{"author_name":"Sir_Couch","cat":"LD #25","comments":[{"author_name":"Casino Jack","time":"December 10, 2012 2:57 am","epoch":1355126220,"text":"I, too, put off switching to AS3 for far too long, but man am I glad I finally did: the performance increase alone is worth the switch! If you&#8217;re used to timeline coding in AS2 you may find it a bit tricky, but after a while OOP in AS3 just makes so much more sense.","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"recursive frog","time":"December 10, 2012 10:21 am","epoch":1355152860,"text":"You know, for a coder in your position I might actually advise skipping AS3 entirely.  Speaking as an AS3 expert, I&#8217;m skeptical of Flash&#8217;s future, and a solid AS2 knowledgebase will seamlessly flow backwards into JS if you decide to stick to browser scripting.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1355118780,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"50833","p_author":"Sir_Couch","p_authorkey":"507980","p_urlkey":"86526","p_title":"I\u2019m In..","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355118780","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"507980","us_name":"Sir_Couch","us_username":"Sir_Couch","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<p>I&#8217;m in Ludum Dare for the first time ever! Wooh! I&#8217;ll be\u00a0using\u00a0adobe flash and coding on Action script 2 because I have difficulty understanding AS3<strong>*\u00a0<\/strong>I&#8217;ll probably also be using various things from the tools page&#8230; My entry may become a jam because I&#8217;ve gor work during Ludum dare but who knows?!<\/p>\n <p>DFTBA<\/p>\n <p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n <p>*If anyone knows some good resources on getting started with AS3, let me know! thanks!<\/p>","time":"December 10th, 2012 12:53 am","title":"I\u2019m In.."}