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I created a slideshow based on Lee Brimelows slides from FITC. It’s nothing spectacular but it is kinda cool to see flashview in action. The link is here: FITC Slideshow

For the few that haven’t heard of Lee Brimelow or GotoAndLearn yet, visit theflashblog.com immediately!

This is an updated version of the original from the flash math creativity book. It was originally done by Keith Peters (http://www.bit-101.com). I’ve divided it into three separate classes to make it more expandable. Email me if you want the original source.

Main.as (Document Class)

package
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.geom.Point;

public class Main extends MovieClip
{
private var skeetQuantity:int = 10
private var foodStartingPoint:Point = new Point(280,210)
private var food:Food;

public function Main()
{
addTheFood()
createNewSkeets()
}

private function addTheFood()
{
food = new Food()
food.x = foodStartingPoint.x
food.y = foodStartingPoint.y
}

private function createNewSkeets()
{
for (var i:int = 0; i < skeetQuantity; i++)
{
var skeet:Skeet = new Skeet(food)
skeet.x = Math.random()*500+20;
skeet.y = Math.random()*360+20;
skeet.startEating()
addChild(skeet)
}
addChild(food)
}
}
}

Skeet.as

package
{
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.geom.Point;

public class Skeet extends Shape
{
private var capacity:int = 10
private var speed:int = 10
private var ate:Number = 0
private var full:Boolean = true

private var angle:Number;
private var xDistance:Number;
private var yDistance:Number;
private var restingPosition:Point = new Point(0, 0)

private var food:Shape

public function Skeet(_food:Shape)
{
food = _food
drawSkeet()
}

private function drawSkeet()
{
graphics.lineStyle(1,0xFFFFFF,1)
graphics.lineTo(0, 6)
graphics.drawEllipse( -3, 6, 6, 9);
}

public function startEating()
{
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eat)
}

private function eat(e:Event)
{
if (full == true)
{
xDistance = restingPosition.x - this.x;
yDistance = restingPosition.y - this.y;
ate -= .2;

if (ate < 1)
{
full = false;
}
}
else
{
xDistance = food.x - this.x;
yDistance = food.y - this.y;
}

angle = Math.atan2(yDistance, xDistance);
this.rotation = angle * 180 / Math.PI + 90;

//trace("food and skeet hit " + "full " + full)

if (food.hitTestPoint(this.x, this.y, true) && !full)
{
food.scaleX -= .005;
food.scaleY -= .005;

food.x += xDistance / 30;
food.y += yDistance / 30;

ate++;

if (ate > capacity)
{
full = true;
restingPosition.x = Math.random() * 200 - 100 + this.x;
restingPosition.y = Math.random() * 200 - 100 + this.y;
}
}
else
{
this.x += this.xDistance / speed;
this.y += this.yDistance / speed;
}

this.scaleX = 0.4 + ((ate * 10) / 100);
}
}
}

Food.as

package
{
import flash.display.Shape;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.geom.Point;

public class Food extends Shape
{
private var yTarget:Number = 210

public function Food()
{
drawFood()
addListeners()
}

private function drawFood()
{
graphics.beginFill(0×000,1)
graphics.lineStyle(2,0xFFFFFF,1)
graphics.drawCircle(0, 0, 35)
graphics.endFill()
}

private function addListeners()
{
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, checkFoodQuantity)
}

private function checkFoodQuantity(e:Event)
{
if (this.scaleX < 0.1)
{
this.scaleX = this.scaleY = 1;
this.x = Math.random() * 500 + 20;
this.y = 400;
yTarget = Math.random() * 300;
}

this.y += (yTarget - this.y) / 10;
}
}
}

}

I’m working with another flash developer (Alen Cvitkovic) to create an advanced and fully customizable image gallery.

You can find the latest project code at: http://code.google.com/p/flashview/

You can view the gallery at: http://alexrindo.com/gallery/