| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- ABOUT THE TECHNICAL REVIEWER -- BRIEF CONTENTS -- CONTENTS IN DETAIL -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- How to Use This Book -- What's in This Book? -- Installing the Software -- Downloading the Game Files -- Running the Game -- Playing the Game -- 1 YOUR FIRST SPACEWALK -- Starting the Python Editor -- Introducing the Python Shell -- Introducing Script Mode -- Creating the Starfield -- Stopping Your Pygame Zero Program -- Adding the Planet and Spaceship -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 2 LISTS CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE -- Making Your First List: The Take-Off Checklist -- Using Index Numbers -- Creating the Spacewalk Checklist -- A List of Lists: The Flight Manual -- Combining Lists -- Making Maps from Lists: The Emergency Room -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 3 REPEAT AFTER ME -- Displaying Maps with Loops -- Loop the Loop -- Displaying a 3D Room Image -- Understanding How the Room Is Drawn -- Working Out Where to Draw Each Item -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 4 CREATING THE SPACE STATION -- Automating the Map Making Process -- How the Automatic Map Maker Works -- Creating the Map Data -- Writing the GAME_MAP Code -- Testing and Debugging the Code -- Generating Rooms from the Data -- Exploring the Space Station in 3D -- Making Your Own Maps -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 5 PREPARING THE SPACE STATION EQUIPMENT -- Creating a Simple Planets Dictionary -- Making the Space Station Objects Dictionary -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 6 INSTALLING THE SPACE STATION EQUIPMENT -- Understanding the Dictionary for the Scenery Data -- Adding the Scenery Data -- Adding the Perimeter Fence for the Planet Surface -- Loading the Scenery into Each Room -- Updating the Explorer to Tour the Space Station -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 7 MOVING INTO THE SPACE STATION -- Arriving on the Space Station -- Adding the Movement Code |
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Understanding the Movement Code -- Moving Between Rooms -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 8 REPAIRING THE SPACE STATION -- Sending Information to a Function -- Adding Variables for Shadows, Wall Transparency, and Colors -- Deleting the EXPLORER Section -- Adding the DISPLAY Section -- Positioning the Room on Your Screen -- Making the Front Wall Fade In and Out -- Displaying Hints, Tips, and Warnings -- Showing the Room Name When You Enter the Room -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 9 UNPACKING YOUR PERSONAL ITEMS -- Adding the Props Information -- Adding Props to the Room Map -- Finding an Object Number from the Room Map -- Picking Up Objects -- Adding the Inventory Functionality -- Dropping Objects -- Examining Objects -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 10 MAKE YOURSELF USEFUL -- Adding the Keyboard Control for Using Objects -- Adding Standard Messages for Using Objects -- Adding the Game Progress Variables -- Adding the Actions for Specific Objects -- Combining Objects -- Adding the Game Completion Sequence -- Exploring the Objects -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 11 ACTIVATING SAFETY DOORS -- Planning Where to Put Safety Doors -- Positioning the Doors -- Adding Access Controls -- Making the Doors Open and Close -- Adding the Door Animation -- Shutting the Timed Door -- Adding a Teleporter -- Activating the Airlock Security Door -- Removing Exits for Your Own Game Designs -- Mission Accomplished? -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- 12 DANGER! DANGER! ADDING HAZARDS -- Adding the Air Countdown -- Adding the Moving Hazards -- Adding the Toxic Spills -- Making the Finishing Touches -- Your Next Mission: Customizing the Game -- Are You Fit to Fly? -- A ESCAPE: THE COMPLETE GAME LISTING -- B TABLE OF VARIABLES, LISTS, AND DICTIONARIES -- C DEBUGGING YOUR LISTINGS -- Indentation -- Case Sensitivity -- Parentheses and Brackets -- Colons -- Commas -- Images and Sounds -- Spelling -- INDEX |
| Summary |
Program a graphical adventure game in this hands-on, beginner-friendly introduction to coding in the Python language. Launch into coding with Mission: Python, a space-themed guide to building a complete computer game in Python. You'll learn programming fundamentals like loops, strings, and lists as you build Escape!, an exciting game with a map to explore, items to collect, and tricky logic puzzles to solve. As you work through the book, you'll build exercises and mini-projects, like making a spacewalk simulator and creating an astronaut's safety checklist that will put your new Python skills to the test. You'll learn how to use Pygame Zero, a free resource that lets you add graphics and sound effects to your creations, and you'll get useful game-making tips, such as how to design fun puzzles and intriguing maps. Before you know it, you'll have a working, awesome game to stump your friends with (and some nifty coding skills, too!). You can follow this book using a Raspberry Pi or a Microsoft Windows PC, and the 3D graphics and sound effects you need are provided as a download |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from title page (viewed November 6, 2018) |
| Subject |
Python (Computer program language) -- Juvenile literature
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Video games -- Programming -- Juvenile literature
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Python (Computer program language)
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Computer programming
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COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Games.
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Video games -- Programming
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Python (Computer program language)
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781593278588 |
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1593278586 |
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