Program Arcade Games
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- Synopsis
- Learn and use Python and PyGame to design and build cool arcade games. In Program Arcade Games: With Python and PyGame, Fourth Edition, Dr. Paul Vincent Craven teaches you how to create fun and simple quiz games; integrate and start using graphics; animate graphics; integrate and use game controllers; add sound and bit-mapped graphics; and build grid-based games. After reading and using this book, you'll be able to learn to program and build simple arcade game applications using one of today's most popular programming languages, Python. You can even deploy onto Steam and other Linux-based game systems as well as Android, one of today's most popular mobile and tablet platforms. What you'll learn How to create quiz games How to integrate and start using graphics How to animate graphics How to integrate and use game controllers How to add sound and bit-mapped graphics How to build grid-based games Who this book is for This book assumes no prior programming knowledge. Table of Contents 0. Before Getting Started 1. Create a Custom Calculator 2. What is a Computer Language? 3. Quiz Games and If Statements 4. Guessing Games with Random Numbers and Loops 5. Introduction to Graphics 6. Back to Looping 7. Introduction to Lists 8. Introduction to Animation 9. Functions 10. Controllers and Graphics 11. Bitmapped Graphics and Sound 12. Introduction to Classes 13. Introduction to Sprites 14. Libraries and Modules 15. Searching 16. Array-Backed Grids 17. Sorting 18. Exceptions 19. Recursion 20. Formatting 21. Labs 22. Appendix A. Example code and programs 23. Appendix B: Sample Tests 24. Appendix C: Worksheets 25. Appendix D: Version Control 26. Appendix E: Wait, What Else Can We Do?
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781484217900
- Publisher:
- Apress, Berkeley, CA
- Date of Addition:
- 10/26/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Computers and Internet
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.