The only book to focus in depth on how to build exciting, interactive games with Flash. Games are one of the most popular applications to create using Macromedia Flash. The book contains more than 30 games and includes variations to make them easier or more challenging, more unique, or more complex. Readers will also find toys and gadgets to create for a more interactive experience. Macromedia Flash 5 ActionScript Fun and Games will appeal to most current Flash developers, plus to some readers who have been waiting for instruction on making games and other complex applications. Readers need not be Flash or ActionScript experts, and non-gamers will find the book an exciting way to learn the application for other uses. This book will be the only game-specific book for Macromedia Flash and ActionScript. Each chapter will study and deconstruct a new type of game or gadget, such as hunt and click games, catch and avoid games, or action and adventure games. The book will waste no time on illustration or animation directions but will focus solely on building games in Flash, including coding, the primary skill that most aspiring Flash game designers lack. Gary Rosenzweig is a multimedia software developer, entrepreneur, and writer. He is owner and developer of flasharcade.com, a site of Flash games that pushes the edge of Flash programming. He has pioneered the use of advanced programming techniques and high score boards in Flash. His business, CleverMedia, does consulting and Internet publishing and creates games, applications, and utilities using Flash, Director, and Lingo.