A Gamer's Introduction to Programming in C#

Aaron Langille (PhD) is a public speaker and radio columnist, game player and designer, writer and editor, and award-winning post-secondary educator. After teaching computer science for almost two decades, he recently levelled up to teaching video game design. In his current role, Aaron sits joyfully at the intersection of video games, education, visual arts, media, technology, and storytelling.

Contents

Cutscene 1: Backstory (Introduction)

Level 1: Prepare For Adventure (Hardware, Software, and Basics of Programming)

Code Quest 1: Hello, World!

Level 2: Adventure Begins (Common Data Types, Data Literals, and Ouput)

Code Quest 2: Great Game Quotes

Level 3: A Variable Inventory Of Items (Variables, Declarations, and Assignments)

Code Quest 3: Character Builder (Part 1)

Level 4: Some Friendly Input (User Input On The Console)

Code Quest 4: Character Builder (Part 2)

Cutscene 2: Recipes For Success (Algorithms and Algorithmic Thinking)

Level 5: Divide And Conquer (Working With Built-in Math Operations and Functions)

Code Quest 5: Tiny Tournament Stats

Level 6: A Random Opportunity (Generating Random Numbers)

Code Quest 6: A Random Encounter (Part 1)

Level 7: A Fork In The Road (Simple if Statements and Conditional Logic)

Code Quest 7: A Random Encounter (Part 2)

Level 8: Decisions, Decisions (Advanced if Statements and Boolean Operators)

Code Quest 8: My First Loot Box (Part 1)

Level 9: Here We Go Again, And Again (Working With Loops and Repetition Structures)

Code Quest 9: My First Loot Box (Part 2)

Cutscene 3: Yikes, Gremlins! (Types of Errors and Troubleshooting Tips)

Level 10 - Crafting Custom Objects (Introducing Objects and Writing Custom Classes)

Code Quest 10: A Companion For Our Hero (Part 1)

Level 11 - A Factory For Our Objects (Creating and Using Instances of Objects)

Code Quest 11: A Companion For Our Hero (Part 2)

Cutscene 4: The Adventure Ends…Or Does It?

Bonus Code Quest: Cornflower Blue! (MonoGame Sneak Peek)

Bonus Level 1 - A Bit About Binary

Bonus Level 2 - A Slight Miscalculation (Unexpected Math Behaviours)

Bonus Level 3 - Input Made (A Little Bit) Friendlier (Parsing Tricks)

Bonus Level 4 - The Return Of Decisions, Decisions (Conditional Logic Revisited)

Bonus Level 5 - A Matter Of Scope (Variable Scope)

Bonus Level 6 - Let’s Take This Online (Online Resources)