I want to use Flash to write games. I don’t want to learn about how to create glossy buttons for my 2005 website, or how to use the motion tween interface– I just want to learn ActionScript 3 and the development environment.
Suggestions?
EDIT: I already know plenty about game programming; I’m just new to flash.
EDIT: I found this site linked from the Flixel website, which has a bunch of useful examples and instructions. The Flixel wiki is also full of juicy goodness.
If you’re familiar with OOP and Java, go check out the Flixel library for AS3. The tutorials on their wiki teach you everything you need to set up the Flex SDK in Eclipse and write Flash games in pure AS3, no Flash needed. Everything compiles to a .swf, of course.