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Python Game Programming By Example
Python Game Programming By Example

Python Game Programming By Example: A pragmatic guide for developing your own games with Python

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With a growing interest in learning to program, game development is an appealing topic for getting started with coding. From geometry to basic Artificial Intelligence algorithms, there are plenty of concepts that can be applied in almost every game. Python is a widely used general-purpose, high-level programming language. It provides constructs intended to enable clear programs on both a small and large scale. It is the third most popular language whose grammatical syntax is not predominantly based on C. Python is also very easy to code and is also highly flexible, which is exactly what is required for game development. The user-friendliness of this language allows beginners to code games without too much effort or training. Python also works with very little code and in most cases uses the “use cases” approach, reserving lengthy explicit coding for outliers and exceptions, making game development an achievable feat. Python Game Programming by Example enables readers to develop cool and popular games in Python without having in-depth programming knowledge of Python. The book includes seven hands-on projects developed with several well-known Python packages, as well as a comprehensive explanation about the theory and design of each game. It will teach readers about the techniques of game design and coding of some popular games like Pong and tower defense. Thereafter, it will allow readers to add levels of complexities to make the games more fun and realistic using 3D. At the end of the book, you will have added several GUI libraries like Chimpunk2D, cocos2d, and Tkinter in your tool belt, as well as a handful of recipes and algorithms for developing games with Python.

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If you have ever wanted to create casual games in Python and you would like to explore various GUI technologies that this language offers, this is the book for you. This title is intended for beginners to Python with little or no knowledge of game development, and it covers step by step how to build seven different games, from the well-known Space Invaders to a classical 3D platformer.

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Table of Contents

8 Chapters
1. Hello, Pong! Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Cocos Invaders Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Building a Tower Defense Game Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Steering Behaviors Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Pygame and 3D Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. PyPlatformer Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Augmenting a Board Game with Computer Vision Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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ruben Dec 02, 2015
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This is a very useful book it covers all the necesary to start by examples how to develop games with pythonVery Concise book, I have read many books but this one is the best, we need to have basics of programming and this title hasthe topics useful for that.Python Game Programming by Example enables readers to develop cool and popular games in Python without having in-depth programming knowledge of Python. The book includes seven hands-on projects developed with several well-known Python packages, as well as a comprehensive explanation about the theory and design of each game.
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Winston Nov 30, 2015
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This book takes the reader through using the powerful Python programming language to make entertaining 2D & 3D games. What was appealing to me was making the Tower Defense game in cocos2D. If you have prior Python programming experience and want to use Python code libraries to make 2D and 3D games this book is for u.
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Tim Crothers Nov 30, 2015
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This book delivers quite well on it's title. It starts with very simple examples and works up to more complex ones. In particular the final chapter on using a camera to monitor and convert a real life checkers game to digital was quite interesting and included an example not readily available elsewhere. You will need a solid working knowledge of Python 3 and object oriented programming in Python to get the most of this book but the book does an excellent job of getting you the core concepts of game programming.
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SuJo Dec 02, 2015
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This book was a great read, the principles for 2d game creation were easy to digest and really opened the door to the 3d realm gently. I find a few books I've ordered on Python Game Programming lack the details that open up the door to more advanced topics, this book is well designed and the Author knows the subject matter very well. I enjoyed both mock up games that you create in the book, the Tower Defense Game is really great and easily customized once you understand how to get things up and running.The things that stand out the most for me, the book is current, it isn't using old ancient frameworks, the code works, and the writing style kept me reading. Not dull or boring. Highly Recommend this title!
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El Tigre Oct 20, 2017
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This book is very good for the person that wants to take the next step in programming. Good variety of frameworks and step by step instruction with explanation of the code. I hope the update this soon.
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