![]() And we’re hooked on them: so much so that the games industry is now worth more than the movie industry. They are packed with creativity, from music, stories, and art to ingenious coding. They reach out across the internet and allow us to play together. Computer games open up worlds of imagination. Or you might just want to play around with code for the fun of it. Coding doesn’t have to become a career, but it’s an amazing skill and can unlock exciting doors to your future. They had no idea how far it would take them or that the companies they were to build would change the world. They started coding simply because they enjoyed it. Just a few years later a teenage Steve Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak, who later founded Apple together, created the arcade game Breakout. ![]() Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft, wrote his first computer program at the age of 13-a tic tac toe game. Remixing and beyond Better Scratch The next level Jobs making games Have fun!įind out more at: Foreword Many of the people who have shaped our digital world started out by coding games for fun. How to build Jumpy Monkey SET L AUNCH A NGLE SET L AUNCH SPEED SPACE TO FIR E Introducing Scratch Getting Scratch Scratch tour What makes a good game? Atmosphere Types of games How coding works He has worked on numerous science and technology books as a contributor and consultant, including DK’s Computer Coding for Kids and Computer Coding Made Easy. Jon has a passion for science and technology education, giving talks on space and running computer programming clubs in schools. ![]() His many projects include giant space simulations, research in high-tech companies, and intelligent robots made from junk. He started coding at the age of eight and has programmed all kinds of computers, from single-chip microcontrollers to world-class supercomputers. JON WOODCOCK MA (OXON) has a degree in physics from the University of Oxford and a PhD in computational astrophysics from the University of London. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 or Printed in ChinaĪ WORLD OF IDEAS: SEE ALL THERE IS TO KNOW DR. ISBN: 978-1-4654-3935-2 DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ![]() ![]() Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. Without limiting the rights reserved under copyright above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. A STEP-BY-STEP VISUAL GUIDE TO BUILDING YOUR OWN COMPUTER GAMESĭK UK Senior editor Ben Morgan Project art editor Laura Brim Editors Lizzie Davey, Ashwin Khurana, Steve Setford US editors Jill Hamilton, Margaret Parrish Designers Mabel Chan, Peter Radcliffe, Steve Woosnam-Savage Jacket design development manager Sophia MTT Jacket editor Claire Gell Producer, pre-production Francesca Wardell Producer Mary Slater Managing editor Paula Regan Managing art editor Owen Peyton Jones Publisher Andrew Macintyre Associate publishing director Liz Wheeler Art director Karen Self Design director Stuart Jackman Publishing director Jonathan MetcalfĭK DELHI Project editor Suefa Lee Project art editor Parul Gambhir Editor Sonia Yooshing Art editors Sanjay Chauhan, Upasana Sharma Assistant art editor Simar Dhamija Senior DTP designers Harish Aggarwal, Vishal Bhatia Senior managing editor Rohan Sinha Managing art editor Sudakshina Basu Pre-production manager Balwant Singh Jacket designer Suhita Dharamjit Managing jackets editor Saloni Singh First American Edition, 2016 Published in the United States by DK Publishing 345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Copyright © 2015 Dorling Kindersley Limited DK, a Division of Penguin Random House LLC 16 17 18 19 20 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001-283034-January/2016 All rights reserved. ![]()
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