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Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids (Second Edition)

By : Daniel Leonard Bates

4.4 (5)

Raspberry Pi Projects for Kids (Second Edition)

4.4 (5)

By: Daniel Leonard Bates

Overview of this book

This book is for kids who wish to develop games and applications using the Raspberry Pi. No prior experience in programming is necessary; you need only a Raspberry Pi and the required peripherals.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

1. Getting Started with Raspberry Pi

Materials needed

Preparing the SD card

Starting up the Raspberry Pi

Using your Raspberry Pi

Summary

2. Animating with Scratch

2. Animating with Scratch

Scratch

Interactive animation

Summary

3. Making Your Own Angry Birds Game

3. Making Your Own Angry Birds Game

Creating a character

Creating a level

Moving the character

Adding physics

Ending the game

Scoring

Extensions

Summary

4. Creating Random Insults

4. Creating Random Insults

Python

The program we're going to use to generate phrases

Making mischief

Complete code listing

Summary

5. Testing Your Speed

5. Testing Your Speed

Materials needed to make your own controller

Creating the game controller

Coding the game

Complete code listing

The keyboard version

What's next?

Summary

6. Making an Interactive Map of your City

6. Making an Interactive Map of your City

Hello world!

Getting a map

Adding markers

Adding labels

Code listing

Extensions

Summary

7. Building Beats with Sonic Pi

7. Building Beats with Sonic Pi

Sonic Pi

Getting started with Sonic Pi

Creating a tune

New sounds

A real tune

Code listing

Summary

Index

Index

Creating a level

Now, let's make the game look a little more interesting by adding some scenery through following these steps:

To the left of the sprite list, you'll see a white rectangle called Stage. Click on it and then select the Backgrounds tab in the script area. Again, you have the option of drawing your own background or using a preexisting image, but this time, I recommend creating your own so that you can make the level fun to play.
Click on the Edit button. Try to keep your background as simple as possible; it will be easier to add extra objects (for example, the ground, trees, and clouds) as additional sprites later, because then you will be able to move them around more easily. It is perhaps easiest to simply fill the background with a solid sky blue color (and maybe some distant mountains).
Now back in the Sprite list, create sprites for all the scenery you want in your game. At the minimum, you will need to create a sprite for the ground, but you can add all sorts...

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