Articles by David Bolton
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Book Review: ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University
I must confess a bias towards ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University's 2nd edition, because I learned to program ActionScript (the language behind Flash) from the first edition a couple of… -
How to Combat a Bot Invasion of Your Game
Bots. How would you feel if you found out that many of the players in your game weren't actually humans? It can happen, as the online poker world is all too aware. Properly designed, a game playi… -
How To Improve on Arms Races
Arms Races are what unimaginative games designers choose as their number one game mechanic. All of the Castle games, and some others (e.g. Inselkampf), use this approach, which means developers s… -
My Search for Game Hosting Begins
I've been looking round for the best hosting deal for my web games and it's not easy. I'm writing my own game processing engine, which needs to run perodically, fetch data from a database, proces… -
Get Funding for Your Web Game
Got a brilliant idea for a Web or mobile game, but lack the finances? There are several multimillion-dollar funds out there that could speed you on your way. If you get an offer, make sure you ha… -
Google Goes Big Time With Native Client
I mentioned Native Client in my recent article on Web game development and a recent upgrade to Google's Native Client now allows games and other apps written in C, C++ and other languages to run… -
A Flash Game Idea - James the Parking Warden
Many games build on ideas from previous games and this one is no exception. If anyone would like to program it in Flash or HTML5, be my guest! This is another public domain idea, no fees, royalti… -
JQuery Mobile 1.0 Is Out
Web development had its first stab at meeting the mobile Internet back in the days of WAP 10 years ago, but after initial enthusiasm it failed to set the world alight (except in Japan). These day… -
Flash Is Losing Enterprise Appeal, But...
Flash is still the leading technology for Web games, and is likely to remain so for quite a while, even with HTML5 and WebGL both threatening it. For a time it was also under the cloud of Silverl… -
Notes From Zynga on Monetizing Your Web Game
Making money their Web games is obviously something all developers want to do. No pay--no game! So, when Roger Dickey, the brains behind Zynga's Mafia Wars and GM of FishVille shares his secrets,…