An Actionscript 3 framework for developing games that I started in 2013 (when I was 16 years old). Building this helped me learn core programming concepts and best practices.
I built several projects using this framework, including Indefinite: Interrogation Game
The Game class contains everything you might need to run a game: the game loop's update() and render() functions, the game save system, the user input, and the ScreenManager.
The ScreenManager is where all the action happens. Create custom screens extending the GameScreen or MenuScreen classes. When you want to display or transition to a new screen, add it to a ScreenManager using the pendScreen() method. ScreenManager will handle any screen transitions and execute the logic and rendering for its top-most active screen.
Extend Entity to create game objects that exist during gameplay, like the player's spaceship, enemy goons, projectiles, or powerups. Each Entity can have various components like physics, hit box, and view which determine its behavior. The EntityManager present in each screen handles the adding and removal of entities.
DrewamWisp includes some useful high-level features such as:
- 2D platformer physics and tile-based environments
- A particle system, which uses a circular buffer to efficiently create and destroy multiple particles
- An audio system to handle multiple sounds, smooth music fade transitions, and volume control