I'm thing of creating a game in flex

I'm thing of creating a game in flex. It will be a original strategy game based more on playability and thinging rather than sheer Graphics. Could you give me and tips before I start out?
The game will be based on a collection of circles that group together and by stonger together than apart(for both attacking and defense) but there will also be a map where statigic objectsives will be based. You will have some type of simple base and resource gathering.
thanks

Maybe I should be more specific in my requirements. My game will have upto say a maximum of battle 10000 units. What is the best way to store the data of the units efficiently.
A unit object would have parameters like this
yLoc
xLoc
health
level
etc
thanks

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- Kris

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2. the run method of the Moveable sprite should have been declare abstract
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    * each time the JApplet is revisited in a Web page.
    public void start() {
        if(timer == null) {
            timer = new Thread(this); // creates a new object of type Thread
            timer.start(); // starts the new thread
            running = true; // tells the program that the new thread is running
        ball.start();
    * Runs the code that controls the animation
    public void run() {
        do{
            repaint(); // redraws the screen
            try{
                Thread.sleep(100);
            } catch(InterruptedException e) {running = false;}
        } while(running);
    public void stop() {
        running = false;
abstract class Sprite {
    protected double screenX, screenY; // stores the x and y location of the object
    protected final BreakoutApplet parent;
    * Constructor for objects of class Sprite
    * @param xPosition   the initial x screen position
    * @param yPosition   the initial y screen position
    public Sprite(BreakoutApplet parent, double xPosition, double yPosition) {
        this.parent = parent;
        screenX = xPosition; // sets the initial x screen position
        screenY = yPosition; // sets the initial y screen position
    * Sets new x and y screen locations for an object
    * @param newX   the new x screen location
    * @param newY   the new y screen location
    public void setScreenXY(double newX, double newY) {
        screenX = newX; // sets the new x screen location
        screenY = newY; // sets the new y screen location
    * Sends back the current x screen location
    * @return     the current x screen location
    public double getScreenX() {
        return screenX; // returns the current x screen location
    * Sends back the current y screen location
    * @return     the current y screen location
    public double getScreenY() {
        return screenY; // returns the current y screen location
    abstract public void display(Graphics g);
* Parent class of any game object that moves.
* @author Kris Nelson
* @version November 9, 2004
abstract class MovingSprite extends Sprite implements Runnable {
    protected double speedX, speedY; // stores the speed of an object in the x and y directions
    protected Thread timer; // the thread which controls animation for all moving objects
    protected boolean running; // tells the program whether or not the thread is running
    * Constructor for objects of class MovingSprite
    * @param xPosition   the initial x screen position
    * @param yPosition   the initial y screen position
    * @param xSpeedValue   the speed in the x direction
    * @param ySpeedValue   the speed in the y direction
    public MovingSprite(BreakoutApplet parent,
                        double xPosition, double yPosition,
                        double xSpeedValue, double ySpeedValue) {
        super(parent, xPosition, yPosition);
        speedX = xSpeedValue; // sets the speed in the x direction
        speedY = ySpeedValue; // sets the speed in the y direction
    * Starts the thread in order to start animation
    public void start() {
        if(timer == null) {
            timer = new Thread(this); // creates a new object of type Thread
            timer.start(); // starts the new thread
            running = true; // tells the program that the new thread is running
    * Runs the code that controls the balls animation
    public void run() {
        while (parent.running) {
            try{
                Thread.sleep(100);
            } catch(InterruptedException e) {
                System.err.println(e);
            step();
    abstract protected void step();
* Creates a single ball whose purpose is to bounce around and destroy the bricks.
* @author Kris Nelson
* @version November 10, 2004
class Ball extends MovingSprite {
    protected static final int BALL_DIAMETER = 15;
    * Constructor for objects of class Ball
    * @param xPosition   the initial x screen position
    * @param yPosition   the initial y screen position
    * @param xSpeedValue   the speed in the x direction
    * @param ySpeedValue   the speed in the y direction
    public Ball(BreakoutApplet parent,
                double xPosition, double yPosition,
                double xSpeedValue, double ySpeedValue) {
        super(parent, xPosition, yPosition, xSpeedValue, ySpeedValue);
    * Displays a ball onto the screen
    * @param g   the Graphics object for this applet
    public void display(Graphics g) {
        g.setColor(Color.blue);
        g.fillOval((int)(screenX),
                   (int)(screenY),
                   BALL_DIAMETER, BALL_DIAMETER);
    protected void step() {
            screenX = screenX + speedX;
            if (screenX < 0) {
                screenX = -screenX;
                speedX = -speedX;
            else if ((screenX + BALL_DIAMETER)> BreakoutApplet.GAMEWIDTH) {
                screenX = 2*(BreakoutApplet.GAMEWIDTH - BALL_DIAMETER) - screenX;
                speedX = -speedX;
            screenY = screenY + speedY;
            if (screenY < 0) {
                screenY = -screenY;
                speedY = -speedY;
            else if ((screenY + BALL_DIAMETER) > BreakoutApplet.GAMEHEIGHT) {
                screenY = 2*(BreakoutApplet.GAMEHEIGHT - BALL_DIAMETER) - screenY;
                speedY = -speedY;
}

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