3D Game Programming for Kids: Create Interactive Worlds with JavaScript, 2nd Edition

Book Description

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Project: Creating Simple Shapes
Chapter 2. Debugging: Fixing Code When Things Go Wrong
Chapter 3. Project: Making An Avatar
Chapter 4. Project: Moving Avatars
Chapter 5. Functions: Use And Use Again
Chapter 6. Project: Moving Hands And Feet
Chapter 7. A Closer Look At Javascript Fundamentals
Chapter 8. Project: Turning Our Avatar
Chapter 9. What’S All That Other Code?
Chapter 10. Project: Collisions
Chapter 11. Project: Fruit Hunt
Chapter 12. Working With Lights And Materials
Chapter 13. Project: Phases Of The Moon
Chapter 14. Project: The Purple Fruit Monster Game
Chapter 15. Project: Tilt-A-Board
Chapter 16. Learning About Javascript Objects
Chapter 17. Project: Ready, Steady, Launch
Chapter 18. Project: Two-Player Games
Chapter 19. Project: River Rafter
Chapter 20. Getting Code On The Web
Appendix A1. Project Code
Appendix A2. Javascript Code Collections Used In This Book

中文：

书名：3D Game Programming for Kids: Create Interactive Worlds with JavaScript, 2nd Edition

你知道什么比玩游戏更好吗？自己编程！制作你自己的在线游戏，即使你是一个绝对的初学者。在学习使用网络上随处可见的Java编程语言的真实世界编程技能时，让您的想象力进入3D生活。这个新版本是完全修订的，并利用了新的编程功能，使游戏编程更容易学习。另外，新的特效让你的游戏更酷。当你完成后，你会对你能创造出的东西感到惊讶。

直接跳进去吧！从第一页开始编写很酷的东西。不断构建新的和不同的东西，直到最后一页。这本书想让你玩。不仅要玩游戏，还要玩代码。玩玩编程。因为学习东西的最好方法就是从中获得乐趣！

这个第二版从头到尾都进行了更新，使您可以更轻松地开始使用JavaScript编程。每一个例子都已经更新，使它更容易，新的例子游戏探索和新的3D效果，使您的游戏更有趣！想要一个红色甜甜圈吗？你可以让成百上千的人疯狂地旋转。想要创建一个星空吗？创造出一百颗或一千颗星星。把它们改成红色、绿色或蓝色。爆炸？烟火？行星？这由你决定。而且，使用专门为本书创建的代码编辑器，您可以直接在Web浏览器中编程。在您刚刚输入的代码旁边，您将立即看到您的工作和想象力的结果！在此过程中，您将学到大量的编程知识，并通过一些更高级的章节进行更深入的探讨。

无论你想做什么，这本书都会支持你。最棒的是，你可以创建很棒的游戏，然后说，这是我做的！

What You Need:

您需要最新版本的Google Chrome Web浏览器，可从https://chrome.google.com.免费获得您还需要Internet连接才能首次访问ICE代码编辑器。ICE代码编辑器将加载到您的计算机上，因此您以后的项目不需要访问Internet。

Table of Contents

第1章.项目：创建简单形状
第二章调试：在可能出错时修复代码
第三章项目：制作一个阿凡达
Chapter 4. Project: Moving Avatars
Chapter 5. Functions: Use And Use Again
第6章项目：移动手脚
第7章：深入了解Java脚本的基本原理
第八章项目：将我们的阿凡达
第九章。其他的代码是什么？
Chapter 10. Project: Collisions
Chapter 11. Project: Fruit Hunt
第12章.使用灯光和材质
第十三章：项目：月相
第14章项目：紫果怪兽游戏
Chapter 15. Project: Tilt-A-Board
Chapter 16. Learning About Javascript Objects
第17章项目：准备好、稳定、发射
第十八章项目：双人游戏
Chapter 19. Project: River Rafter
第20章.在Web上获取代码
Appendix A1. Project Code
附录A2。本书中使用的Java代码集合