Learn to code with Python and Raylib

Preface

Contents:

• 1. Overview of Python
  • 1.1. Comments
  • 1.2. Literals
  • 1.3. Keywords
  • 1.4. Built-ins
  • 1.5. Libraries
  • 1.6. Names
  • 1.7. Whitespace
• 2. Python Fundamentals
  • 2.1. The REPL
  • 2.2. Arithmetic operators
  • 2.3. Variables
  • 2.4. Input
  • 2.5. Booleans
  • 2.6. Comparison operators
  • 2.7. Boolean logic
  • 2.8. For loops
  • 2.9. Array lists
  • 2.10. Functions
  • 2.11. Shortcuts
  • 2.12. Indentation
  • 2.13. Global variables
  • 2.14. Dictionaries
  • 2.15. Bugs
• 3. Text-based quiz games
  • 3.1. Hello, world
  • 3.2. Getting input from the keyboard
  • 3.3. Making decisions: if, elif, else
  • 3.4. A random maths question
  • 3.5. Keeping score
  • 3.6. Guessing game with a loop
  • 3.7. Improved guessing game
• 4. Drawing graphics
  • 4.1. Installing the graphics library
  • 4.2. RLZero and Raylib
  • 4.3. Pixels
  • 4.4. Lines and circles
  • 4.5. Moving rectangles
  • 4.6. Sprites
  • 4.7. Background image
  • 4.8. Keyboard input
• 5. Arcade games
  • 5.1. Collisions
  • 5.2. Chase
  • 5.3. Powerup
  • 5.4. Sounds
  • 5.5. Simple animation
  • 5.6. Mouse clicks
  • 5.7. Mouse movement
• 6. Improving your games
  • 6.1. Game controllers
  • 6.2. Colours
  • 6.3. Using loops
  • 6.4. Fullscreen mode
  • 6.5. Displaying the score
  • 6.6. Animation
• 7. More advanced games
  • 7.1. Lists
  • 7.2. Timed callbacks
  • 7.3. Callbacks for animation
  • 7.4. Simple physics
  • 7.5. Bat and ball game
  • 7.6. Timer
• 8. Tutorial: Chase game
  • 8.1. Moving a Sprite over a background
  • 8.2. Screen wrap-around
  • 8.3. Enemy chases the player
  • 8.4. Collecting items
  • 8.5. Player 2
  • 8.6. Showing the score on the screen
  • 8.7. Timer
  • 8.8. Finished game
  • 8.9. Ideas for extension
• 9. Tutorial: Maze game
  • 9.1. Tilemap
  • 9.2. Moving the player
  • 9.3. Restricting where the player can move
  • 9.4. Animate the movement of the player
  • 9.5. Create an enemy
  • 9.6. A locked door and a key
  • 9.7. Finished game
  • 9.8. Ideas for extension
• 10. Tutorial: Shooting game
  • 10.1. Step 1: Decide what Sprites you will need
  • 10.2. Step 2: Draw your Sprites
  • 10.3. Step 3: Move your Sprites
  • 10.4. Step 4: Define your functions
  • 10.5. Create enemies
  • 10.6. Move the player
  • 10.7. Move the enemies
  • 10.8. Draw text on the screen
  • 10.9. Player bullets
  • 10.10. Enemy bombs
  • 10.11. Check for end of level
  • 10.12. Ideas for extension
• 11. Tutorial: Race game
  • 11.1. Basic game
  • 11.2. Player input
  • 11.3. Generate the walls
  • 11.4. Make the walls colourful
  • 11.5. Scrolling
  • 11.6. Wall collisions
  • 11.7. Timer
  • 11.8. Mouse movement
  • 11.9. Ideas for extension
• 12. Tutorial: Fractals
  • 12.1. Mandelbrot set
  • 12.2. Shades of Grey
  • 12.3. Colours
  • 12.4. Zooming in
  • 12.5. Performance
  • 12.6. Quality setting
  • 12.7. Further improvements
• 13. Advanced topics
  • 13.1. Instructor note
  • 13.2. Classes
  • 13.3. Methods
  • 13.4. Joystick tester
  • 13.5. Distributing your Pygame Zero games
• 14. Python in Minecraft
  • 14.1. Setup
  • 14.2. Hello Minecraft
  • 14.3. Coordinates
  • 14.4. Changing the player’s position
  • 14.5. Build a teleporter
  • 14.6. Teleport player into the air
  • 14.7. Teleport jump
  • 14.8. Create a block
  • 14.9. Types of block
  • 14.10. Create a block inside a loop
  • 14.11. Create a tower of blocks
  • 14.12. Clear space
  • 14.13. Build a house
  • 14.14. Build a street of houses
  • 14.15. Chat commands
  • 14.16. Turtle
• 15. Revision notes
  • 15.1. Truth tables
  • 15.2. Data types
• 16. Tutorial: Network coding
  • 16.1. Sockets
  • 16.2. Gopher