is there a book?

[iDoiStuff]

is there a book on amazon.ca that will teach a complete noob how to make games in flash cs5 (actionscript 3.0)

I know absolutely nothing and thought you guys would know a book that would have me making a simple game in no time.

thanks

sorry for all my posts about this, I really want to learn AS.

and I mean I know absolutely NOTHING!

[Eralmidia]

Well, I've already given you my opinion on the Essential Actionscript 3.0 book in the other thread, so I wont repeat what I said. I will however advice you to consider a membership at one or more of the learning sites which creates video courses, Lynda or TotalTraining probably being the two largest, but there are a few others as well. Once a member you'll get access to quite a few hours of video courses, covering both basic Flash ide usage and actionscript. Also, If you're lucky maybe you'll find a site that has something about some of the other things you have to know, like serverside language and databases, since, as far as I know, you get access to all courses as a member. For instance, lynda has more that 30 hours of video on flash cs4 and asctionscript 3.

A few to consider:

www.totaltraining.com
www.lynda.com
www.vtc.com

Now, if you're still set on a book, there are several books that covers games and flash, for instance http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-3-0-Game-Programming-University/dp/0789737027/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1288584066&sr=8-5. Searching flash+game on amazon will give you at least half a dozen useful options.

The thing is, however, that those books focus on games, and may require that you allready have some basic knowledge (tho I havent read any of them, so I may be mistaken). So if your question is, is there any book that will teach me all the fundamentals of flash, actionacript AND focus on games, then I think the answer is no.

[iDoiStuff]

ok well thank you, but how do I get to know flash from absolutely nothing to knowing it and designing my first game?

You say there isn't books that teach me the fundamental so what will? how did you begin? obviously you knew nothing about flash at one point.

[Eralmidia]

Yes, everyone started out not knowing anything about flash at one point :) I'm not saying that there isn't a book about basic flash. What I meant is that the books focused on game creation isn't always written for those who have no experience in flash, so you might need perhaps two books, one for the basics, and one for games.

To get started with the basics, this might be an alternative, created by adobe:
http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Flash-Professional-Classroom-Book/dp/032157382X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288608703&sr=8-1

This can be considered as an introduction to actionscript. In adition, you can consider this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Flash-Professional-Developer-Library/dp/0596159765/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288609403&sr=8-1#reader_0596159765

This covers even more basic things, all the way down to how to create a new document. Those two will cover all you need to know from the very start to becoming quite comfortable with the actionscript language. After that you could consider one on the game creation books if you'd like. In many cases tho, those books doenst really present a lot of new actionscript, its more about techniques, how to utilize what you know in diffrent ways. But that depends one you knowledge of course :)

[ogaac]

Foundation Flash Game Design (by Rex Van Der Spuy) and Actionscript 3.0 Game Programming University are both a good place to start. Also check out asgamer.com, which offers very easy to follow tutorials on game creation. A google search will yield some nice results too.