Features

• Uses game programming examples that entertain and engage the reader while presenting important programming techniques.
• Covers every new concept with a small but complete example program and brings all of the concepts together in the chapter projects.
• Challenges the reader in the Chapter Projects to use what he or she has learned.
• Comes with a CD-ROM containing Python 2.3.5, Pygame 1.6, LiveWires 2.0, and source code for the material in the text.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Getting Started: The Game Over Program
2. Types, Variables, and Simple I/O: The Useless Trivia Program
3. Branching, while Loops, and Program Planning: The Guess My Number Game
4. for Loops, Strings, and Tuples: The Word Jumble Game
5. Lists and Dictionaries: The Hangman Game
6. Functions: Tic-Tac-Toe
7. Files and Exceptions: The Trivia Challenge Game
8. Software Objects: The Critter Caretaker Program
9. Object-Oriented Programming: The Blackjack Game
10. GUI Development: The Mad Lib Program
11. Graphics: The Pizza Panic Game
12. Sound, Animation, and Program Development: The Astrocrash Game
Appendix A: Livewires Reference