Archive for December, 2008
Tree generator in 25 lines of ActionScript
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I am writing a bit late, but just wanted to share that I as well had submited my entry for the The 25-Line ActionScript Contest – Tree Generator. For those not yet informed the competition is a revamp of the 2000 Flash MX 6 ActionScript 1 version, made alive by Keith Peters. on time with the release of Flash CS4. It is planned as a regular contest with cool prizes, starting with Adobe CS4 Suite.
Flash has changed a lot during the years and some folks are complaining that AS has become harder, too verbose, and that it takes more code to do the same things compared to AS1. I see this competition as a part of Keith Peters’ initiative to put the Flash Back in Flash.
As I am always amazed by the fields where technology touches the real world, I wanted to build something connected to nature. I know that other have already made really nice trees, but I saw some space for optimisation – sorry, Grant, but trees don’t grow that way. So, I made a growth animation, from a small culm to a full-grown tree only in 25 lines. I did not made it into the top 12, but I still want to share. Take a look at the code and swf and see the November/December Finalists.
