Alpha blending CSS TextFields in ActionScript 3

The problem I encountered with CSS driven TextFields in AS3 was that I was no longer able to use “embedfonts = true” to be able to set the TextField alpha. To solve this issue you can use blendModes on the TextField object, as in the following:

myTxtField.blendMode = BlendMode.LAYER;
myTxtField.alpha = 0,5;

This also works with a mask over a textfield.

Example

Source file

Do realise that using blendmodes you increase the clients CPU load.

Arch.Maaik game

Last saturday we launched the Arch.Maaik game at his 5 year anniversary. The game is currently being prepared for online use and will be here in a few weeks.

The game was realised together with Matt Baay (in-game gfx) and Eric Weterings (intro animation & sound).

WNF Rangergame

Last month in cooperation with MediaRijk we developed a topview game for WWF that was part of the tv show and can be played online on the Jetix site.

Click the image to play the game.

You can watch the broadcasts on Jetix each sunday starting March 1st at 10:40.

Here the jetix mini site.