If you are planing to make a Flash and submit it to Newgrounds, you have to follow these steps:

01. Think of a movie or game you want to create. For movies, it can be an action movie, drama movie, thriller movies or anything. For games, it can be action, defensive, racing, puzzle, and etc.

02. Once you've thinked an idea, start designing your graphics. You can design graphics with the drawing tools. If you still don't know how to make graphics, I suggest that you downloaded Adobe Photoshop. Sometimes, the graphic you are making can be quite difficult. So, I suggest that you press Ctrl + A in your graphics and in Flash, press Ctrl + V.

03. Add keyframes. It can be either a keyframe of 5, 10, 15, 20, or anything that is covering your idea. If you have made a keyframe (for instance, 10, timeline numbers 1 to 10 will be merged into 1 group of timelines. If you've checked your animation in a .swf format, you can see the animation.

04. Write some Actionscripts. Actionscripts are more important if you are making a game. To pause at a current frame, you have to use onClipEvent (enterFrame). The enterFrame means to pause at a current frame. If you want your object to go to the next frame (aka levels), then you must use _root.nextFrame();. This is useful when you complete a level. If you are planning for the object to collide with another object, you have to use hitTest. Let me say an example:

hitTest(_root.Wall).

If statements means "if". Let me say you an example:

if(hitTest(_root.Wall))

Also, when writing if statements, you should add an action below the statement.

Here is an example:

if(hitTest(_root.Wall)) {
//it removes gravity and adds a speed of 5}
speed = 5
gravity = 0

Player controls are important when making a game. Here is an example:

if (Key.isDown(87)){
//type the actionscript below}

And, there is math. Math are used in Actionscript. If you are also using variables, it's like Algebra. Here is an example:

gravity = speed + power

This is the hardest step if you want to make a Flash. Let's proceed.

05. You need audio. Audios are used to make the movie/game look interesting. I suggest using Audacity or FL Studio when making this. If you are adding music to your Flash, put this actionscript to an object:

bgSound = new Sound(this);
bgSound.attachSound("sound1");

If you want to continuously play the audio, use this:

bgSound.start(0, 99);

You don't want only one audio, because you think it is still boring. If you've gathered multiple musics, you can use this to change:

bgSound.stop();

If you are limiting your music to a number of levels (games only), you need to use this:

_root.Sound01.gotoAndPlay(firstlevelwo rld);
gotoAndStop(secondlevelworld);
_root.Sound02.gotoAndPlay(secondlevelw orld);

The variables firstlevelworld (which I have invented), means first world. While secondlevelworld means the second world. You can extend the actionscript I've given you to a numerous worlds (for me, it will be 30 worlds in my movie).

For audios, you may download an audio if you are lazy (like me) at the Audio Portal. If you want to submit an Audio, make sure it is your original work. If it doesn't, it will get removed by an AM.

AM - Audio Mod

06. Repeat steps 02-05 and you will succeed.

07. Save your game in a .swf format.

08. You're ready! Click the submit button in Newgrounds and upload your Flash. Fill in the blanks about your Flash. Because Newgrounds doesn't want your submission to have hentai or porn, make sure you agree to the Flash submission terms of service. If it doesn't, your movie will be flagged and deleted if suggested by an admin. If this is the case, your account might be deleted!

To create your next flash, repeat all steps. Hope that helps.

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