Building 3D Digital Games
Design and Program 3D Games
Dummies Junior
1. Edition January 2020
128 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
A technology book for kids!
Do you want to create 3D digital games that'll impress your friends, family, and even yourself? This book shows you how to use Alice, a free 3D game programming environment, to make seriously cool video games you'll have as much fun building as you will playing!
* Create your own adventure--recreate your favorite story by giving the characters new choices and writing your own ending
* When zombies attack--make your very own escape room maze and attempt to defeat the enemy before it defeats you
Technology Requirements: Hardware - PC or tablet with internet connection running Windows® 7 or higher or Mac with internet connection running Mac OS X® 10.7 or higher Software - Alice-a free programming platform that can be downloaded at alice.org.
About Alice 2
About this Book 3
About You 3
About the Icons 4
Project 1: Getting Alice and Making a Simple Game 5
Download and Start Using Alice 5
The Five Different Alice Panes 9
Add Objects to Your Alice World 10
Make an Object Move 13
Make a Simple Movie 21
Test Your Movie Code 25
Code Another Action 27
Make a Bunny Hop Game 27
Project 2: Adventure Game -- Part 1 33
Design Your Favorite Story 34
Outline Your Game 34
Steps to Create Your Own Outline 34
The Outline for This Project's Example 35
Build Your First Scene in Alice 36
Build Scene 1: The Tree 36
Set Up Your Camera 38
Add Alice and the Hole 46
Code Scene 1 50
Project 3: Adventure Game -- Part 2 59
Prepare the Next Scene 59
Code the Scene Transition 66
Prepare Scene 2 76
Code Scene 2 77
Code the Ending 81
Project 4: Create an Escape Room Maze 87
Design Your Escape Room Maze 87
Code Your Controls . 94
Set Up Your Controls 95
Define Your Controls 98
Add Enemies to Your Maze 100
Make Your Enemies Move Around 102
Make Your Enemies Try to Defeat Your Players 108
Create Code for Winning the Game 113
