Flash Games

I want to learn how to make flash games and I was wondering if they're any sites devoted strictly to tutorials on making flash games. If not I need to know alot of things such as.......

health meters
points
contact between opponents
controls

.......and various things like that
So does anyone have a site suggestion?

nope. not that i know of anyway. Flashkit.com and were-here.com are your best resources for this. Also maybe take a trip to your local book store....take a look at a book called "Flash (5 is my version) Cartoons and Games"

As to a health meter, this would probably work by scaling a graphic (this would be a colored bar/rectangle) behind a meter graphic (masking is needed) based on a certain amount/variable.

Points......you'll have to learn to increment (++, --) compare values, add/subtract/multiply etc variables, possibly to use loops, how to store variables/arrays etc.

Contact.....you'll need to learn hit detection.

Controls.....you'll need to learn the keyboard controls and how to use them.