Coding games in Python : a step-by-step visual guide to creating your own Python games

A visual step-by-step guide to writing code in Python. Beginners and experienced programmers can use Python to build and play computer games, from mind-bending brainteasers to crazy action games with explosive sound effects and 3-D graphics. Each chapter in Coding Games in Python shows how to construct a complete working game in simple numbered steps. The book teaches how to use freely available resources, such as PyGame Zero and Blender, to add animations, music, scrolling backgrounds, 3-D scenery, and other pieces of professional wizardry to games. After building a game, instructions show how to adapt it using secret hacks and cheat codes. Instructions are illustrated with zany Minecraft-style pixel art. Master the key concepts that programmers need to write code--not just in Python, but in all programming languages. Find out what bugs, loops, flags, strings, tuples, toggles, and turtles are. Learn how to plan and design the ultimate game--and then play it to destruction as you test and debug it. With coding theory interwoven into the instructions for building each game, learning coding is made effortless and fun. Contents 8 8 FOREWORD 10 1 GETTING STARTED 12 12 What is Python? 14 14 Gaming in Python 16 16 Installing Python 18 18 Installing Pygame Zero 20 20 Using IDLE 22 22 Your first program 24 2 LEARNING THE BASICS 28 28 Creating variables 30 32 Making decisions 34 36 Playing with loops 38 40 Functions 42 44 Fixing bugs 46 3 SHOOT THE FRUIT 50 50 How to build Shoot the Fruit 52 4 COIN COLLECTOR 60 60 How to build Coin Collector 62 5 FOLLOW THE NUMBERS 70 70 How to build Follow the Numbers 72 6 RED ALERT 82 82 How to build Red Alert 84 7 BIG QUIZ 100 100 How to build Big Quiz 102 8 BALLOON FLIGHT 118 118 How to build Balloon Flight 120 9 DANCE CHALLENGE 138 138 How to build Dance Challenge 140 10 HAPPY GARDEN 156 156 How to build Happy Garden 158 11 SLEEPING DRAGONS 178 178 How to build Sleeping Dragons 180 REFERENCE 198 198 Project reference 200 220 Glossary 222 222 Index 224 224 Acknowledgments 226 Presents an introduction to the Python programming language with illustrated steps for creating games, including puzzles, quizzes, and strategy games.