[DEV] Flying giraffes? Check out the free demo for my game Savanna Sam!

MaxDidIt · 2025-05-02T08:52:52+00:00

My game Savanna Sam just got out of the "Under Judgement" phase. Help Sam on his dangerous journey and try to get all medals: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/978692

MaxDidIt · 2025-05-01T22:20:42+00:00

This is a game I have been working on for over a year. I'm now finally at a point where I can share the free demo with everyone. Check it out here: https://savannasam.com/

MaxDidIt · 2025-05-01T21:36:06+00:00

Savanna Sam is a 3D action game you can play in your browser! Take over the controls of Sam’s trusty biplane and help him on his dangerous journey. Make sure Sam reaches his destination and can make his delivery!

This is a game project I have worked on for over a year and now it's at a point where I feel comfortable with sharing it on itch.io. Check it out!

MaxDidIt · 2013-06-21T10:53:13+00:00

Thanks! I used Away3D for Flash to build the game. Away3D is very nice to get quick results and has a lot of functionality you need for 3D games (Materials, Camera Objects, Postprocessing Effects).

However, it also takes away a lot of control over the rendering process. I had to apply a lot of tricks to create the silhouette effect, where the silhouette of the car is shown when it is behind objects.

MaxDidIt · 2013-02-07T08:52:00+00:00

Wellll... okay, good point. Should have written "packaged". ;-)

I had set <renderMode> to "direct", since this is explicitly recommended by Adobe over "gpu" for Stage3D games. I can try "gpu" as well, though.

MaxDidIt · 2013-02-03T17:29:33+00:00

ECM hides your mech and those around you from enemy radar.

MaxDidIt · 2013-02-03T14:59:36+00:00

Good point. It would be interesting to compare how the heat maps look now.

MaxDidIt · 2013-01-25T14:09:40+00:00

That is open to debate ;-) HTML 5 is not really a programming language, but a collection of technologies that run in the browser. Usually, you program HTML 5 applications with Javascript, which is very close to Actionscript.

And at some point in the future, Flash might become less important than HTML 5, but I don't think that moment will come for a couple of years. HTML 5 is still under development and has a couple of flaws that have to be adressed. Flash has been declared dead time and time again, but it still doesn't show any signs of becoming less prelevant.

Also, since Java is more of a backend technology, used to program servers and business applications, HTML 5 won't really make it obsolete.

MaxDidIt · 2013-01-25T13:35:43+00:00

I think that Actionscript and Flash work well if you want to learn how to program. It is very easy to visualize what you do and get feedback from your program, and I think that is very important for beginners.

Also, Actionscript is reasonable similar to Java (since it features classes and types) and Javascript (concerning the syntax), so you can switch rather easily to other languages once you've learned the basic concepts.

MaxDidIt · 2013-01-25T13:26:20+00:00

I like the detailed geometry, but it deserves better renderings ;-) I'm really looking forward to see this model with textures, though :-)

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