teammember 2008-09-05 16:50:34

hm..

Koolmoves flash tool

Goldwave sound editing tool

and i can send you sound FX, just tell me what kind you need, and how to send em.

Blaze 2008-09-05 17:47:42

Google, your eternal friend.

Flash is the best tool for animating, but if it's your first time animating, I recommend you to download the trial first. See if you REALLY like it, then buy it. Because it's actually a big ... investment? (sorry, no english).

In the mean time, there are a lot of FREE possibilities you can use; koolmoves being one of them. But I heard it's pretty lacking, considering you can't even save and load. I recommend you get sothink swf quicker, the trial lasts 15 days last time I checked. Then, get Macromedia Flash 8 (when it was still macromedia's) trial, 30 days. Then adobe Flash CS3, 30 more days. So you have plenty of time to try out. :D
: That is, assuming macromedia and adobe's registry editing is completely different.

For sound editing, goldwave is a good tool. But I personally prefer Audacity much more. Sound creating, FruityLoops can do the job.

If you have really good drawing skills but you find it hard to draw with a mouse, get a Graphic Tablet. Wacom ones are the best in the market, but they're quite pricey. I own a Genius one, works quite cool. I prefer the mouse though, now I think the tablet was a waste of money :P

You look like a good guy, keep up that motivation and try your best. :D

Also, for any software I listed here, Google is always good. :)

Sound effects, you can find them in google too; altough good Alternatives are

<a href="http://www.soundsdogs.com">http://www.soundsdogs.com</a>
<a href="http://www.flashkit.com">http://www.flashkit.com</a>
<a href="http://www.altavista.com">http://www.altavista.com</a>

Google's your friend, use it, and good luck. :D

Renandchi2 2008-09-05 19:17:34

Adobe makes Flash CS3 Proffesional. When that guy said it was $300, it was a mistake. It is $700, unless you're a student, whereas it's $250. Flash is very good, but it takes longer to make better things, like, say, Blockhead and Salad Fingers. And since you're new to it, I doubt you know this (maybe you do) but to make games you have to learn something called ActionScript. ActionScript 2 is easiest, and there's many tutorials all around the internet, even here on NG, so don't worry.

However, I use something called SoThink SWF Quicker. It has ActionScript and is almost exactly the same as Adobe, but only $85. Try it for free or buy it from their site (google sothink swf quicker)

teammember 2008-09-06 10:41:33

The koolmoves demo is endless, and lets you do everything except, add ALL included clipart, and save/load

it only costs $42

and its simple to use, probably one of the best i know of