Learn how to build your own games with Python and Pygame. This hands-on book walks you through the core skills needed to create sprites, handle input, add sound, and more - culminating in your own shoot-‘em-up.
While millions of us enjoy nothing more than spending hours racking up high scores on our favourite video games, too few are exposed to an even more gratifying way to spend time — making them.
This book teaches Python and Pygame development, helping you to understand the games you play and create almost anything your imagination can come up with. As you work your way up to creating your own shoot-‘em-up game, you’ll learn how to:
Create shapes and paths
Move sprites and detect collisions
Handle keyboard, mouse, and gamepad input
Add sound and music
Simulate physics and forces
Although this book isn't aimed at complete programming beginners, it isn’t too advanced either. If you've written programs in Python (or a similar programming language) and can perform basic administrative tasks — such as creating files and navigating your computer's file system — without too much difficulty, then you're ready to get started.
Tested to run on the latest Raspberry Pi hardware and operating system, the games and instructions in this book will also work on Windows, macOS, or Linux.
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