# Learning through game development?

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [January 28, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-through-game-development/280564 "2009-01-28T23:02:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![polyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@polyp](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/polyp)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/learning-through-game-development/280564/1 "2009-01-28T23:02:18Z")

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For the past few months I’ve become increasingly interested in flash game development.  
(I think what inspired me was the [orisinal.com](http://orisinal.com) website!)

I have an extremely limited programming background but I would really like to learn the magic of creating these wonderful little programs

What would you guys recommend for learning flash strictly to develop games?

Should I just learn from web tutorials on a case-by-case basis and just start by learning how to program simple games?

Or is it better to learn flash/AS on the whole? And then transition into game development?

I’ve gone through several [Lynda.com](http://Lynda.com) video tutorials and I’ve found them very easy to follow but difficult to “apply” on my own…

Any suggestions/information would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks