********************EDIT : Here are some pictures of a couple of my buddies and I carving our pumpkins!!! This is at my house (At my college) Pumpkins!

We have pumpkins, but my friend said someone had to bring knives. My question is, who said anything about knives?

Hey, people!

If you haven't checked out newgrounds.com lately, there's an awesome tutorial flash submission on front page. Check it out. It's great for beginners and intermediates, I think. My favorite was the "platformer" tutorial - really useful if you need help making an action flash game.

Anyway, I think it would be pretty awesome if someone made a tutorial section for Ratuba World! Maybe it could become a possibility in the future *wink* :)

~bRiAn t

Hey everyone. I just wanted to show you some stuff I've been doing in my computer animation class at school. These are two interesting experiments I made, while tweaking around with Maya. It is my first semester learning a 3D program (actually my first class learning any program, I have basically taught myself everything else I know). I hope you like it. Maybe in a couple months or so I'll start to have some cool 3D fight scenes and stuff, you never know!

experiment 3 (http://ratubaworld.com/images/movies/ball_3.html)

experiment 4 (http://ratubaworld.com/images/movies/ball_4.html)

Hey y'all. Brian here. Just thought I'd share a cool find..

Anyway, I found an interesting little beta project called Wallop. The premise is very similar to MySpace.com -- users share photos, music, and possibly videos. However, Wallop features some very interesting abilities that MySpace doesn't.

Apparently, Wallop allows flash designers to create and submit "Mods," which are basically SWFs that can be applied to Wallop user profiles. Mods range from highly interactive user-friendly flash applications to entertaining profile decorations.

But here comes the good part --- You can upload and SELL your Mods on the Wallop market for users to buy! Check it out.

Anyway, just thought this could be of interest to the flash designer community. :)

ZOMBIE SMASH:

Also, just wanted to plug a game I'm making for Ratuba World. It's called Zombie Smash, and I expect to have it done in a couple of months. Here's some things it'll feature:

-Fully interactive environment -- use anything as a weapon.

-Random game play elements so it plays a bit differently each time.

-And a fun zombie killing experience that allows you to kill zombies in many different ways.

Stay tuned...

~Brian

Hey everyone! Phoenix has made another animated gif for the site!

These are great! Previous gifs from Phoenix were

his website can be viewed at http://www.phoenix-pro.net

Anyways, thanks to everyone who has made animated banners! Keep them coming if you feel like adding to the list! Also- I have been assigning several different users the ability to post on this front page blog. If you are interested, reply to this message with your user name and why you want to do it...or just PM on the forum

Whats up everyone! the blog is finally up and working. I hope you all enjoy the new additions to the site. You can now make user profiles, vote on games, write comments and even submit your own content! I highly urge everyone to submit something, no matter how long it took you to make, or how good/bad it looks. I want this site to be a place for computer artists and programmers to showcase their flash work and have fun doing it! So far we havn't had many submissions, but I hope that will change once the site gets more hits in the future.

We're almost done with BOAIV...we just have to finish level 6 and the final boss fight, add in the beginning/ending cutscenes and wrap it all up in the master file. So roughly 1-2 weeks left (How many times have I said that? ack) anyways, visit often and please submit your flash!!

BTW, we are looking for people to become 'blog administrators'..if you own/have ever wanted to own a website, this is the perfect opportunity! ratubaworld gets tons of hits/day, and it is a perfect way to reach out to the flash community, and plug your own artwork, while helping ratubaworld grow. If you are interested, please comment on the blog, or talk in the forum!