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Drawing shortcut for MovieClip.graphics

March 1, 2010

Thought I’d share this little shortcut that I hadn’t really come across before, which definitely helps to keep your code that little cleaner when working with MovieClip.graphics in Flash.
1234567891011121314this.grapics.lineStyle(1, 0×00000);
this.graphics.moveTo(10, 10);
this.graphics.lineTo(10, 20);
this.graphics.lineTo(20, 20);
this.graphics.lineTo(20, 10);
this.graphics.lineTo(10, 10);
                   
this.graphics.beginFill(0xFF0000);
this.graphics.drawCircle(40, 40, 20);
this.graphics.endFill();
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Replacing Events with AS3Signals

February 7, 2010

I’ve been playing with AS3Signals lately, and think I will be replacing flash events with it on all future projects.
It’s so simple!
So what is AS3Signals?
AS3Signals is a lightweight replacement for Flash Events written by Robert Penner.
AS3Signals aims to reduces the amount of traditional ‘boiler plate’ code required to receive and dispatch messages in Flash.
Why use [...]

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Coca Cola – Summer Blast

December 5, 2009

Players launch themselves into the air by timing the power bar to get maximum height. They are then able to steer themselves as they fly through the air with the aim of staying in the air as long as possible and scoring maximum points. Players steer themselves through the air bouncing off hot air balloons or finding up currents to gain extra air time. Collecting bottle caps and landing in a designated target area give you extra points.

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Wrigleys 5 Gum

August 5, 2009

http://www.5gum.fr
Wrigley’s 5 Gum “Stimulates Your Senses”  was the core objective of the new www.5gum.fr website.
The innovative site targets both the visual and auditory senses.
Boffswana was engaged to create a site utilising Augmented Reality to enable users to listen and control various music tracks as a sound mixer. Once three base tracks have been selected, users [...]

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Jack Links Beef Jerky – Living Sasquatch

April 18, 2009

The ground breaking project gives you the ability to ‘mess’ with the Jack Link’s Beef Jerky Sasquatch in a whole new way by bringing him out of your computer, onto your desk!

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Save Your Sensible

October 6, 2008

[Site no longer online. See video below]
GPY&R came to Boffswana to develop an online interactive 3D character and Facebook Application for their client Cadbury Schweppes Australia. The campaign for their Spring Valley brand, involves ‘finding and meeting’ your own ‘Sensible’; a comical character that inhabits us all, is directly impacted by our lifestyle choices and [...]

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Nike Armoury

February 6, 2008

[Site no longer available - see video below]
Boffswana was commissioned by Publicis Mojo to create a 3D product carousel using Papervision3D, a rich 3D engine written in flash. As Publicis Digital’s own team of designers and developers worked on other elements of the site, we created a carousel mechanism featuring dynamic lighting, different display modes [...]

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NAB Socceroos Celebration Dance

February 6, 2008

[Site no longer available - see video below]
To promote NAB’s sponsorship of the Socceroos for last years Asian Cup games, Boffswana was commissioned by Clemenger Blue to design and develop a large scale interactive Flash game.
Featuring fully animated 3D versions of John Aloisi, Tim Cahill, Harry Kewell and Archie Thompson, the game allows players to [...]

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Carlton Draft – Plastic Cup

March 20, 2007

[Site no longer online - see video below]
Using a custom built flash 3D game engine, the Plastic Cup game lets players navigate an obstacle while trying not to spill any Carlton Draught.
The game was an entry mechanic into an actual footrace to win $100,000 held during the Spring Racing Carnival in Melbourne. The game [...]