Monthly Archives: July 2009

Pixel Perfect Collision Detection in Actionscript 3

By Alex Schearer | July 31st, 2009
Hey guys finally time for another update. Lately progress on my latest game has slowed down a little bit as I’ve transitioned from throw the game together development to simply fine tuning things development. With the extra time I’ve been thinking about some new ideas and finally took a stab at one of them the [...]

Simplifying Sounds in Actionscript 3

By Alex Schearer | July 24th, 2009
As I’ve been working on my latest game I’ve had to manage a number of sounds. I’ve got background music which must be looped and potentially swapped out for another song in certain situations. I have different effects that I want to be played at different times and usually only one at a time. Finally, [...]

Back from vacation, some stuff to share

By Alex Schearer | July 14th, 2009
The title says it all, I just got back from a week off and I wanted to share some really cool stuff I’ve recently come across! The past week I’ve been working hard on my entry for the Word Play contest and am really satisfied with how things have come together. In the process I’ve [...]

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    Hello, my name is Alex Schearer. I grew up in New York and currently live in Seattle.

    I am a software engineer who works on Microsoft Exchange by day and indie games at night, and this is my blog about game development.

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