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Game development history

• The most basic things (How Flash works etc.)
• Dragging
• Buttons
• Preloader

• Drawers
• Clothes snapping onto place (doesn't work properly yet)
• The back part of the outfit follows the front part (doesn't work properly yet)
• An item disappears if another item hits it and reappears when the said item is removed (doesn't work properly yet)

• Reset button

• The first character maker
• Snapping works properly
• Colour change code .gotoAndStop(); (works but requires insane amount of work that could easily be avoided)
• Button with a link to another site
• Further usage of _visible=true/false code
• First attempts at masks

• Clothes turn semi-transparent when dragged (_alpha)
• Hairstyle doesn't change when changing the doll

• Two different bodies
• Items have a secondary colour option

• Advancement in the colour change code .gotoAndStop(); (dramatically cut down the required work amount)
• Using masks more efficiently

• Blinking animation
• The back part of the outfit follows the front part (now works semi-properly)

• Two menus (for different genders)
• An item disappears if another item hits it and reappears when the said item is removed (now works properly)

• The same button turns something visible/invisible

• Colour changes only when the item hits a certain area
• An embarrassing background attempt

• More detailed preloader
• Usage of gradients
• Buttons with more detailed animation

• Importing artwork from Photoshop
• A slightly less embarrassing background attempt

• Discovery that I can use my own hands for reference when drawing hands
• A new way to save time and effort with colour change code, but only works when there are only a few colours
• Hair shaded with transparent black
• The game doesn't start with the skin colour that is first in the doll (the palest).
• Making only one transparent button and using it everywhere instead of making a separate button for everything (cuts down file size)

• Advancement with the "bottom part follows the top part of the item" code
• Collar covers the top part of the suspenders (doesn't work properly yet)

• Usage of a computer program to help writing the codes and cut down the work amount

• Advancement with the "bottom part follows the top part of the item" code
• Clothes snap back to their place when not on the doll (doesn't work properly yet)

• Clothes snap back to their place when not on the doll (now works properly)
• Different background colours (extremely easy but somehow didn't get used until now)

• Ground-breakingly new item/colour change system, saves a lot of time and space

• Experimenting this. instead of _root.

• For-looping the "off_X" and "off_y" coordinates instead of writing them separately for each item
• Reset-button makes the items go to their "off" coordinates instead of going to previous frame

• More usage of variables on the first hairstyle
• using indexOf instead of charAt
• Menu buttons coded with item names (more efficiently than in Dress up lottery) instead of attributes

• Using a variable to control when the "hair" option is visible

• Two items drag at the same time, code in a for-loop
• Items disappear when removed if it's not their "page"
• Function and variables checking the secret character deal

• Using a function with a loop and array to check whether some items touch the doll or not
• A slightly better background attempt

• Looping the item/colour deal learned in Pokemon trainer dress up v.2
• A lot of variables used, in a quite awkward way though
• Learned a fundamental thing about masks
• Looping the colour changing buttons, no need to write the same code ever again in the same game!

• Two different bodies

• Two nested loops to control the house colours
• Button animation continues even after mouse is moved away
• Looping the colour buttons instead of drawing them all separately

• An ok background!
• Colour change for the lineart
• All capes/hairstyles sketched on paper first

• More dynamic pose
• currentFrame for Yellow's hat (though it ended up not affecting the finished product)
• One shoe disappears when not on the doll (save space in the menu)
• Completely looping the menu buttons and using a variable for the pages

• Pulsating buttons working as desired
• A new way to implement the colour changing system
• Horizontal flipping for the animals

• Revolutionary new way to draw the clothes: erases the need to write the coordinates, prevents a lot of bugs, makes it easier to draw complete outfits so that the separate clothes look good together, makes grouping the items to different pages a lot easier
• Prize system

• Automatising button numbering

• Automatising the back/front part dragging together; practically everything possible automatised at this point.

• Drop-down menus
• Input text from the user
• Platform game stuff