Adobe is making a move to make Flash sites more searchable
July 1, 2008
Good news for Flash developers and Flash designers, Adobe is cooperating with Google and Yahoo to help them to improve the way they are indexing Flash sites. Microsoft does not seem to be interested to cooperate with Adobe, no surprise there since they haven't given up on Silverlight...yet :) click here for more info

Flashvalley sound loops
June 27, 2008
The Flashvalley sound loops are perfect to enhance any website, flash intro or multimedia project. Make sure to check our collection regularly, more loops will be added on a regular basis.

Flashvalley news ticker updated to version 2.11
June 26, 2008
The Flashvalley news ticker component has been updated to version 2.11 make sure to download the latest version from the support page.

Should you learn Object Oriented Programming with Actionscript ?
June 3, 2008
You have heard about Object Oriented Programming before (OOP) but you are not too sure what it is and if you really need to learn a bit more about it. You have heard that if you want to use Actionscript 3.0 you will need to learn OOP and you are now wondering if you should really start reading about it.

Flash player 10 beta
May 28, 2008
If you want to see how your Flash content will behave with the new features implemented in the upcoming Flash player 10, you can now download the beta version from the Adobe Labs. If you are interested with the 3d potentials of that new version of the flash player have a look at the Alternativa platform demos.

MDM Zinc 3.0 (Pandora) beta preview
January 23, 2008
MDM is about to release the new version of the successful SWFtoEXE software Zinc. I had a chance to install the beta and have written a quick preview of what is in stock for us mighty Flash developers.

Review: The Exchange Student
November 7, 2007
Not so long ago we reviewed a little demo of the game from"The Exchange Student", this time Dimitris Manos (Project Director) kindly gave us the full version to have a play with. Read the review here

Flashvalley news ticker updated to version 1.31
August 1, 2007
The Flashvalley news ticker component has been updated to version 1.3 make sure to download the latest version from the support page. More info on what's new in version 1.31 on the forum.

Jobserve RSS reader
July 25, 2007
If you are looking for a job as a Flash developer or in IT in general you might find this little application handy. I initially created it for myself with Flash and MDM Zinc but I thought that some of you might find it useful. It is lighter than a google gadget and does the job nicely. It will return by default any contract position in the UK advertised on jobserve during the last 24 hours associated with the keyword "actionscript" but you can create your own search on jobserve and enter your own RSS link in the application. [download now]

Actionscript 3.0: a quick overview
June 13, 2007
Flash CS3 is out and Actionscript 3.0 is on its way to your screen, well it's not a really a big surprise, Flash 9 and Flex have been available in their alpha and beta version for a while before their official releases and many flash developers had the opportunity to get their hands dirty with Actionscript 3.0.

Wondertouch particleIllusion 3.0 review
May 14, 2007
If you are looking to create fancy effects for your Flash games or Flash intros you have many options. Special effects can be created in Flash with actionscript but it can be a lengthy process if you are not an actionscript guru, you can also use a 3D application but the learning curve is quite steep.There is alternative solutions, Wondertouch particleIllusion 3.0 could be one of them. In that review we will try to see if that little program dedicated to the creation of special effects can be of any use for us Flash users. [read review]