Chapter 1Introduction
Hello and welcome. This is a book about making games with and for your computer—games like some of the ones you love on your computer, your phone, or your game console. By working your way through this book, you’ll make four games, each of a different type. You’ll learn how to open a window on your computer screen and then fill it with moving pictures. You’ll make those images interact with each other, and you’ll control them with your computer’s mouse and keys.
The games we make will feel pretty familiar to you. They aren’t copies of other games, but they do use familiar patterns and principles that you’ll be able to use to make your own games. The techniques you’ll learn for making a spaceship fly around by pressing keys ...
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