More Python programming for the absolute beginner

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 PYTHON HAS CLASS
	Examining the Geometry Program
	Getting Started with Python
		Python Tools
		Python Language
	Objects in Python
		What Came Before?
		What's Coming Next?
		OOP: The Python Way
		Single Inheritance
		Multiple Inheritance
	Summary
Chapter 2 GETTING STARTED WITH PYGAME: THE PIE GAME
	Examining The Pie Game
	Using Pygame
		Printing Text
		Looping
		Drawing Circles
		Drawing Rectangles
		Drawing Lines
		Drawing Arcs
	The Pie Game
	Summary
Chapter 3 FILE I/O, DATA, AND FONTS: THE TRIVIA GAME
	Examining The Trivia Game
	Python Data Types
		More Printing
		Getting User Input
		Handling Exceptions
		The Mad Lib Game
	File Input/Output
		Working with Text Files
		Working with Binary Files
	The Trivia Game
		Printing Text with Pygame
		The Trivia Class
		Loading the Trivia Data
		Displaying the Question and Answers
		Responding to User Input
		Going to the Next Question
		Main Code
	Summary
Chapter 4 USER INPUT: THE BOMB CATCHER GAME
	Examining The Bomb Catcher Game
	Pygame Events
		Real-Time Event Loop
		Keyboard Events
		Mouse Events
	Device Polling
		Polling the Keyboard
		Polling the Mouse
	The Bomb Catcher Game
	Summary
Chapter 5 MATH AND GRAPHICS: THE ANALOG CLOCK DEMO
	Examining The Analog Clock Demo
	Basic Trigonometry
		Circle Theory
		Traversing a Circle's Perimeter
		Circle Demo
	The Analog Clock Demo
		Getting the Time
		Drawing the Clock
	Summary
Chapter 6 BITMAP GRAPHICS: THE ORBITING SPACESHIP DEMO
	Examining The Orbiting Spaceship Demo
	Using Bitmaps
		Loading a Bitmap
		Drawing the Background
		Drawing the Planet
		Drawing the Spaceship
	Orbiting the Planet
		Orbiting
		Rotating
	Summary
Chapter 7 ANIMATION WITH SPRITES: THE ESCAPE THE DRAGON GAME
	Examining The Escape The Dragon Game
	Using Pygame Sprites
		Custom Animation
		Loading a Sprite Sheet
		Changing the Frame
		Drawing One Frame
		Sprite Groups
		MySprite Class
		Sprite Animation to the Test
	The Escape the Dragon Game
		Jumping
		Colliding
		Source Code
	Summary
Chapter 8 SPRITE COLLISION DETECTION: THE ZOMBIE MOB GAME
	Examining The Zombie Mob Game
	Collision Detection Techniques
		Rectangle Collision Between Two Sprites
		Circle Collision Between Two Sprites
		Pixel-Perfect Masked Collision Between Two Sprites
		Rectangle Collision Between a Sprite and a Group
		Rectangle Collision Between Two Groups
	The Zombie Mob Game
		Creating Your Own Module
		Advanced Directional Animation
		Colliding with Zombies
		Getting Health
		Game Source Code
	Summary
Chapter 9 ARRAYS, LISTS, AND TUPLES: THE BLOCK BREAKER GAME
	Examining The Block Breaker Game
	Arrays and Lists
		Lists with One Dimension
		Creating a Stack-like List
		Creating a Queue-like List
		Lists with More Dimensions
	Tuples
		Packing a Tuple
		Unpacking a Tuple
		Searching for Elements
		Counting Elements
		Tuples as Constant Arrays
	The Block Breaker Game
		Block Breaker Levels
		Loading and Changing Levels
		Initializing the Game
		Moving the Paddle
		Moving the Ball
		Hitting the Paddle
		Hitting the Blocks
		Main Code
		MySprite Update
	Summary
Chapter 10 TIMING AND SOUND: THE OIL SPILL GAME
	Examining The Oil Spill Game
	Sound
		Loading an Audio File
		Playing an Audio Clip
	Building The Oil Spill Game
		Gameplay
		Source Code
	Summary
Chapter 11 PROGRAM LOGIC: THE SNAKE GAME
	Examining The Snake Game
	Building The Snake Game
		Hatching a Snake—the SnakeSegment Class
		Raising a Snake—the Snake Class
		Feeding the Snake—the Food Class
		Initializing the Game
		Program Main
		Growth by Eating Food
		Biting One's Self Is Not Advisable
		Falling off the World
	Teaching the Snake to Move Itself
		Moving Automatically
		Getting the Current Direction
		Moving Toward the Food
		Other Code Changes
	Summary
Chapter 12 TRIGONOMETRY: THE TANK BATTLE GAME
	Examining The Tank Battle Game
	Angular Velocity
		Calculating Angular Velocity
		Pygame's Goofy Rotation
		Moving Forward and Backward at Any Angle
		Improved Angle Wrapping
	Building The Tank Battle Game
		The Tanks
		The Bullets
		Main Code
	Summary
Chapter 13 RANDOM TERRAIN: THE ARTILLERY GUNNER GAME
	Examining The Artillery Gunner Game
	Creating the Terrain
		Defining the Height Map
		Smoothing the Terrain
		Locating Grid Points
	Artillery Cannons
		Placing the Cannons
		Drawing the Turrets
		Firing the Cannons
		Shots Are A'Flyin
		Computer Firing
		Scoring a Hit
	The Complete Game
	Summary
Chapter 14 MORE OF EVERYTHING: THE DUNGEON ROLE-PLAYING GAME
	Examining The Dungeon Game
	Review of Classic Dungeon RPGs
		Rogue
		NetHack
		AngBand
		Sword of Fargoal
		Kingdom of Kroz
		ZZT
	Creating a Dungeon Level
		Understanding ASCII Characters
		Simulating a Text Console Display
		Generating Random Rooms
		Generating Random Hallways
	Populating the Dungeon
		Adding the Entrance and Exit Portals
		Adding Gold
		Adding Weapons, Armor, and Health Potions
		Adding Monsters
		Complete Dungeon Class
		Adding the Player's Character
	Advanced Gameplay
		Picking Up Items
		Fighting Monsters
		Moving Monsters
		Visibility Range
		Exiting the Level
		Wrapping Up the Gameplay
	Summary
Appendix A: INSTALLING PYTHON AND PYGAME
	Installing Python
	Installing Pygame
Appendix B: PYGAME KEY CODES
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