so are you using classes now?
AS3 + flashdevelop can help you produce some really powerful stuff, stick with it.

Daniel,the demo is plain awesome and not only the graphics. I really like the gameplay like it is. Maybe insert air combos? Or let the eagle have some attacks ,too?

I amreally looking forward to see that completed,I hope your motivation comes back. Thumbs up ! :D

Wow, i played 5 min of this, and i think this could be your best work. Keep workin on it, it has HUGE potential, and it can become a masterpiece.

I played the demo. I did like the graphics. One thing that bothered me is after every hit the monsters sorda faded away, the same thing that happens when they died. it was hard to tell if i killed it or not. Also the portal at the end of the stages were somewhat hard to see for me. There were no mid air attacks which i assume will be added. I enjoyed it though

Dude we cant even keep the key up for over a second, we can't even get past the first gate...

gameplay needs work,
right now to fight enemies all you have to do is spam
a, a , down + a

rinse and repeat

other then that I like the concept

It looks great!, but some parts it lags and there is only 2 sections?
like I am meaning at the next part, there were no key.

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526 948/
Read this, it taught me pretty much everything I know about AS3
One thing the book won't tell you is that it's important to use weak references when you create an event listener, example

addEventListener("enterFrame", runtime, false, 0, true);
.....................................
.....................................
.................. ^ this

Good luck

Yippee, NG's "no long strings" code fucking up a message again.
Basically what is important in the line of code I gave you is the last parameter, "true", which is by default set to false

I say Daniel Sun, Taking AS3 class with Flash could be harder than you think.

I found an error in the second area, when using the eagle to open the locked door at the very end, when I accelerated and hit the wall, the eagle went through the wall and outside of the white boundaries of the game screen. I could not move the eagle out of this, and had to call the eagle back to me.
Otherwise, I enjoyed the demo very much, though I do miss the black color palette, I like the sort of autumn-esque scenery. The eagle looks great, and I like having the combo finisher attack. I would continue to play it. I think that aerial combos should be added.

I found a bug where if (on level 2) if you turn into a bird and fly up above the door to the gears and such, if you fly in between the first gear and second gear you get teleported ouside the edge of the map, doesn't happen 100% of the time, but i made it happen a few times. other than that game seems awsome!

The game is fun, the graphics are awesome, but the controls.... well needs more work but other than that it was really one of the best game you ever made

Hey, who did the music in your games, if you dont mind asking? Did you do it yourself, it's pretty cool

I don't know, but your games always seem very "unprecise" in moving, I hink that comes from the extreme decelerating if you let go a key, it would be way more forceful if you only added a short but powerful "stopping" animation.

Well, add the ability to attack while jumping, make sure that you can finish a sword combo the same way you can finish a melee combo (you know, an attack that sends the enemy flying)

overall
It's a pretty good game

DAMN!!! That demo is really good. way better then red moon.

Dude, that's awesome! I really look forward to seeing this finished. I hope you can find the motivation to finish this.

I tried to learn as3 without knowning anything on As2. and i gaved up :(
Im gonna learn as2 first then move on to as3

its not turd, it is freaking amazing. i kinda miss the black and white graphics, but i guess i can still play shift or one of your old games if i need my fix. the game is great, and the different character shape from the original has me wondering what is gonna happen this time. if your pay doesn't bring motivation, at least let yor fans motivate you. go d-sun go!

As far as art goes, its amazing.

But the lag threw me off. I still played through it and it was fun.

(Was Red Moon with AS2 ?)

WOW!!!!
I dont understand how you could say that that game is boring or disappointing.
This game (or series of games) is a MAJOR piece of art and criativity!!! Its just awesome. I hope you dont give up on the project, it has a GREAT ( I mean REALLY great) potential.
But if you dont feel like doing it or just aren't motivated enough just let it go.
Cheers to you and Good Luck!!

Adding to what Karshgen said, I also think that the Hero, as well as the monsters, should have multiple death animations.

The music was good, the graphics were just gorgeous.

Maybe you should add multiple ground combos depending on direction of arrow keys.

I'm also guessing that there will be multiple weapons, based on the icon of the fist in the corner.

Overall, this looks like it will be as good as the others.

As a fan of the Armed with Wings series, I'm obviously very pleased to be able to get a sneak preview of the next title...
I've got to say, I am looking forward to it even more than I was before! The graphics, as you mentioned, were excellent - very fluid, and whilst keeping in line with your distinctive style, a real step forward. The gameplay mechanice themselves were masterfully implemented - the eagle in particular worked as well as always, and I found the edge clinging to be a nice touch.
Obviously it's still a work in progress, but right now this demo is showing the potential to be the best in the series yet! I really enjoyed it, and can only suggest a few things:
1) Obviously this would be fixed in the game itself, but the music needs to be properly implemented, possibly with different music for the boss?
2) Air attacks for both you and the eagle would be a nice touch, as mentioned by others, but I'd be interested to see more than one attack button, similarly to Armed with Wings 2? That said, if the image of a fist in the bottom left corner is anything to go by, I assume more weapons will be available; if so, perhaps being able to switch weapon mid combo to change its outcome? Again, this is clearly a problematic suggestion, but could be a nice thought.
3) If you're having trouble with motivation, try rewarding yourself with cake whenever you reach a certain milestone in the game development! :3
Either way, I really appreciate your work and hope that you enjoy making this next title as much as we'll no doubt enjoy playing it!
Good luck, and thanks for letting us play around with the demo :P

that games is awesome. but while i do agree eagle shouldnit have attacks, i was thinking that maybe there was a special move you could do with it that you unlock after awhile.

How do you programmers live! D:
I got a headache.

win

the demo was tight, G!

This is not a huge deal but I would like to see more attacks... But I did really enjoy the demo and shiz

Nice demo o.o
Love the graphics.
There was one issue I had...The enemies' attack range. They could still hit you even if they didnt make contact, but other than that a good demo o.o

Really cool, as soon as i go into it the graphics made me go woah! and still the gameplay was awesome. the only thing id like to see added is some magic attack, but not like the evil dudes magic like powering yourself up and making yourself look epic, id also love it if it were a little more face paced, thats about it thanks for the great gaming experience and keep at it!

Really cool! AWW 2 is still my favorite. You cant jump attack in this demo. Im looking forward to this one.

I'm finding all you're comments very helpful and inspiring. Somehow I'm becoming more motivated to make sure this game is THE BEST experience can possibly deliver!
Back to work for me!

Seeing how it's a demo, I'm sure you want to hear about any glitches.

So far I found 1 (possibly two).

The first being that was I do a killing punch to an enemy (not a down+a punch, a normal punch) he 'vaporizes'. If I quickly continue punching, the 'vaporizing' animation starts over. I'm sure it would've happened again if I punched again.

The second, and i'm not sure if this is a glitch, the boss fight was rather difficult to manouver in. Say one of the beams came down, I can't run through the flame until it vanishes completely. Even if it's alfa (opacity) is incredibly low. The damage always remains the same and I still go flying backwards.

Yeah,we did it,Daniels motivation is back :D

Good luck!

I enjoyed the demo. It looked fantastic. There are only a few things that I found fault with. The trees that act as foreground would block my vision of the battle, albeit rarely. The game also didn't feel as smooth as the other versions, but I'm sure that will be worked out by the time the game is done. I also find it a bit strange to give the boss a roar animation for his intro, yet have no sound. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to find a simple sound clip for a roar or something. But, that is just personal taste. All in all, great for what work you have put into it, and I look forward to seeing it completed someday.

Armed with Wings is coming on real nicely, I love the atmosphere and feel.

If you're having trouble with AS3 then try either my own tutorial here on AS3 depth assortment which gives a good intro to AS3:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view /495655
or try:
http://www.emanueleferonato.com/2008/
06/11/step-by-step-as3-translation-of -flash-game-creation-tutorial-part-1/

The graphics are astounding to say the least. The keys though, feel a little unresponsive. It was mentionned in an earlier post that this game is not as smooth as your others which is quite true. And midair attacks and combos are needed. I really liked the trees and the snake statues that like stood out. It felt like the main character was actually in the game. Another thing that I think you should add is some birds flying in the backround or something similar to add some liveliness to the game. And perhaps you could add skulls in the ground in some areas just to give some variety to the backrounds etc. Overall, nice game!

unbelievably great this is your best work yet great grapics and great gameplay but is missing air combos and the frame rate needs a bit of work but is looking like your best piece of work yet!

Wow, this is very nice. You'll just have to trudge through it until you find something about it you like, then you'll code like wild fire (for the armed wings demo).

as for the coding, it takes time. I still like the IDE, but i do do some FD. The IDE provides the results i need, where FD provides the real will to code, and be clean.

awesome. but, like our friend said down there, call in the air combos. and about the "Shoryuken" (haha) how about it just launch the enemy up? with that, jump, air combo, ground smash.
sounds cool to me. but of course it depends on your way to see it ^^
really good demo, keep it up!

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VIVA PÁTRIA AMADA!

holy shit that demo was great did you make the song? great job

I've also played the demo ... bout 4 times. I've completed all the previous games, and frankly, if you would combine Armed with Wings 2 with Red Moon, and the graphics from the demo, you would make a piece of art (not counting that those games are pieces of art).
One thing I didn't like in the previous games, is that they are kind of short, and tend to be monotonous.
I know my suggestion implies a fuck load of work, but hear me out:
- A cool ideea would be to have the posibility to chose betwen AwW or Lorde, or Hawken, or Eivana, or... the big dude from Armed with wings 2.
- A character menu where you could build stats like in a RPG with the posibility to chose from fighting styles, or weapons, etc. or to upgrade them
- as far as the raven... beautiful work, however as you sad it's far too boring. why not put in some traps for it where you'd need AmW to get him out... or hell... make it chase after something.
...
I should stop before I become a total Know-it-all
If you'd help with the background stuff, or further graphic development, or concept stuff... maybe I can help...
Good luck in the future

Seeing this game brings me to want to start learning AS3. But it didn't bring me far enough. Seriously, if I wanted to use OOP I would just go back to programming in Java. But besides that, this game is gorgeous! The graphics and gameplay are awesome. Making games is what you do best. And adding more design and detail to the backgrounds really make it look good. Oh, and could you tell me how you create the "breaking up" text effect. The one you used on the "Armed with Wings 3" text.

very great demo but wtf are mad about

and is it going to have medals

Amazazazing
here are the things that could be improved in my opinion:

-more weapons
-more attacks and combos (there is only one key for attacking) like in armed with wigs 2 that you can throw magic
-a block attacks key
-jump higer
-more stuff to do with the pet sorta thing (bird) like attacks
-it would be nice if enemies attacked the birdie
-more puzzles
-more enemies
-more projectile throwing enemies
-flying enemies
-bird helping you in battle too..a little

things that i liked:

the colors, i love that gold look
-i really loved the music
-also unlike armed with wings 2 in wich you didnt have anyone to help you here you have the bird wich doesnt really help you in battle but is useful nevertheless
-err..um, everything else i didnt mention i liked

so keep it up! Great work so far
i love it.

I understand movtivatoin problems :S
Best thing to do is relax for a few days.
try going somewere, maybe out of the country to the beach everyday
or up a mountain or get a hotel somewere different.
Change always helps inspiration, and when you force work it often comes out shit.
So have a break and relax and recharge.

Wow, pretty awesome demo.

but i actually preferred thet "red moon" and the AW2 style....

but for a puzzle it is actually pretty good. as for the graphics, very awesome, but somehow i prefer the other graphics. i dunno, its simply good... its fits the "last samurai" theme more than the AWW3 graphics.

The demo was quite well done I've experinced one glitch and that was the level before the boss while iam trying to take the eagle and put the key to the door the eagle glitched outside the level and couldn't get back inside the area until a few seconds after.
Other wise I like the new zone it felt different in a really good way and I cant wait till the final release off the finished version.

The Demo overall is good man, the only opinion i would have is for you to change the color of the game. I favored the whole "dark, shady and silhouetted look" with the previous games. btw another light people on fire game?

I'd definetly like to play it when it is ready. One thing I definetly felt was for the bird to have more of a purpose. It just seemed like you just kill all the enemies until you get to a door, then you find a key which there was really "go from point A to point B." I like that there wasn't a meter which times how long you can have the bird out, as that was just plain annoying in the first game, but still...something is lacking. Also it'd be nice if you could use the bird for things other than for stuff you literily HAVE to use him for (maybe secrets, or he can carry powerups with him or health, etc).

I noticed that this character, unlike the other characters thus far, uses his fists rather than a weapon. Though seeing that bird gave me an interesting idea. I think it would be cool if the character somehow utilized the bird as part of his fighting somehow. Maybe at the end of the character's attack combo, he could simply point forward and the bird could sort of "Dive bomb" forward then return to his normal position. Maybe a different key or whatever. Just an idea.

When I was facing the boss it was glitchly.
I get hit from his attack behind me and I fly back. wtf?
graphics are fantastic.
I never try action script 3 but, it looks hard.

Wow, this was amazing, it is should be your best game yet.It would be nice to have air attacks, some different types of attacks or a special super attack. I loved the graphics and the music was amazing

Wow big improvement D-San!
Nice and vibrant. Wasn't able to get the Key and Bird thing to work properly though. I wont nitpick lmao. Anyway, hope all is well and looking forward to our next collab.

The demo is actually quite good. Love the graphics, though IMHO in the world of Blackmist, everything should be darker. Gameplay is nice, controlling eagle too. I really like how the final blow (if you use down+s during the combo) affects the enemies, though I'd prefer a bigger variation of attacks. Anyway, AwW3 is going to pwn.

Great demo mate i cant wait to see it in full version,im a fan of this games that you´re doing..armed with wings 2 was just epic i loved the skills with the weapons specially with fire sword :P i just love the way you make those skills like in redmoon also that was really good but still i keep with armed w wings 2 XD
anyway just giving my support here keep with the good work mate and i will be waiting for this new version...laterz

Nice Ceros. The game went from 'la lala lala' to 'destruction of your family'. It kinda felt like I fighting the boss with a tooth pick, but a few deaths can clear that up. Great game.

Just plain beautiful. The game looks amazing in look and playability so far! I can't wait to see the new full game and the story behind it. I appreciate your well thought out attemp and success in creating it.

Im a big Power star fan. YOU MUSY MAKE A POWER STAR GAME! Pleas.

Great demo I really look forward to it I also had fun figuring out what all the differant combos did :)

Well, it... looks pretty good to me so far.

This game is great! It's similar to red moon. I love red moon and I love this. You are very talented!!!!

armed with wings demo.. it was good whats there.. the graphics are really nice..
but it could use some air attacks..
and perhaps his sword (unless thats some sorta unlockable later on then nvm)
also i think the difficulty progresses too slowly... as all of those levels way to easy and the difficulty barely got harder.

those things aside its very good and i hope you get the motivation to finish it! as this is something id wanna play most definetly..

I think u should put the swords in. Plus, a blocking technique would be good.

that was 1 of the most amazing games i have ever played
it was amazing it was like a proper game
i cant wait for the full game to come out man it was just too good
i think that armed with wings would make an awesome PSP game
that was just too awesome
********** 10 star rating amazing
10/10

it was great somethink that bothers me is the story can you please explain me the story of armed with wings 3? and btw put any weapon and speels if you can

i find the engine in your games to be very stiff and generic

It is interesting. Don't know wwhat your plans are but keep on trucking.

Explain me this. Why the king appeared in Red Moon if he was trap in a room forever by Armed With Wings? Really nice games, I enjoy a lot the story.

How can you get in the demo it does'nt work for me