The site is slowly moving to: http://designoidgames.com

I was working on a puzzle game today and when checking legal moves, found that AS3 needs a logical XOR. So here it is.

package biz.hatu.utils {
public function xor(lhs:Boolean, rhs:Boolean):Boolean {
return !( lhs && rhs ) && ( lhs || rhs );
}
}

Demolition Dude is finally ready and up for bidding at flashgamelicense.com
So if you are a game portal owner, go check it out, otherwise sit tight as it’ll be released soon. Probably between late January and early February.

Flash games are (finally) seeing a new source of income besides ads – microtransactions.
I decided to try out a few of the biggest players from a consumers point of view. I realize most of these offer other services too, like universal save games and achievements, but I’m gonna focus only on microtransactions here.
Update: Bob from [...]

XML is a great way to store data in Flash as it’s very well supported and easy to deploy.
I’m using it to store levels in my game in their own XML files for easy editing and organization.
Normally you load XML remotely but if you have a lot of data you know isn’t gonna change but [...]