Python, Pygame, and Raspberry Pi Game Development

ISBN-13: 9781484245323 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 389 str.

Sloan Kelly

Opis

"User level: beginning-intermediate"--Back cover.

Spis treści

Python, PyGame and Raspberry Pi Game Development

Chapter 1: What Is a Programming Language?

Chapter 2: What Is Python?

Chapter 3: Introducing Python

Chapter 4: Breaking Free from the Interpreter

Chapter 5: Making Decisions

Chapter 6: Making the Raspberry Pi Repeat Itself

Chapter 7: Container Data Types

Chapter 8: Introduction to IDLE running on the Pixel Desktop

Chapter 9: Basic Introduction to PyGame

Chapter 10: Designing Your Game 

Chapter 11: Game Project: Bricks

Chapter 12: User-Defined Functions

Chapter 13: File Input and Output

Chapter 14: Introducing Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 15: Inheritance, Composition, and Aggregation 

Chapter 16: Game Project: Snake

Chapter 17: Model View Controller

Chapter 18: Sound

Chapter 19: Finite State Machines

Chapter 20: Invaders

Chapter 21: Simple Electronics with the GPIOs

Chapter 22: Copycat Game

Chapter 23: Couch Multi-Player Quiz Game 

Chapter 24: Conclusion 

O autorze

Sloan Kelly has worked in the games industry for nearly 12 years. He has worked on a number of AAA and indie titles and currently works for an educational game company. He lives in Ontario, Canada with his wife and children. Sloan is on Twitter @codehoose and makes YouTube videos in his spare time.

Blurb

Expand your basic knowledge of Python and use PyGame to create fast-paced video games with great graphics and sounds. This second edition shows how you can integrate electronic components with your games using the build-in general purpose input/output (GPIO) pins and some Python code to create two new games. 

You'll learn about object-oriented programming (OOP) as well as design patterns, such as model-view-controller (MVC) and finite-state machines (FSMs). Whether using Windows, macOS, Linux, or a Raspberry Pi, you can unleash the power of Python and PyGame to create great looking games. 

The book also includes complete code listings and explanations for "Bricks," "Snake," and "Invaders"—three fully working games. These allow you to get started in making your own great games and then modify them or build your own exciting titles. The concepts are further explained using games such as “Copycat,” where the player must concentrate and repeat the sequence of lights, and “Couch Quiz,” in which PyGame and electronic components create a quiz game for 4 players.