Quote from tehninja6yah good links, but see what i need are some VERY easy codes... and no tut i have ever found gave me the codes that work. im just trying to make a 2D side scrolling shooter (stick figures) with different weapons and enemies that go after u. very basic. i somewhat understand the concept of putting movie clips into other movie clips, but the coding is always wrong! either an error, ot the buttons do sumthing weird! help and codes would be appriciated. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS NOOBISH, but srsly.
(i have flash 8 and AS 2.0)
Well actually those games are more complex than you realize... read my platformer tut here in our flash tuts section that should help with basic movements. And there are some tuts on flash kit I think that have moving turrets that shoot automatically towards your cursor that you should be able to easily add a mouse code. Pirate has a space game tut that helps you learn how to spawn enemies, and such.