Learn Raspberry Pi Game Programming

1. Getting Started with Python on the Pi Gaming on the world's most inexpensive computer Why Python? Pygame: Your new best friend Setting things up IDLE: Not what it sounds like Hello, Universe 2. Python Programming Essentials Comments Printing lines and the importance of indentation Reserved keywords Working with strings and numbers Python arithmetic Conditional statements Control structures Command line arguments 3. Deeper into Python Functions Modules Classes and Objects Importing File I/O Exceptions Accessing databases Putting it all together: mini-project 4. It's All in the Pygame Init and Quit Colors Cursors Vectors Working with text Fonts and Free Type Vectors Putting it all together: mini-project 5. Getting Your Game to Respond Surface and SurfArray Event handling Keyboard events Mouse events User input Overlay Putting it all together: mini-project 6. A Game with a View Configuring display surface Drawing PixelArray Blit Image manipulation Putting it all together: mini-project 7. Let's Hear It Mixers Movie Scrap Transform Putting it all together: mini-project 8. Sprites and Crashes and Time, Oh My Sprites Collision detection Time 2D and 3D Extending your own classes Putting it all together: mini-project 9. Game On! Introduction to the Game Laying down the law: Game rules Building the game: Using what you've learned 10. Game Over Best practices of game programming Getting users involved Expanding your horizons: Other types of games Be a better gamer Next steps