It’s been a while since I posted anything on this blog – and I know that no one is reading it, so I’m not sure why I need to – but I figured it was time to post something fresh.

The next two weeks are Easter, which means no lectures, lots of chocolate eggs, and apart from two trips into Birmingham – lots of sodding work!!! The majority of this work is going to be learning ActionScript, which I’m quite looking forward to, but also a bit of database which I’d be more than happy to forget.

Anyway, to give myself a head start I’ve been reading a book on game programming in Flash by Gary Rosenzweig. It’s the book our tutor uses, so I figured it would be a good place to start. As a result of this, I’ve been able to produce a very simple memory game. I can’t claim any credit for it as I’ve just been following the tutorial, which means I also can’t share the source code with you, but as it’s part of my journey to becoming an ActionScript programmer, I figured I should post an example here now.

It’s not finished yet as I need to code in the effect of flipping the card, as well as a few other things, but I’m running out of time to work on it today, and figured this was as good a place as any to show and tell.

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