Flash Games and animations...

[ZeratulStukov]

Okay, I want to start off by telling you something:
1) Please answer at all my questions, or don't at all
2) I appreciate very much your help ;)

Okay so, I would like to make a flash game or a flash animation... The program, or programs, would have to meet the following standards:
-Easy to use, or at least have a tutorial
-!!!! FREE !!!
-Easy to find, download and install

A. What program should I use?
B. Were to find and download it ?
C. Any tutorial you have for me? I don't want to make "capodoperas" from the first attempt...
D. How hard is it to use? How much time would it take to make an animation of few minutes, ar a small and noob-ish flash game ??

[DoctorZettabyte]

Flash media or formats are free to use, but cost money to make, in most or all instances. Modern copies of Flash Creation programs cost upwards of $300 USD. However, you can find cheap bundles of older versions pretty cheap. Check eBay. Past that, you're out of luck.

Flash is also very tough. I've got a pretty good knowledge of a lot of it, but I am pretty bad with most stuff. My brother, who's had Flash MX for more than a year and has logged a total of 9 months practice time, is still making basic Flash Games. He's stopped for a while, but he still avidly Photoshops.

In short, Flash is expensive and tough to use and produce. Good luck in your media creating endeavors.

-DocTera

[West]

YoYo Games (http://www.yoyogames.com/make), I've messed with
it for a couple weeks, it is really easy to use for n00b game-makers, comes with a tutorial, and if you really need help you can ask on their forums, i've done a small game with top-view (dif. colored dots = heads lol) and made the guy be able to shoot and add hp and it can really do a lot of fun stuff, the only real reason i stopped is because im not good with coding languages, but you dont have to use coding to make the game. anyways i could go on and on but just check the website :)

oh yeah the downside is it's not flash (but much easier to use :) )