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Re:Ask YC: How do I get Started Making Games in Flash? by tocomment on Thursday January 10, 2008 @07:05PM (#96978)
So you recommend I start with FlashDevelop? I'd prefer to develop on Linux though, is there a linux alternative? Maybe Scite + flex like Riffplay mentioned?
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Re:Ask YC: How do I get Started Making Games in Flash? by reitzensteinm on Thursday January 10, 2008 @08:35PM (#96999)
Oh, definitely - I'm just saying Flex is the way to go, any editor (that you like) will do. I use Flash Develop but I'm (increasingly) neutral on that. :)

Though you might want to try Adobe's Flex Builder alpha on Linux. The Windows version was rock solid, but apparently the Linux version is further behind (I haven't tried it on Linux). It's based on Eclipse so it's a memory hog (slightly uncomfortable even on my c2d 3.16ghz + 4gb), but the debugger, profiler, visual editing tools etc are top notch.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/flexbuilder_linux/

Since it just uses the command line compiler, you can migrate to another editor when it gets released non free (or buy it).

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