1. Some Useful Flash API
Google Map
This API allows you to add interactive Google Map in your flash content. This API is not only
alternative to JavaScript map API, but it also provides ability to mix flash content with Google
Maps (like using MovieClips as marker).
Documentation and download: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/flash/
YouTube API
This API is useful to integrate YouTube content in flash unit. There are separate APIs for data,
Player, Custom player, Widgets.
Documentation and download: http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/overview.html
Papervision 3D
Papervision is most popular open source realtime 3D engine for Flash.
Download: http://code.google.com/p/papervision3d/
Sandy3D
Sandy3D is another open source 3D API for flash AS2, AS3.
This 3D engine main features are :
 Viewing volume clipping for perfect interior scenes rendering
 Advanced shading effects such as (Phong, Gouraud, CelShading, flat shading).
 Material system to easily change your objects appearance. Several material are available
allowing to create transparent faces, bitmap texture and video texture as webcam video
stream.
 Flash player 7 to 10 compatibility.
 Complete set of parsers to handle various set of 3D formats (Collada, 3DS, ASE, MD2)
 Several 3D primitives, allowing fast and parameterized object creation without any 3D
modelisation knowledge.
Download: http://flashsandy.org/download

2. Away3D
Away3D is next generation realtime 3D engine for Flash. Away3D is very advanced and uses
GPU rendering, Create stunning 3D environments with highly detailed texture, Animate and
transform all types of 3D objects, including 3D Text, Get the best performance from the Flash
Player with proven Away3D optimization techniques, without compromising on visual appeal.
Download: http://away3d.com/downloads
Facebook API
Facebook API for Flash, Flex and AIR. This is class library created by gskinner.com that
communicates with Facebook using the OpenGraph API.
Download: http://code.google.com/p/facebook-actionscript-api/
More Resource: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/facebook.html
Tweener API
Tweener class is useful for creating code based dynamic animations and transitions.
Download: http://code.google.com/p/tweener/
Documentation: http://hosted.zeh.com.br/tweener/docs/en-us/
Greensock Tweening Platform
Amazing code based tweening platform for all. This is having various options like TweenNano,
TweenLite, TweenMax which gives you ability to add amazing code based animation, filter
effects in your project.
Most exciting part is interactive demos where you can set parameters and it will instantly gives
you code.
This API is available in AS2 and AS3.
Document, Downloads and Resources at http://www.greensock.com/v11/
Box2D API
Box2D is very popular physics engine for flash game developers. It’s useful to create Ragdolls,
Compound Shapes, Joints, Continuous collision detection and many more features. This can
actually add life to your flash project.
Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/box2dflash/
Documentation: http://www.box2dflash.org/docs/

3. Stardust Particle Engine
Stardust is wonderful particle engine for flash. It is useful for creating 2D and 3D particle effects.
Some of my personal favorites are waypoints, exploding image and star fireworks.
Download and Documentation: http://code.google.com/p/stardust-particle-engine/
amMAP
AmMap is a tool that lets you have good-looking and functional maps on your website. The tool
use Adobe Flash technology for a compelling online experience. You can display maps in
any HTML page (web page), or inside another Flash movie. You can also use the maps in
PowerPoint presentations.
Download: http://www.ammap.com/download
Documentation: http://www.ammap.com/docs/
Giggya API
Giggya is a perfect tool for sharing your flash content on social network like Facebook, Twitter,
LinkedIn, Yahoo!, Google Buzz, Windows Live, opened etc.
Gigya’s “wildfire in widget” lets you add sharing in flash AS2/AS3/Flex project. Here you can
select theme, choose network sites, customized height and width, show/hide bookmarks,
show/hide email and customize many more features and after that all you have to do is copy
code and paste is in your flash project. (you need to sign in to http://www.gigya.com/ to do
this)
Documentation: http://developers.gigya.com/
WiiFlash API
Ever think of playing flash games with Wiimote? If yes, than this is the API for that. This consist
of two parts WiiFlash Server (for getting input from Wiimote and send it to Flash and vice
versa) and WiiFlash ActionScript API (for using Wiimote events in Flash)
Download: http://code.google.com/p/wiiflash/
FLARToolKit
FLARToolKit is a AS3 version of ARToolKit, which is a software library for building Augmented
Reality (AR) applications. FLARToolKit recognize the marker from input image and calculate its
orientation and position in 3D world.
Download, Resource, Examples: http://www.libspark.org/wiki/saqoosha/FLARToolKit/en

4. Player.IO
Player.IO is a support tool service for multiplayer game, database service, connectivity for
Facebook, solution for in-game payment. It supports AS3, .NET and Unity3D.
It’s one stop solution for those who are looking for affordable multiplayer game serving.
Download: http://playerio.com/download/
Documentation: http://playerio.com/documentation/
Come2Play
Come2Play platform is for single player as well as multiplayer. It’s having features like leader
board, viral messaging, in-game money, banner ads, and lobby for multiplayer games.
Download and Resources: http://www.come2play.com/developer.asp