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Python, PyGame, and Raspberry Pi Game Development

Python, PyGame, and Raspberry Pi Game Development

by Sloan Kelly

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-...

Price:  $25.33  |  Publisher:  Apress  |  Release:  2019

Python for Teenagers

Python for Teenagers

by James R. Payne

Discover everything you need to know about Python to turn your passion of programming into a job you'll love. Fueled by fun and practical examples, this book gives high schoolers who want learn an easy programming language ideas for how to leverage them in the workforce.Start with the basics and before you know it, you'll be building your own web sites, doing white-hat hacking, finding code bugs a...

Price:  $20.79  |  Publisher:  Apress  |  Release:  2019

Hello Swift!

Hello Swift!

by Tanmay Bakshi

Hello Swift! is a how-to guide to programming iOS Apps with the Swift language, written from a kid's perspective. This approachable, well-illustrated, step-by-step guide takes you from beginning programming concepts all the way through developing complete apps. (Adults will like it too!)It's fun to play games and explore new things on your iPhone. How amazing would it be to create your own apps? W...

Price:  $17.99  |  Publisher:  Manning  |  Release:  2019

Code the Classics

FREE EBOOK - Code the Classics

by David Crookes, Andrew Gillett, Liz Upton, Eben Upton, Sean M. Tracey, Dan Malone, Allister Brimble

This stunning 224-page hardback book not only tells the stories of some of the seminal video games of the 1970s and 1980s, but shows you how to create your own games inspired by them using Python and Pygame Zero, following examples programmed by Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton.In the first of two volumes, we remake five classic video games - ranging from Pong to Sensible Soccer, each represents a different ...

Price:  $17.07  |  Publisher:  Raspberry Pi Press  |  Release:  2019

Building Games with Ethereum Smart Contracts

Building Games with Ethereum Smart Contracts

by Kedar Iyer, Chris Dannen

Learn how to take your existing knowledge of Ethereum and Solidity to the next level. Hone your development skills and become more familiar with the syntax of the Solidity language by working through well-tested, well-documented intermediate-level sample projects.You will begin by covering the basics of Ethereum, Solidity, and gaming theory. From there, you will move onto sample projects that use smart cont...

Price:  $28.06  |  Publisher:  Apress  |  Release:  2018

Game Programming in C++

Game Programming in C++

by Sanjay Madhav

You can program games in many languages, but C++ remains the key language used by many leading development studios. Since it's the language used in their enormous code bases, it's the language they need to maintain and improve their games, and look for most often when hiring new developers. Game Programming in C++ is today's practical, hands-on approach to programming 3D video games in C++. D...

Price:  $28.99  |  Publisher:  Addison-Wesley  |  Release:  2018

Google Daydream VR Cookbook

Google Daydream VR Cookbook

by Sam Keene

Google's new ARCore and Daydream VR platforms enable you to deliver advanced augmented and virtual reality games and apps on a wide spectrum of modern Android devices. Now for the first time, there's a comprehensive deep dive into both ARCore and Daydream for every Android developer and designer. Multi-award-winning AR/VR developer Sam Keene takes a hands-on approach, leading you through all aspec...

Price:  $38.64  |  Publisher:  Addison-Wesley  |  Release:  2018

The Game Designer's Playlist

The Game Designer's Playlist

by Zack Hiwiller

In The Game Designers Playlist, top game design instructor Zack Hiwiller introduces more than 70 remarkable games, revealing how they work, why they're great, and how to apply their breakthrough techniques in your own games.Ranging from Go to Texas Hold'em and Magic: The Gathering to Dishonored 2, Hiwiller teaches indispensable lessons about game decision-making, playability, narrative, mechanics,...

Price:  $32.01  |  Publisher:  Addison-Wesley  |  Release:  2018

Coding the Arduino

Coding the Arduino

by Bob Dukish

Get started with Arduino and computer coding. This book is intended for those new to the Arduino and computer coding. and looking to gain the skills to write microcontroller programs that can act on given inputs and operate electromechanical output devices.Coding the Arduino contains four sections: background information, game development, electronic games and projects, and expanded programs. The final chap...

Price:  $30.75  |  Publisher:  Apress  |  Release:  2018

Practical GameMaker Projects

Practical GameMaker Projects

by Ben Tyers

Make ten simple, casual games, and learn a ton of GML coding along the way. Each of these games is the kind you can play when you have a minute or two free, and are great for playing on your PC, or exported to HTML5 or Android.Each game in Practical GameMaker Projects has its own chapter that explains the process of making each game, along with sketches, screenshots, coding, explanations, and tips. For each...

Price:  $26.63  |  Publisher:  Apress  |  Release:  2018

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