Is this game idea workable in flash?

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Hi, I am working on a game for the sunday school students and am not sure if flash is the way to go. I must say that I am not that good in actionscripting but willing to put more hours to learn if I can work this game out.

Basically, it is a quiz like game with multiple choices. When the student select the right answer, he gets points. To get them to play more often, I was thinking of adapting the snake and ladder idea to it. Given a small board of maybe 25 or 40 squares, they roll a die and advances. But each square they land on has a question. If answered correctly, they stay at the square. If answer is wrong, they get kick back to the original space.

I have compiled a list of questions to be use and wonder if flash can randomly call the questions and multiple choices from a database (or text file). Furthermore, it must be able to detech which questions have been asked so it won’t repeat the questions.

Finally, the game ends when they reach the last square and answer correctly. Although it seems easy but I’m sure it’s quite alot of work. I can do the questions in html and php but realised that if the ‘BACK’ button is clicked, u can retry the question until you get it right. That’s a no no of course.

Would this game be workable in flash or should I look at something else? Also, are there any recommendations on books for quiz like games?

Thanks in advance. :bu:

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Thanks Tim. Would it be able to write to a TXT file too**?** This is because the points will be added and we are thinking of having a high score list.

As this is the first time I attempt to do such a big project (all i did in the past with flash were just motion tweens), is it a good idea to work on the logic/actionscripting and the animations concurrently**?** Or is it better just to work on the actionscripting and get the game working first, then add the animation later**?**

Lastly, do you think this book - Macromedia Flash MX ActionScript for fun & games - will be useful for this type of games**?** I notice some books teaches more about how to create arcade style or RPG game which will not be relevant in this case.

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All you want to do is doable with Flash, but it’s definitely not easy. I think the hardest will be the part where you load a new question and turn it into an actual quiz in Flash. For this part, I suggest you take a look at the tutorials about the LoadVars object and the components :slight_smile: