Dean's Director FAQ - REFERENCES
Another FAQ exists at
MediaMacros, which
is new and extensive.
Tutorials and Resources
Question: Does anybody know good sites with free Director tutorials?
Answer:
Dean's Director
Tutorials
You can find further Director resource info from this page of links:
Dean's
Director Resources All the Director sites indexed and listed by me.
MediaMacros: Has good resource
of info.
Director Online: Has lots
of useful articles and exercises to learn specific tricks and techniques
in Director.
ToxicToy Director Video Tutorials: Charles Parcell's video demonstrations on various aspects of Director. Introduces basic concepts in a very clear way.
Adobe Pages
Director Support Center
Index
of Show Me tutorial movies
Index
of Tutorial Articles
Director
Sample Movies
There are also CDs/DVDs that you can buy with Director video tutorials. For these type of products, look at the CD/DVD Training link in my Director resources page.
Games
Question: Any good sites with info on creating games?
Answer:
General Game news, info and examples
Gamasutra: lots of game info from
new and articles about game design
3dgate: 3D and games news and info
Adobe
/ Macromedia's Inspirational games demo links
Mark
Gallear's Game Design Page: Computer game design issues
Great Articles on Game Design:
The
Art of Computer Game Design by Chris Crawford (1982)
Game Design:
The Essence of Computer Games By Geoff Howland
Simplification
By Ernest Adams (1999)
The Role
of Architecture in Video games By Ernest Adams (2002)
Articles on low-polygon modeling for 3D games
The
Basics of Designing and Creating Low Polygon Models
Low Polygon
Modeling for 3D Computer Games: Modeling a Light Post with 3 Different
Polygon Limits in 3D Studio MAX
Creating
Low Polygon Characters - Max Tutorials
Modeling
a low polygon head with Max
General Director related info and articles
MediaMacros - has tutorials, code
and other useful game creation info.
Mediamacros -
Creating a Game Environment: technote on games like Riven or
Myst - type of game where you walk around, pick up stuff and solve
puzzles
Creating 3D Games using Director 8.5
DOUG -
Pacman-style games in Director
DOUG -
Saving game states with objects
DOUG -
Lists for Item collection in a Game
DOUG -
Arrow Keys for Game Play
Programming
A good introduction to OO programming with Lingo is: http://brennan.young.net/Edu/Lingvad.html
This guy has a very good approach to lingo. Create your own invader game,
step by step, and everything's explained.
Another good article on OOP is available at: DOUG
- Thinking in an OOP way.
There's a mailing list set up just for Director game developers you
can join here:
http://nuttybar.drama.uga.edu/mailman/listinfo/dirgames-l/
Books
Advanced Lingo
for Games by Gary Rosenzweig - very good, with lots of useful examples
and it comes with a CD. This book is now available as free in an online format.
Real
Time Interactive 3D Games: Creating 3D Games in Macromedia Director 8.5
Shockwave Studio - great book on Director 3D and game development