Game Programming with Flash

Hours: 32 / Access Length: 7 Weeks / Delivery: Monthly, Mentor Supported
Retail Price: $375.00

Course Overview:

Students who are comfortable designing in Flash and are familiar with ActionScript will learn the basics of designing games using Flash. Students will start with creating a basic game and progress through adding scripts, sound, and the physics of games.

This course requires the Adobe Flash software in order for the student to follow along with the course lessons. The cost of the software is not included in the purchase of the course. Free trials of the software may be available from Adobe but may not last the duration of the course.

ATTENTION: This course has a strict start and end date.  When a student enrolls into this course, they will need to work with one of our Training Assessment Managers (TAMs) to choose a start date before they can be enrolled in their course.

Course Outline:

  • Students will create interactive ActionScript objects.
  • Students will write ActionScript code to control objects.
  • Students will write ActionScript code to control movie clip objects.
  • Students will create a guessing game.
  • Students will write code to control a player using the keyboard.
  • Students will write ActionScript code to detect collisions.
  • Students will write ActionScript classes to control game objects.
  • Students will write code to control game objects using physics.
  • Students will write ActionScript code to control the game objects with a mouse.
  • Students will create a final project using what they learned in the course.

All necessary materials are included.


System Requirements:

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:
  • Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended for the best experience.
Hardware Requirements:
  • CPU: 1 GHz or higher
  • RAM: 2 GB or higher
  • Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher
  • Speakers / Headphones
  • Microphone (Webinar / Live Online sessions)
Operating System Requirements:
  • Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 (Home, Pro)
  • Mac OSX 10 or higher.
  • Latest Chrome OS
  • Latest Linux Distributions

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:
  • Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
  • Latest Mozilla FireFox
  • Latest Microsoft Edge
  • Latest Apple Safari
Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):
  • Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
  • PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
  • Courses may require other software that is denoted in the above course outline.


** The course outlines displayed on this website are subject to change at any time without prior notice. **