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Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, Second Edition

You're reading from   Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, Second Edition Create, Publish, and Monetize your games on Roblox

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803234670
Length 302 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Zander Brumbaugh Zander Brumbaugh
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface Section I: Introduction to Roblox Development FREE CHAPTER
Introducing Roblox Development Knowing Your Work Environment Section II: Programming in Roblox
Introduction to Luau Roblox Programming Scenarios Creating an Obby Creating a Battle Royale Game Section III: The Logistics of Game Production
The Three Ms 50 Cool Things to Do on Roblox Worksheet Answers Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Introduction to Luau

The Luau language is a fast, procedural programming language adapted from Lua. Lua was originally created in 1993 due to software trade barriers in Brazil, which prevented many from buying specialized software from outside the country. Because of this, the language was designed to be highly customizable and C-based so that programmers could easily make changes to fit their needs. When Roblox began, they used Lua 5.1 but as the platform has expanded, they’ve made enough additions and changes to warrant their own scripting language, Luau. It should be noted that all Lua 5.1 code is valid in Luau, as it is a subset of the current language. That is to say, syntactically, everything is the same but new features have been added.

The goal of this chapter is to give you the knowledge you need to make your first programs in Luau so that you’re ready to become a fully proficient programmer. No prior programming experience is assumed, so we will start by...

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