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Code the Classics Volume I

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Take inspiration from the golden age of video games and write your own modern classics.​Learn the stories behind the seminal video games of the 1970s and 1980s, and create your own games inspired b...
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Take inspiration from the golden age of video games and write your own modern classics.​

Learn the stories behind the seminal video games of the 1970s and 1980s, and create your own games inspired by them, using Python, Pygame Zero, and an IDE. In Code the Classics Volume I, readers will find:​

  • Game design tips and tricks from the masters​
  • Expanded Python and Pygame Zero tutorials​
  • GitHub tutorial for working with example code​

Download and play game examples by Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton:​

  • Boing! (A Pong-style tennis game)​
  • Cavern (An action platformer inspired by Bubble Bobble)​
  • Infinite Bunner (A take on the classic Frogger)​
  • Myriapod (A fixed shooter homage to Centipede)​
  • Substitute Soccer (A top-down-view football game, like Kick Off 2 and Sensible Soccer)

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Price: $29.99
Pages: 240
Publisher: Raspberry Pi Press
Imprint: Raspberry Pi Press
Publication Date: 27 August 2024
ISBN: 9781916868199
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

COMPUTERS / Programming / Games, Games development & programming, ART / Video Game Art, COMPUTERS / Languages / Python, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, DESIGN / Games, Computer-aided design (CAD), Computer games design, Programming & scripting languages: general
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1: Tennis
  • Chapter 2: Action Platformer
  • Chapter 3: Top-down Platformer
  • Chapter 4: Fixed Shooter
  • Chapter 5: Football Game
  • Setting Up
  • An Introduction to Python
  • An Introduction to PyGame Zero
  • Git and Version Control
  • Interview: Dan Malone
  • Interview: Allister Brimble