How I made a Flash game that didn't look like a Flash game

How I made a Flash game that didn't look like a Flash game

Damien Clarke

Damien Clarke isn’t really a professional gamedev but hopes to become one, one day. He made a few popular Flash games a long time ago. 18 YoE SWE + 7 YoE hobby gamedev. Here’s the twitter account he hasn’t started using yet: https://x.com/bloxorzguy

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How I made a Flash game that didn't look like a Flash game

TG Lightning Talks @ Melbourne International Games Week 2026

Game engines and visual programs usually exert a force on the appearance of whatever is created in them. In this talk about a game I released almost 20 years ago, I show the tricks I used to force Flash to look like a 3D game engine, and then comb over the visual artefacts that gave those tricks away.

How I made a Flash game that didn't look like a Flash game

Damien Clarke

Damien Clarke isn’t really a professional gamedev but hopes to become one, one day. He made a few popular Flash games a long time ago. 18 YoE SWE + 7 YoE hobby gamedev. Here’s the twitter account he hasn’t started using yet: https://x.com/bloxorzguy