3D game programming for kids : create interactive worlds with Javascript / Chris Storm ; [edited by Adaobi Obi Tulton].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Storm, Chris, author.

Contributor:

Tulton, Adaobi Obi, editor.

Series:

Pragmatic programmers.

The pragmatic programmers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Programming.

Video games.

Computer graphics.

JavaScript (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 pages) : color illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Three-dimensional game programming for kids

Create interactive worlds with JavaScript

Place of Publication:

Raleigh, North Carolina : The Pragmatic Bookshelf, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

You know what's even better than playing games? Programming your own! Make your own online games, even if you're an absolute beginner. Let your imagination come to 3D life as you learn real-world programming skills with the JavaScript programming language - the language used everywhere on the web. This new edition is completely revised, and takes advantage of new programming features to make game programming even easier to learn. Plus, new effects make your games even cooler. When you're done, you're going to be amazed at what you can create. Jump right in! Start programming cool stuff on page 1. Keep building new and different things until the very last page. This book wants you to play. Not just play games, but play with code. Play with programming. Because the best way to learn something is to have fun with it! This second edition is updated from start to finish to make it even easier to get started programming in JavaScript. Every example has been updated to make it easier, with new example games to explore and new 3D effects that make your games even more fun! Want a red donut? You can make hundreds of them, spinning around like mad. Want to create a star field? Make a hundred or a thousand stars. Make them red, green, or blue. Explosions? Fireworks? Planets? It's up to you. And, using a code editor created especially for this book, you'll program right in your web browser. You'll see the results of your work and imagination right away - right next to the code that you just typed! Along the way, you'll pick up a ton of programming knowledge, and dive in even deeper with some more advanced chapters. Whatever you want to do, this book has your back. Best of all, you get to create awesome games and say, "I made this!" What You Need: You need the latest version of the Google Chrome Web browser, available for free from https://chrome.google.com . You also need an Internet connection to access the ICE Code Editor the first time. ICE Code Editor will be loaded onto your computer, so you won't need Internet access for later projects.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

How I Learned to Program (and Why That Matters to You)

How YOU Can Learn to Program

Getting Help

What You Need for This Book

What Is JavaScript?

What's New in the Second Edition?

What This Book Is Not

Let's Get Started!

1. Project: Creating Simple Shapes

Programming with the 3DE Code Editor

Making Shapes with JavaScript

Creating Spheres

Making Boxes with the Cube Shape

Using Cylinders for All Kinds of Shapes

Building Flat Surfaces with Planes

Rendering Donuts (Not the Kind You Eat) with Torus

Animating the Shapes

The Code So Far

What's Next

2. Debugging: Fixing Code When Things Go Wrong

Getting Started

Debugging in 3DE: The Red X

Debugging in 3DE: The Yellow Triangle

Opening and Closing the JavaScript Console

Debugging in the Console

Common 3D Programming Errors

Recovering When 3DE Is Broken

3. Project: Making an Avatar

Smooth Chunkiness

Making a Whole from Parts

Breaking It Down

Adding Feet for Walking

Challenge: Make the Avatar Your Own

Doing Cartwheels

4. Project: Moving Avatars

Building Interactive Systems with Keyboard Events

Converting Keyboard Events into Avatar Movement

Challenge: Start/Stop Animation

Building a Forest with Functions

Moving the Camera with the Avatar

5. Functions: Use and Use Again

Basic Functions

Functions that Return Values

Using Functions

Breaking Functions

Bonus #1: Random Colors

Bonus #2: Flight Controls

6. Project: Moving Hands and Feet

Moving a Hand

Swinging Hands and Feet Together

Walking When Moving.

The Code So Far

7. A Closer Look at JavaScript Fundamentals

Describing Things in JavaScript

Numbers, Words, and Other Things in JavaScript

Control Structures

8. Project: Turning Our Avatar

Facing the Proper Direction

Animating the Spin

9. What's All That Other Code?

A Quick Introduction to HTML

Setting the Scene

Using Cameras to Capture the Scene

Using a Renderer to Project What the Camera Sees

Exploring Different Cameras

10. Project: Collisions

Rays and Intersections

11. Project: Fruit Hunt

Starting a Scoreboard at Zero

Giving Trees a Little Wiggle

Jumping for Points

Making Our Games Even Better

12. Working with Lights and Materials

Emitting Light

Ambient Light

Point Light

Shadows

Spotlights and Sunlight

Texture

Further Exploration

13. Project: Phases of the Moon

The Sun at the Center

Game and Simulation Logic

Local Coordinates

Multi-Camera Action!

Bonus #1: Stars

Bonus #2: Flying Controls

Understanding the Phases

Not Perfect, But Still a Great Simulation

14. Project: The Purple Fruit Monster Game

Outline the Game

Adding Ground for the Game

Build a Simple Avatar

Add Scoring

Gameplay

Improvements

15. Project: Tilt-a-Board

Bonus #1: Add a Background

Bonus #2: Make Fire!

Challenge

16. Learning about JavaScript Objects.

Getting Started

Simple Objects

Properties and Methods

Copying Objects

Constructing New Objects

The Worst Thing in JavaScript: Losing this

17. Project: Ready, Steady, Launch

The Launcher

Scoreboard

Baskets and Goals

Wind!

18. Project: Two-Player Games

Two Launchers

Two Scoreboards

Teaching Baskets to Update the Correct Scoreboard

Sharing a Keyboard

A Complete Reset

19. Project: River Rafter

Pushing and Pulling Shapes

Rough Terrain

Digging a River

Build a Raft for Racing

Resetting the Game

Keyboard Controls

The Finish Line

Bonus: Keeping Score

20. Getting Code on the Web

The Mighty, Mighty Browser

Free Websites

Putting Your Code on Another Site

A1. Project Code

Code: Creating Simple Shapes

Code: Playing with the Console and Finding What's Broken

Code: Making an Avatar

Code: Moving Avatars

Code: Functions: Use and Use Again

Code: Moving Hands and Feet

Code: A Closer Look at JavaScript Fundamentals

Code: Turning Our Avatar

Code: What's All That Other Code?

Code: Collisions

Code: Fruit Hunt

Code: Working with Lights and Materials

Code: Phases of the Moon

Code: The Purple Fruit Monster Game

Code: Tilt-a-Board

Code: Learning about JavaScript Objects

Code: Ready, Steady, Launch

Code: Two-Player Ready, Steady, Launch

Code: River Rafter

Code: Getting Code on the Web

A2. JavaScript Code Collections Used in This Book

Three.js

Physijs

Controls

Noise

Scoreboard.js

Shader Particle Engine

Sounds.js

Tween.js

Bibliography

Index.

- SYMBOLS -

- DIGITS -

- A -

- B -

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2018).

ISBN:

9781680506259

1680506250

9781680506242

1680506242

9781680506266

1680506269

OCLC:

1053901415