To get the most out of this book

You don't need to own or install any particular software before starting to work with the book. A common Windows, Linux, or MacOS system should be sufficient. Chapter 2, Installation, contains detailed instructions on how to download and set up everything you'll need.

In this book, you will find several headings that appear frequently:

• The Time for action section contains clear instructions on how to complete a procedure or task.
• The What just happened? section explains the working of the tasks or instructions that you have just completed.
• The Have a go hero sections contain practical challenges that give you ideas to experiment with what you have learned.
• The Pop quiz sections contain short single-choice questions intended to help you test your own understanding. You will find the answers at the end of the book.

While going through the chapters, you will be presented with multiple games and other projects as well as detailed descriptions of how to create them. We advise you to try to create these projects yourself using the instructions we'll give you. If at any point of time you have trouble following the instructions or don't know how to do a certain step, you should take a pick at the example code files to see how it can be done. However, the most important and exciting part of learning is to decide what you want to implement and then find a way to do it, so pay attention to the "Have a go hero" sections or think of your own way to improve each project.