The 2D Games Journey

This book represents an introduction to 2D games using Flash ActionScript 3.0 as a platform. It approaches the field in a progressive way, classifying games in categories based on essential features and difficulty. It combines discussions on practical games and implementation details with topics pertaining to games theory. Our intention is to familiarize the reader with a set of games with enough variety to provide a solid background for approaching any other 2D game with ease.