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title: 'Basic'
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The chapters in this section talk about some initial concepts that you will need
to understand in most cases.

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  {{< card icon="academic-cap" link="first_program" title="Your first program" >}}
  {{< card icon="pencil" link="input" title="User input" >}}
  {{< card icon="light-bulb" link="introduction_2d" title="Introduction to 2D graphics" >}}
  {{< card icon="photograph" link="backgrounds" title="Backgrounds" >}}
  {{< card icon="star" link="sprites" title="Sprites" >}}
  {{< card icon="music-note" link="audio" title="Music and sound effects" >}}
  {{< card icon="map" link="backgrounds_scroll" title="Scrolling big backgrounds" >}}
  {{< card icon="desktop-computer" link="console_and_keyboard" title="Text console and keyboard" >}}
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