Beginning Python Games Development With Pygame by McGugan, Will -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents at a Glance Contents About the Authors About the Technical Reviewer Introduction 1: Introducing Python

Your First Look at Python

Numbers Strings Lists and Tuples Unpacking Loops

Python in Practice Summary

2: Exploring Python

Creating Scripts Working with Logic

Understanding Booleans if Statement and Operator Or Operator Not Operator else Statement elif Statement

Understanding Functions

Defining Functions Default Values

Introducing Object-Oriented Programming

Using Classes Creating an Object Adding to our Class

Python in Practice Using the Standard Library

Introducing import Useful Modules for Games Math Module

Summary

3: Introducing Pygame

History of Pygame Installing Pygame Using Pygame Hello World Revisited Understanding Events

Retrieving Events Handling Mouse Motion Events Handling Mouse Button Events Handling Keyboard Events Filtering Events Posting Events

Opening a Display

Full-Screen Displays Windows with No Borders Additional Display Flags

Using the Font Module Pygame in Action Summary

4: Creating Visuals

Using Pixel Power Working with Color

Representing Color in Pygame Scaling Colors Blending Colors

Using Images

Creating Images with an Alpha Channel Storing Images

Working with Surface Objects

Creating Surfaces Filling Surfaces Getting Pixels in a Surface Blitting

Drawing with Pygame

pygame.draw.rect pygame.draw.polygon pygame.draw.circle pygame.draw.ellipse pygame.draw.arc pygame.draw.line pygame.draw.lines pygame.draw.aaline pygame.draw.aalines

Summary

5: Making Things Move

Understanding Frame Rate Moving in a Straight Line

It’s About Time Diagonal Movement

Exploring Vectors

Creating Vectors Storing Vectors Vector Magnitude Unit Vectors Vector Addition Vector Subtraction Vector Negation Vector Multiplication and Division

Using Vectors to Create Movement

Diagonal Movement Game Objects Vector Class

Summary

6: Accepting User Input

Controlling the Game Understanding Keyboard Control

Detecting Key Presses Directional Movement with Keys Rotational Movement with Keys

Implementing Mouse Control

Rotational Movement with the Mouse Mouse Gameplay

Implementing Joystick Control

Joystick Basics Joystick Buttons Joystick Direction Controls Joystick Objects

Seeing Joysticks in Action Summary

7: Take Me to Your Leader

Creating Ar?tificial Intelligence for Games

What Is Intelligence? Exploring AI

Implementing State Machines

Game Entities Building Worlds Ant Entity Class Building the Brains

Summary

8: Moving into the Third Dimension

Creating the Illusion of Depth Understanding 3D Space

Using 3D Vectors Time-Based Movement in 3D

Projecting 3D Points

Parallel Projections Perspective Projections Field of View

A 3D World Summary

9: Exploring the Third Dimension

What Is a Matrix?

Using the Matrix Class Matrix Components Translation Matrix Scale Matrix Rotation Matrix Matrix Multiplication

Matrices in Action Introducing OpenGL

Installing PyOpenGL Initializing OpenGL OpenGL Primer

Seeing OpenGL in Action Summary

10: Making Things Go Boom

What Is Sound? Storing Sound

Sound Formats

Creating Sound Effects Stock Sound Effects Playing Sounds with Pygame

Sound Objects Sound Channels Mixer Functions Hearing the Mixer in Action

Playing Music with Pygame

Obtaining Music Playing Music Hearing Music in Action

Summary

11: Lights, Camera, Action!

Working with Textures

Uploading Textures with OpenGL Texture Coordinates Rendering Textures Deleting Textures Seeing Textures in Action Mip Mapping Texture Parameters Min and Max Filters Texture Wrapping

Working with Models

Storing Models OBJ Format for 3D Models Parsing OBJ Files Material Library Files Seeing Models in Action Using the Model3D Class

Summary

12: Setting the Scene with OpenGL

Understanding Lighting Enabling Lighting

Setting Light Parameters Working with Materials Tweaking Parameters Managing Lights

Understanding Blending

Using Blending Alpha Blending Additive Blending Subtractive Blending Seeing Blending in Action Blending Issues

Understanding Fog

Fog Parameters Seeing Fog in Action

Rendering the Backdrop

Skyboxes Seeing Skyboxes in Action Skybox Enhancements

Where to Go for Help Summary

Appendix A: Game Object Reference

Importing Contributing gameobjects.color.Color

Constructor Attributes Methods Class Methods

gameobjects.matrix44.Matrix44

Constructor Attributes Methods Class Methods

gameobjects.vector2.Vector2

Constructor Attributes Methods Class Methods

gameobjects.vector3.Vector3

Constructor Attributes Methods Class Methods

Appendix B: Packaging Your Game

Creating Windows Packages

Using cx_Freeze Building the Installer

Creating Packages for Linux Creating Packages for the Mac

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