Flash is a type of animation style that is commonly used to build simple games and animation online. Because Flash is gamely supported by most website browsers, such games can be simply accessed and played through an easy interface. Flash games are typically made by those with both website and scripting experience, because both are required to make a Flash game from the ground up. Because Flash is an Adobe creation, you will require Adobe software or at least Adobe format reading ability to work with Flash at all.

Flash Scripting Programs
Flash is built using Action Script, which is a very exact type of programming used to build Flash programs, which in order run Flash games. If you do not have any experience in programming, then Action Script can be hard to learn, but if you do have experience, you will perhaps find it quite easy to learn. If you know the HTML will help you understand more about how Action Script works -- just make sure you use current programs and the most recent version of Action Script, version 2.0.

You will also require a program that understands Action Script and can include it into a Flash program. Because both Flash and Action Script are mostly Adobe creations, the program you require is Adobe Flash CS4. There are a number of editions of Adobe Flash for creating Flash games and animations, some planned for professionals and others geared toward other audiences. Flash CS4 will permit you to create Flash programs and save them as ".fla" or flash files on your computer. In the Flash software, you can set the dimensions for your game, draw or paste any objects necessary for the game, as well as backgrounds, and use Action Script to set up actions and permit for players to control specific variables. This is done by creating "Actions" and linking them together with the required code.