C# envy: properties

Recently I found out that in c#, if you want to put a variable behind a public getter and private setter, so that it can be read but not changed, you can do it on one line! Here it is:

public int x { get; private set; }

Or if you want both public, it would be:

public int x { get; set; }

In ActionScript3 this would be:

private var _x:int;
    
public function get x():int
{
  return _x;
}
    
public function set x(_x:int):void
{
  this._x = _x;
}

The c# way is so much nicer - feature request Adobe!

A new manifesto for Flash games

Danc over at Lost Garden has just released an inspiring call to action for Flash games developers. This is probably the most important thing I have read about Flash games, ever. In it he makes a good case for something I've known for a while - that the ad-funded Flash games business model undervalues developers efforts by a factor of 100! If you don't want to read it, the jist is that indie Flash games creators need to grow a pair and start asking for some money. But I suggest you read it.