Python, PyGame and Raspberry Pi Game Development

• Main Author: Kelly, Sloan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2016.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer Science.; Game Development.; Python.; Hardware and Maker.

Gain the basics of Python and use PyGame to create fast-paced video games with great graphics and sounds. You'll also learn about object oriented programming (OOP) as well as design patterns like model-view-controller (MVC) and finite state machines (FSMs). Python, PyGame and Raspberry Pi Game...

Table of Contents:

• 1. What is a Programming Language?
• 2. What is Python?
• 3. Introducing Python
• 4. Breaking Free from the Interpreter
• 5. Making Decisions
• 6. Making the Raspberry Pi Repeat Itself
• 7. Containers
• 8. Introduction to the IDLE under LXDE
• 9. Basic Introduction to PyGame
• 10. Designing Your Game
• 11. Game Project: Bricks
• 12: User Defined Functions
• 13. File Input and Output
• 14. Introducing Object Oriented Programming
• 15. Inheritance, Composition, and Aggregation
• 16. Game Project: Snake
• 17. Model View Controller
• 18. Sound
• 19. Finite State Machines
• 20. Invaders
• 21. Conclusion.