Code This Game!: Make Your Game Using Python, Then Break Your Game to Create a New One!

Description

Make it! Code it! Break it! Mod it! Code This Game! is a nonfiction visual guide that teaches young readers, 10-14, how to program and create their very own video game. Each chapter introduces key coding concepts as kids build an action strategy game in Python, an open-source programming language. The book features an innovative stand-up format that allows kids to read, program, and play their game simultaneously. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, Code This Game! teaches kids to build a strategy action game called "Attack of the Vampire Pizzas!" The book also teaches how to modify the game and follow one's imagination by incorporating downloadable art assets. By the time kids finish the book, they'll have mastered basic coding concepts and created a personalized game.

Meg Ray is the Teacher in Residence at Cornell Tech. An experienced middle and high school computer science teacher and special educator, Meg directed the design of the Codesters Python curricula for middle school students and served as a writer for the Computer Science Teachers' Association K-12 CS Standards, and as a special advisor to the K-12 CS Framework. She lives in New York. Keith Zoo has been the Lead Artist at FableVision Studios for the past decade, working on a full range of projects, from character design to animation layout. He loves spending his time drawing monsters, goblins, and other silly things. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts. keithzoo.com.