Joey Collier

Portfolio Is Out Of Date

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:38:52 +0000

I still have a lot of updating to do. This portfolio is several years old…

Flash Tracking with Mochibot.com

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:40:54 +0000

Have you ever wished there was a way to track your flash content across multiple sites? Or a way to see who has stolen your content and posted it on their site? Mochibot.com is the answer, and best of all, it`s totally free.

I signed up and did a test run of their service. I was impressed, and thought them well deserving of a plug. Learn more here: www.mochibot.com

How to initiate Lightbox from Flash

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:06:19 +0000

Lightbox (by Lokesh Dhakar) can be launched/opened from flash AND work in both IE and FireFox. Just add some javascript to the page`s :

Then, call the javascript from Flash:

Make sure the image links you are calling from flash are listed on the page somewhere. It doesn`t have to be visible/clickable, so works fine.

This alone works in FireFox, but Internet Explorer still has some issues; so you need to do one more thing. Open up lightbox.js and comment out line 406, so it reads: //while(imageArray[imageNum][0] != imageLink.getAttribute(`href`)) { imageNum++;}

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How to display Flash (or HTML) on top of Flash

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:05:40 +0000

Ever wanted to display a new Flash movie on top of an already existing flash movie (like the flash portfolio section of this site)? This is a helpful, subtle way to show flash movies that are at a different frame rate from the original movie.

There are two important things that make this work correctly. Two divs with different `z-index`, and the flash movies have the parameters “wmode=transparent”.

I took the tutorial a step farther and put divs inside of container divs so that the bottom flash piece could be centered on the stage, and the top flash piece could be positioned exactly where I wanted it (regardless of window size).

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Why Do You Torment Me Candy?

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:00:59 +0000

Get Adobe Flash player Casual Web Game Why Do You Torment Me Candy? This was my first flash game – developed in under a week. To date, the game has been played over 10,000 times, and has managed to maintain a respectable 3 out of 5 stars. It has been a valuable lesson in integrating publisher’s APIs (high score tables & challenges), .swf tracking, & in-game advertisement. Interestingly enough, this game earned me my first dollar in video gaming through ad generated revenue. Play Here Or, see it on the web here: Kongregate.com NewGrounds.com RockYou.com Hallpass.com

Isometric Engine

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:00:42 +0000

Get Adobe Flash player Casual Web Game Isometric Engine Still under development, I developed an isometric game engine/level editor to speed up production of a new game concept. This took a lot of creative programming to pass and interpret arrays to strings and vice versa. Click on the building blocks to the right to select, then click on the grid to place. Press A while placing a block to lower the floor. Press Q to raise. To control Pocky, use the arrow keys to move, A to swing, Space to jump, and Shift to fly. Notice the buttons top left allow you to output the level array, reverse the array, change the stage size, etc. Play Here

Priefert Barn Builder

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:00:34 +0000

Client: Priefert Mfg. Project: Flash Development I took the opportunity to further my programming abilities by building a series of online sales applications for Priefert Mfg. This unique position allowed me to blend my PHP & Flash skills together to build an easy to use, online barn configurator that would allow the customer to customize and order a barn meeting their specifications. In the process I developed my own 3d engine for flash allowing 3d model imports, and a unique effective control. Web Link: 3D model import demo

Rooftop Golf

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Get Adobe Flash player Casual Web Game Rooftop Golf Still under development, I wanted to make a game that would take more than a few minutes to beat. Some game play elements need to be improved to up the pace and keep the game fun, but there is a deep level of programing that can be demonstrated with this game. I learned much about hit/miss calculation, tween animations, cookies, data tracking, and more. How long you played, what level you reached, how many times you hit the ball, what and how many things you hit, wether you practice or not, etc., is all saved back to my webserver to allow me to make improvements to the game. I created all of the artwork and animation as well. Play Here

NRA News

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:00:45 +0000

Get Adobe Flash player

Client: NRA Project: Flash Banner Units I created over 120 show promotionals for the National Rifleman’s Association’s online news channel. The in-stream flash ads aired in between broadcast. Web Link: www.nranews.com

Integris Health

admin — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:00:37 +0000

Client: Integris Health Project: Site Development 100% Flash, single page load, microsites. These two mini-sites were produced as part of an interactive marketing campaign. Web Link: www.ruralfoundation.com www.integrisangels.org 2007, 2008