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The first ever Code Club book is here! With it, you'll learn how to code using Scratch, the block-based programming language. In each chapter you’ll find instructions to build cool games, animations, and interactive stories. Your friendly robot guide will aid you step-by-step through each project and give you handy tips along the way.
• Learn to code using Scratch, the block-based language
• Follow step-by-step guides to create games and animations
• Use the magic glasses to reveal secret hints
• The spiral binding allows the book to lay flat
• Includes 24 exclusive Code Club stickers!
In the first of two volumes, we remake five classic video games – ranging from Pong to Sensible Soccer, each represents a different genre. We interview the games’ original creators and learn from their example, as well as utilise the art and audio engineering skills of two of the 1980s’ most prolific games developers for our recreated versions of the games.
- Get game design tips and tricks from the masters
- Explore the code listings and find out how they work
- Download and play game examples by Eben Upton
- Learn how to code your own games with Pygame Zero
- Read interviews with expert graphics and audio creators
Ever fancied creating your own first-person shooter game? Now you can with this 140-page bookazine, brought to you by the Wireframe magazine team with tips from expert video game developers!
Making a fast-paced 3D action game needn’t be as daunting as it sounds. Build Your Own First-Person Shooter in Unity will take you step-by-step through the process of making Zombie Panic: a frenetic battle for survival inside a castle heaving with the undead.
Specifications:
- Set up and use the free software you’ll need
- Make enemies that follow and attack the player
- Create and texture 3D character models
- Extend your game further, with tips from experts
- Design a level with locked doors and keys
What's in the box?:
1 x 140-page bookazine
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One of the most popular add-ons for the Raspberry Pi, the official Camera Module – or the new High Quality Camera – turns your favourite single-board computer into a powerful digital camera.
Launched back in 2013, the original Camera Module was succeeded by the higher-spec v2 in April 2016. The High Quality Camera, due to launch on 30 April 2020, offers Ultra HD image resolution and enables you to attach any standard C- or CS-mount lens.
In this book we show readers how to get started with their Raspberry Pi camera, taking photos and videos from the command line and writing Python programs to automate the process. We’ll reveal how to create time-lapse and slow-motion videos, before moving on to a range of exciting
projects. There are just so many things that can be done with a Raspberry Pi camera!
• Learn how to set up the new High Quality Camera, attach a
lens, and start capturing images
• Take selfies and shoot stop-motion videos
• Build a wildlife camera and also an underwater one
• Make a smart door with a video doorbell
• Set up a security camera to monitor your home
• And much more!
Fully updated for 2019 and featuring four extra chapters, Conquer The Command Line will help you learn to love the command line on the Raspberry Pi and other Linux computers…
For getting instructions from user to computer – in a clear, quick and unambiguous form – the command line is often the best way. Now – thanks to Raspbian on the Raspberry Pi – a new generation are discovering the power of the command line to simplify complex tasks, or instantly carry out simple ones.
Master essential skills across 14 chapters:
- Find & install software
- Manage removable storage
- Use Secure Shell for remote access
- Customise the command line
- Protect your data with backups
- Build software from source code
- and much, much more.
Discover how to set up Raspberry Pi to play classic games in the brand new version of our retro gaming guide.
In this 164-page book, you’ll learn how to build a portable games machine, assemble a full-sized arcade cabinet, and emulate classic computers and consoles. Our step-by-step guides make each build easy! Plus you’ll even learn to program your own versions of classic arcade games using Python and Pygame.
- Set up Raspberry Pi for retro gaming
- Emulate classic computers and consoles
- Learn to program retro-style games
- Build a portable console, arcade cabinet, and pinball machine
- And much, much more!
What's in the box?
1 x retro gaming 2nd edition book
Add buttons, boxes, pictures and colours and more to your Python programs using the guizero library, which is quick, accessible, and understandable for all.
This 156-page book is suitable for everyone, from beginners to experienced Python programmers who want to explore graphical user interfaces (GUIs).There are ten fun projects for you to create, including a painting program, an emoji match game, and a stop-motion animation creator.
- Create games and fun Python programs
- Learn how to create your own graphical user interfaces
- Use windows, text boxes, buttons, images, and more
- Learn about event-based programming
- Explore good (and bad) user interface design
What's in the box?
1 x Create Python GUI book
From the makers of Digital SLR Photography magazine, The Essential Guide To Landscapes is the complete guide to shooting your best ever landscape images. It’s 164 pages of essential photo technique, expert advice, and inspiration.
From learning the basics through to more involved techniques, The Essential Guide To Landscapes is packed with expert advice, photo workshops, and stunning photography to help photographers of all levels achieve their best ever results.
• Achieve maximum levels of image quality and detail
• Master camera controls and shoot like the pros
• Essential photo kit: our pick of the best ND filters and carbon tripods
• Location workshops, composition and lighting, coastal landscapes, and more!
What's in the box?
1 x Guide to landscapes photography book
Discover the true potential of Raspberry Pi with the new, official Handbook 2023. With over 200 pages of amazing projects, fun tutorials, practical guides, and clear reviews, it has everything you need to master Raspberry Pi!
Inside The Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2023
- QuickStart guide to setting up your Raspberry Pi computer
- Make stuff with Raspberry Pi Pico W
- Incredible projects built by the global Raspberry Pi community
- Find the right kit and products for your dream builds
- Get creating with our comprehensive tutorials and guides
- Over 200 pages of essential advice!
1 x RPi 2023 Handbook
What's in the box?
1 x Beginners guide
Please note: This book does not include ANY hardware.
Discover 200 pages of makes with the new, official Handbook 2024. Packed with incredible projects, step-by-step tutorials, practical guides, and reviews of the best kit, it has everything the Raspberry Pi fan could ask for!
Inside The Official Raspberry Pi Handbook 2024
- Your detailed guide to the all-new Raspberry Pi 5 computer
- QuickStart advice to setting up all Raspberry Pi boards
- Incredible Maker Guides for electronics, Linux, retro gaming, robotics, and more!
- The very best projects built by the global Raspberry Pi community
- Cool kit! Cases, expansion boards, project kits, laptops and more
- Inspirational build ideas that will get you cracking on a project!
- Over 200 pages of essential advice!
- Raspberry Pi 5 not included
What's in the box?
1 x RPi 2024 Handbook
Retro Gaming with Raspberry Pi shows you how to set up Raspberry Pi 5 to play a new generation of classic games. In this 180-page book, you’ll build a gaming console and full-size arcade cabinet, install emulation software and download original games with full step-by-step guides. Discover a vibrant homebrew scene packed with new games for original consoles and legal access to all those retro games you remember!
- Set up Raspberry Pi for retro gaming
- Emulate classic computers and consoles
- Learn to code retro-style games
- Build a console, handheld, and full-size arcade machine
What's in the box?
1 x Retro Gaming Book
Take inspiration from the golden age of video games and learn how to write your own modern classics
Code the Classics Volume I not only tells the stories of some of the seminal video games of the 1970s and 1980s, but shows you how to create your own games inspired by them, following examples programmed by Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton. You’ll learn how to install Python, Pygame Zero, and an IDE so you can run and edit the games in this book. You'll also:
- Get game design tips and tricks from the masters
- Learn how to code your own games with Pygame Zero
- Explore the code listings and find out how they work
You'll meet these vintage-inspired games, and learn from their code in between rounds of play:
- Boing!: All it took was a couple of lines and a dot, and gamers would be queuing up to play.
- Cavern: Enduringly popular, the platform game genre is still packed with creative possibilities.
- Infinite Bunner: Play around with the benefits that a top-down perspective can lend to the classic platform genre.
- Myriapod: Some shooters confine the gameplay to a single screen while limiting the player's movement. Restrictions can build challenge and difficulty, making for truly addictive gaming.
- Substitute Soccer: Top-down games of pinball-style soccer built a huge cult following and kicked off a sports genre that's still going strong.
What's in the box?
1 x book(Code the classics V1 2nd edition)
What is MicroPython?
MicroPython is a full implementation of the Python 3 programming language that runs directly on embedded hardware like Raspberry Pi Pico. You get an interactive prompt (the REPL) to execute commands immediately via USB Serial, and a built-in filesystem. The Pico port of MicroPython includes modules for accessing low-level chip-specific hardware.
What is Raspberry Pi Pico?
Raspberry Pi Pico, a microcontroller board built on silicon designed here at Raspberry Pi.
Microcontrollers, like the RP2040 chip at the heart of Raspberry Pi Pico, are computers stripped back to their bare essentials. You don't use monitors or keyboards with them — instead, you program them over USB to take their input from (and send their output to) on-board input/output pins.
Using these programmable connections, you can light LEDs, make noises, send text to screens, and much more. In Get started with MicroPython on Raspberry Pi Pico 2nd Edition, you will learn how to use the beginner-friendly MicroPython language to write programs, and you’ll connect up hardware to make your Raspberry Pi Pico interact with the world around it. Using these skills, you can create your own electromechanical projects, whether for fun or to make your life easier.
Fully updated for Raspberry Pi Pico W and the latest version of MicroPython, this book shows you how to:
- Get started with Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W
- Work with various electronic components
- Create your own programmable electronic contraptions
- Turn Raspberry Pi Pico W into a network-connected node for the Internet of Things
- Link your Pico W to your smartphone, tablet, or another Pico W with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Whether you’re using Raspberry Pi Pico for a home project, industrial automation, or learning (or teaching!) electronics and programming, this book will show you how.
What's in the box?
1 x Pico MicroPython book
We've gathered up our favourite maker projects from the second year of HackSpace magazine in one place – the Book of Making volume two. It's 180 pages of hands-on guides, tips, tricks, and inspiration.
We show you how to build and launch your own rocket, create electronics circuits with Play-Doh, build your own polyphonic synthesizer, and much more. Whether you've got an hour to build something or you're looking for a weekend project, we've got a range of maker projects to choose from.
- Step into the wonderful world of making
- Be inspired by amazing projects from makerspace communities around the world
- Make your own creations with step-by-step guides
- Perfect projects for an hour, an afternoon, or weekend
What's in the box?
1 x Book of Making
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