Demo Programs

The demo programs are tightly related to the book content (and are usually based on it), but connect and integrate content from different book chapters and demonstrate its meaningful application in concrete contexts. They are complete programs that are typically larger in size than the book's brief code examples.

Demo programs show, for instance, the use of real-time controls in a simple two-player action game such as Space Invaders, classes for bricks and a paddle for a BreakOut-style game, and the program structure of a basic Frogger-style game.

The programs provide entry points for readers who are motivated by concrete applications. The programs can serve as starting points for readers to modify and experiment with code and also as starting points for readers' own projects.

Note that the categories are here ordered roughly by sophistication or complexity. The demos in Classes, for example, are more advanced than in Functions, or in Variables and Parameters. There are also many overlaps between categories, of course. Some of the programs are provided in several versions, for instance, first without using classes, and then using classes (in Controls), or first without interaction, and then with (mouse) interaction (in Mouse Interaction).

Game demos are in the categories Classes, Controls and Tiling.