At 2/1/25 10:17 AM, TomFulp wrote:💰 We are looking for prize sponsors! Bigger prizes = more Flash for us to enjoy. Read below for details.
Flash Forward Jam 2025
Time for our fifth annual Flash Forward Jam! This event celebrates the legacy of Flash while giving people cool new Flash games and interactive movies. It’s an alternate reality where Flash never died!
Entries are expected to run in the browser, thanks to Ruffle. Ruffle will run just about any AS2 game and many more AS3 games than last year, with better performance as well. Read the September Ruffle update for details on some of the changes since the last Flash Forward Jam.
Jam Requirements:
April 6th is the 25th anniversary of NG’s Flash Portal becoming the first place on the Internet where people could instantly publish movies and games. It would be awesome if you could publish your Flash Forward entry ON April 6th, to make the whole day a big event. This isn't a requirement, though.
Note, if you want your entry to run well on mobile, be sure your buttons have a large click space to capture finger taps.
Game Prizes:
1st - $1000
2nd - $610
3rd - $300
4th - $100
Movie with Interactive Element Prizes:
1st - $150
2nd - $100
3rd - $50
We’re crowdfunding prize money! Use the donation option on the Supporter page and PM me a heads up you donated towards the Flash jam.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
@matt-likes-swords - $500
@Lochie - $420.69
@BoMToons - $250
@Zombie-Pimp - $150
@wheezl - $100
@The-EXP - $100
@EdChar - $100
Team Sea3on - $100
@FutureCopLGF - $50
@53xy83457 - $50
@HazmatVT - $50
@Aalasteir - $30
@Unicronicorn - $30
@Dungeonation - $20
@RileyVerse - $20
@Anamonator - $10
@ZombieGhost - $10
@TecNoir - $10
@ItzJustKey - $10
@Wegra - $1
Newgrounds - $300
Note Regarding the NG API for Medals and/or High Scores
Since the first Flash Forward, we updated the Project System to default to our HTML5 API (Newgrounds.io). Last year we provided instructions to access the old Flash API but this year @Psychogoldish has something else in the pipe - we’ll be introducing Flash components that utilize our modern API! Watch this space for updates.
Need Help with Flash?
@JackSmack has made a blog post of helpful classic AS: Main forum posts!
@mtv129 has organized a collection of AS3: Main Tutorials and Resources!
We also have some classic Flash and Flash Game Tutorials in the wiki.
For examples of previous Flash Forward entries, check out the archives:
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flash-forward-jam
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flash-forward-2022
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flash-forward-2023
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flash-forward-2024
Flash Forward Jam promo art by @zattdott!
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zattdott/flash-forward-jam-art
Other Events
July 6th is NG’s 30th birthday and we’d love to see anything people want to make in celebration of this milestone.
@Whirlguy, @intrapath, @jamriot and @Mantis are organizing a 30th Anniversary Collab modelled after the 20th Anniversary Collab!
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/666610
Whirlguy has kicked off the 30th Anniversary Audio Collab to create a bunch of themed music.
Mantis has kicked off the 30th Anniversary Art Collab, where the art will be used in a game.
There are other activities being organized, feel welcome to organize your own. Porter is organizing a standalone 30th Anniversary Wall Art Collab to create a site skin, for example!
Let's gooooooo!!! For Flash!!!
"SU PUTA MADRE" CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD, DOING IT G E N T L Y
my flash is finally done, its going to be submitted pretty soon ^^
EDIT: sorry, but its going to be a game since "interactive" or "simulation" is not avaliable in the movie genre, so sorry
[davidmations]
At 2/25/25 05:19 PM, sonicgilberth00 wrote:my flash is finally done, its going to be submitted pretty soon ^^
EDIT: sorry, but its going to be a game since "interactive" or "simulation" is not avaliable in the movie genre, so sorry
here it is by the way: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/970369
[davidmations]
Game is 95% done, now I have a month to bask in my accomplishments before @Emrox submits something that makes my game look like a mouse maze.
If I offer to help you in a post, PM me to get it. I often forget to revisit threads.
Want 180+ free PSP games? Try these links! - Flash - Homebrew (OFW)
At 3/4/25 04:31 PM, Kwing wrote:Game is 95% done, now I have a month to bask in my accomplishments before @Emrox submits something that makes my game look like a mouse maze.
Haha dude I was literally thinking of doing a mouse avoider this year
No. You aren't tripping. This was in fact, written by SpareEnderboy.
So if is there a new AS2 Flash API, so that's mean that maybe we'll get a new AS3.0 version also soon
Deadline extended? Dammit. Now I have no excuse not to finish learning ActionScript.
The extended deadline is more than a blessing :).
SquadMassiveEntertainment©2023
5 days left,,
I've never learnt how to use flash before but this is actually fun (yet painful) to do! Though it took me so long figure out how to export a working .swf :(
Do we all post on the 20th, or is there some time zone magic we have to wait for?
At 4/14/25 11:15 PM, StevoGlitchyFishy wrote:5 days left,,
I've never learnt how to use flash before but this is actually fun (yet painful) to do! Though it took me so long figure out how to export a working .swf :(
Do we all post on the 20th, or is there some time zone magic we have to wait for?
You can post when ready, you don't have to wait until the 20th.
hey Yom. What time is the deadline specifically tomorrow? I’ve been working on and off on a project for about a month or two now and I want to make sure I have time to submit it.
Lizguy74
At 4/19/25 06:05 PM, Lizguy74 wrote:hey Yom. What time is the deadline specifically tomorrow? I’ve been working on and off on a project for about a month or two now and I want to make sure I have time to submit it.
11:59pm PST on the 20th / 2:59am EST on the 21st (end of day west coast time).
Lizguy74
I always wanted to make a game in flash back in it's heyday. I never did, but now I'm glad I have.
Thank you for hosting this jam!!
Here is my game submission:
Learning AS3 from scratch was interesting..!
At 4/20/25 01:02 PM, Flannelson wrote:I always wanted to make a game in flash back in it's heyday. I never did, but now I'm glad I have.
Thank you for hosting this jam!!
Here is my game submission:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/977200
Learning AS3 from scratch was interesting..!
This is a great showcase of Ruffle handling a game with a lot of moving enemies and bullets! I managed to defeat the final bee, too.
At 2/1/25 10:17 AM, TomFulp wrote:💰 We are looking for prize sponsors! Bigger prizes = more Flash for us to enjoy. Read below for details.
Flash Forward Jam 2025
Time for our fifth annual Flash Forward Jam! This event celebrates the legacy of Flash while giving people cool new Flash games and interactive movies. It’s an alternate reality where Flash never died!
Entries are expected to run in the browser, thanks to Ruffle. Ruffle will run just about any AS2 game and many more AS3 games than last year, with better performance as well. Read the September Ruffle update for details on some of the changes since the last Flash Forward Jam.
Jam Requirements:
April 6th is the 25th anniversary of NG’s Flash Portal becoming the first place on the Internet where people could instantly publish movies and games. It would be awesome if you could publish your Flash Forward entry ON April 6th, to make the whole day a big event. This isn't a requirement, though.
The deadline has been extended and is now April 20th.
Note, if you want your entry to run well on mobile, be sure your buttons have a large click space to capture finger taps.
Game Prizes:
1st - $1200
2nd - $700
3rd - $400
4th - $150
5th - $75
Movie with Interactive Element Prizes:
1st - $150
2nd - $100
3rd - $50
We’re crowdfunding prize money! Use the donation option on the Supporter page and PM me a heads up you donated towards the Flash jam.
Thank you to our Sponsors!
@matt-likes-swords - $500
@carbonlad - $500
@Lochie - $420.69
@BoMToons - $250
@Zombie-Pimp - $150
@wheezl - $100
@The-EXP - $100
@EdChar - $100
Team Sea3on - $100
@FutureCopLGF - $50
@53xy83457 - $50
@HazmatVT - $50
@Aalasteir - $30
@Unicronicorn - $30
@Dungeonation - $20
@RileyVerse - $20
@Anamonator - $10
@ZombieGhost - $10
@TecNoir - $10
@ItzJustKey - $10
@Superstrike11 - $10
@Webtoon - $5
@Wegra - $1
Newgrounds - $300
Note Regarding the NG API for Medals and/or High Scores
Since the first Flash Forward, we updated the Project System to default to our HTML5 API (Newgrounds.io). Last year we provided instructions to access the old Flash API but this year @Psychogoldish has something else in the pipe - we’ll be introducing Flash components that utilize our modern API! Watch this space for updates.
Update: PsychoGoldfish announced a Newgrounds.io library for ActionScript 2.0, to replace our old Flash API!
Need Help with Flash?
@JackSmack has made a blog post of helpful classic AS: Main forum posts!
@mtv129 has organized a collection of AS3: Main Tutorials and Resources!
We also have some classic Flash and Flash Game Tutorials in the wiki.
For examples of previous Flash Forward entries, check out the archives:
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flash-forward-jam
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flash-forward-2022
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flash-forward-2023
https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flash-forward-2024
Flash Forward Jam promo art by @zattdott!
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zattdott/flash-forward-jam-art
Other Events
July 6th is NG’s 30th birthday and we’d love to see anything people want to make in celebration of this milestone.
@Whirlguy, @intrapath, @jamriot and @Mantis are organizing a 30th Anniversary Collab modelled after the 20th Anniversary Collab!
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/666610
Whirlguy has kicked off the 30th Anniversary Audio Collab to create a bunch of themed music.
Mantis has kicked off the 30th Anniversary Art Collab, where the art will be used in a game.
There are other activities being organized, feel welcome to organize your own. Porter is organizing a standalone 30th Anniversary Wall Art Collab to create a site skin, for example!
todays the deadline, hope anyone deserves to win the prize more than i do :3
(all i just wanted was to participate, not to win)
good luck for the one whos gonna win, and have a nice day tom
[davidmations]
whoa thats today! I've been sick all long weekend so this is a great Easter treat. AND Congrats to everyone for finishing their games!!
Well, I left it down to the wire again but I did iit!
And now I'll disintegrate...
I submitted just before the deadline. What are the odds I’m permitted to fix 2 significant bugs and re-update the file? Does that disqualify me? There’s no new content, it’s just to make the game less broken.
At 4/21/25 05:26 AM, ErasmusMagnus wrote:I submitted just before the deadline. What are the odds I’m permitted to fix 2 significant bugs and re-update the file? Does that disqualify me? There’s no new content, it’s just to make the game less broken.
You're welcome to go ahead and fix the bugs!
At 4/21/25 05:26 AM, ErasmusMagnus wrote:I submitted just before the deadline. What are the odds I’m permitted to fix 2 significant bugs and re-update the file? Does that disqualify me? There’s no new content, it’s just to make the game less broken.
Is one of those bugs where after you fail a mission, you can no longer get past the menu screen? That will be a good one to fix!
At 4/21/25 11:29 AM, TomFulp wrote:At 4/21/25 05:26 AM, ErasmusMagnus wrote:I submitted just before the deadline. What are the odds I’m permitted to fix 2 significant bugs and re-update the file? Does that disqualify me? There’s no new content, it’s just to make the game less broken.
Is one of those bugs where after you fail a mission, you can no longer get past the menu screen? That will be a good one to fix!
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