Still in and moving along.  Not sure I’ll finish by the deadline though.  No photos to show yet.  As far as tools, I knew it would depend on the theme and my idea.  I finally ended up using the following:

IDE: Adobe FlashBuilder
Language: ActionScript
Framework: Flixel
Art: Adobe CC Suite
Music: Apple Logic 9 with packaged Apple Loops, possibly with my own voiceovers (stay tuned), Adobe Audition CC
Repository: GitHub

Good luck everyone!  Keep chuggin’ along!