, perseverance pays off many times in the form of both a game that can be uploaded online to share with others, and a knowledge base ideal for realizing more complex creative projects.
Instructions
1. Learn the basics of Flash. Adobe's web site provides a library of free introductory tutorials; on their Getting Started page, work through Introducing Flash Professional CS5 and Creating your first CS5 document. Users of Flash CS4 will find similar tutorials under Basic concepts in depth. You may also want look at the many resources available on the Flash home page under the Support and Training menu.
2. Begin familiarizing yourself with the most important building blocks of interactive Flash media. Adobe's graphics tutorials demonstrate produce the simple shapes and effects that come together to form the backgrounds and objects within a game, while the animation tutorials teach you add the element of time and movement to projects. More ambitious users will also want to begin learning ActionScript, the Flash scripting language that simplifies many tasks in the production of media.
3. Peruse the various forms of Flash games that are popular online. Kongregate and Adult Swim both provide ratings and play counts for their games, while Ferry Halim's Morning Sunshine site offers many examples of the design sophistication possible even for a game with simple mechanics. Identify a few types of games that are most appealing to you, whether you are looking to draw players or follow your own game type preferences.
4. Locate a Flash tutorial for this type of game. There are countless such tutorials online. Simply do a search for the sort of game you are looking to make; alternatively, look through sites like Dezinerfolio or Tutorialized to find a tutorial that seems well designed or otherwise appealing.
5. Complete the game as directed. Use whatever knowledge you've picked up to add your own touches; this should be easiest to implement in the look of the game. If you run into snags, use the forum of the tutorial website or Flash's User forum to get support.
6. Upload your game online. Kongregate accepts Flash games, as do many other sites, which may pay you a portion of the ad revenue on the game. The Steam platform is another option, for which you can set your own price for your game.
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