Creative Greenfoot

by Michael Haungs

Overview

• Apply a wide variety of game design and programming animation techniques to create immersive interactive applications that use state-of-the-art controllers and input devices

• Quickly learn key concepts in animation, physics, and artificial intelligence to jump-start your journey into creative computing

• Gain a deep understanding of interactive development by working systematically from concept to design with several engaging example applications

This book is for coding students and Java programmers of all levels interested in building engaging, interactive applications with Greenfoot. Familiarity with the very basics of Greenfoot is assumed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783980390
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	04/27/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Michael Haungs is a professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he teaches and conducts research in game design, game development, web application development, and distributed systems. He received his bachelor's degree in science in industrial engineering and operations research from UC Berkeley, his master's degree in science in computer science from Clemson University, and his PhD from UC Davis. He is the author of PolyXpress (http://mhaungs.github.io/PolyXpress)—a system that allows the writing and sharing of location-based stories. Haungs is actively involved in curriculum development and undergraduate education. Through industry sponsorship, he has led several K-12 outreach programs to inform and inspire both students and teachers about opportunities in computer science. Haungs is also a co-director of the liberal arts and engineering studies (LAES) program. LAES is a new, multidisciplinary degree offered jointly by the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Engineering at Cal Poly and represents a unique focus on graduating creative engineers.