My first Flash development job was with a company called JellyBarn, in 2005, located in Bellingham Washington. I worked with one other Flash developer, making things like a custom slideshow system, photo albums with dynamic flipping pages, a couple games, and an ECard creator.
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Axis and Allies Board Game
I built this not-quite-complete Axis and Allies game around 2006. I quit developing because I started working at a company called EZShow Studio and wanted to switch to AS3 development. http://kalinflash.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/axis/axisAndAllies.swf You might need to have played the actual board game Axis and Allies in order to understand what is going on, as it’s a complex game. The very first screen you see is the purchase menu for Russia. Once you have selected your purchases, you can click and drag on the game board to move around and use the…
Read MoreBlack Market Rebellion – Flash Sci-Fi RPG
In 2004 I built a role playing game starring a tank in classic birds-eye view, with a variety of weapons, items, obstacles and abilities, fighting in a world users could design themselves with a built-in level editor. It has some simple database integration, utilizing PHP and mySQL.
Read MorePlat Maps
In 2006 I built a reusable system of maps for a local real estate website.
Read MoreHome value Calculator
This is a home value calculator I made for the local real estate website, newhometeam.net. Though I do not have a copy of the .swf anymore, you can see a video of the tool in action. I did not use any code libraries in development and instead created my own graphing and tab classes. The data was fed in through an xml file.
Read MoreWetPaint Content Modules
These are a series of “content modules” I built in 2008 for the WetPaint wiki network to display site additions like new threads, new members, photos, featured content, related content, or recent site activity.
Read MoreAS2 Random Effect Component
This is a series of functions I developed around 2006 to randomly animate movie clips.
Read MoreKalin’s Battle Grid – Strategy Board Game in Flash
A two-player chess-like board game that I invented with some role-playing elements, and a myriad of options and different ways to play.
Read MoreDirty Marbles (Parcheesi) Flash Board Game
A buddy had this game that he claimed his grandpa had invented. In 2004, when I wanted to give this whole ActionScript thing a try, I decided to build a Flash version of the game.
Read MoreFlash Timeline Based Ads
These are a series of small square banner ads, advertizing some of my own projects that I did mostly to practice design skills… you might be able to tell that I focus primarily on programming.
Read MoreDisc Golf Access VBA Database
In the summer of 2003 I built a personal database in Access and VBA to keep track of my disc golf scores and my collection of frisbees.
Read MoreBad Kitty Poster
A Coworker tried to grab her cat while it was having a standoff with a raccoon. The cat bit her hand and tore her tendons and she wound up missing six weeks work, so I made this poster.
Read MoreJava and Visual Basic Examples
Some simple Java and VB examples from school in 2003.
Read MoreSimpsons Alarm Clock
More old stuff from 2004, when I was still learning Flash and working as a line cook. This is an alarm clock with a Simpsons theme.
Read MorePlease Hire Me
I made this Flash animation for a very short-lived portfolio site in 2004. After this I started realizing that making stuff look good just isn’t where my skills lie.
Read MoreTour My Old Apartment
This is the first interactive thing I did in Flash, back around 2004, when I was still line-cooking at the Village Inn Pub and Eatery. Looking at it now I’m shocked at not only how I was living back then, but at what low standards I had for my Flash projects.
Read MoreVillage Inn Opener
This is the front page animation I made for The Village Inn Pub and Eatery, where I was line-cooking at the time. This is the ugliest and lamest thing I’ve ever made in Flash… or perhaps in any medium.
Read MoreThe History of Spam Lunch Meat
The first thing I ever made in Flash, and man is it horrible. I’m embarrassed to have my name associated with this.
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