Program Arcade Games : With Python and Pygame

Learn and use Python and PyGame to design and build cool arcade games. In __Program Arcade Games: With Python and PyGame, Second 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. 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 Audience< This book assumes no prior programming knowledge. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Before Getting Started.......Pages 1-10 Create a Custom Calculator....Pages 11-31 What Is a Computer Language?....Pages 33-40 Quiz Games and If Statements....Pages 41-57 Guessing Games with Random Numbers and Loops....Pages 59-79 Introduction to Graphics....Pages 81-106 Back to Looping....Pages 107-119 Introduction to Lists....Pages 121-136 Introduction to Animation....Pages 137-152 Functions....Pages 153-178 Controllers and Graphics....Pages 179-204 Bitmapped Graphics and Sound....Pages 205-215 Introduction to Classes....Pages 217-246 Introduction to Sprites....Pages 247-265 Libraries and Modules....Pages 267-272 Searching....Pages 273-285 Array-Backed Grids....Pages 287-300 Sorting....Pages 301-309 Exceptions....Pages 311-318 Recursion....Pages 319-334 Formatting....Pages 335-346 Exercises....Pages 347-388 Back Matter....Pages 389-392 This fine book shows you how to build fun, cool arcade games using the Python programming language and the PyGame framework, a Python-based game application development engine. Use Python and Pygame to learn and build arcade games! What You'll Learn How to create quiz games How to start using graphics How to create and animate graphics How to integrate and use game controllers How to add sound and bitmapped graphics How to build grid-based games Audience This book assumes no prior programming knowledge.