Lua Game Development Cookbook: Over 70 recipes that will help you master the elements and best practices required to build a modern game engine using Lua

Mário Kašuba

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4.3 (6 Ratings)

eBook Jul 2015 360 pages 1st Edition

Mário Kašuba

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eBook Jul 2015 360 pages 1st Edition

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This book is for all programmers and game enthusiasts who want to stop dreaming about creating a game, and actually create one from scratch. The reader should know the basics of programming and using the Lua language. Knowledge of the C/C++ programming language is not necessary, but it's strongly recommended in order to write custom Lua modules extending game engine capabilities or to rewrite parts of the Lua code into a more efficient form. Algebra and matrix operations are required in order to understand advanced topics in Chapter 4, Graphics – Legacy Method with OpenGL 1.x-2.1 and Chapter 5, Graphics – Modern Method with OpenGL 3.0+. Sample demonstrations are coupled with binary libraries for Windows and Linux operating systems for convenience.

Who is this book for?

This book is for all programmers and game enthusiasts who want to stop dreaming about creating a game, and actually create one from scratch.

What you will learn

Set up OpenGL graphics along with GLSL shaders
Use lighting and graphical effects
Create animated game characters using Box2D library
Load and use textures, fonts, and 3D models
Design and implement a graphical user interface
Integrate simple Artificial Intelligence for pathfinding
Implement networking support
Use data structures in programming

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CPallini Oct 01, 2015

This book covers a very appealing topic: game development with Lua.Leveraging on libSDL, OpenGL and several other libraries, illustrates, in the formof recipes, many techniques required to build yourself a game, game engine orprototype.Since the topic is wide and deep, it is a condensed book, rich of content inrelatively few pages: from directory organization, module and error handling, Luainteraction with C++, to game UI, physics, AI, sound and network communication,passing for the event driven SDL game loop, OpenGL (both the older immediate mode and the moremodern shading language).I found most of the content interesting, some recipes a bit difficult tounderstand at first (in my opinion delaying the explanation in 'how it works'section is a bit confusing), neverhtless worthy to be studied.A relatively good knowledge of Lua is required to fully understand the recipes(while proficience with modern C++ would help for actual game development).The approach is pragmatic and you have to use the companion code in order toappreciate the book and start experimenting (I should say compiling myself therequired libraries was not exactly 'a breeze' like the author claims in the book).All in all it is a solid, pragmatic, fairly advanced book: enough to make youappreciate the efforts required in game development and possibly desire to deepenyour knowledge about the related problems and techniques.

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Julie Blanchard Feb 07, 2018

Bought for my sons Christmas presentHe loves it

Dan Kosko Nov 27, 2019

quick delivery. just as described. good job

Kiffin Gish Oct 27, 2015

If you've ever fantasized about creating your own fancy game but never was able to get beyond the basics, then this is the right place to begin. Starting with the first chapters, you become more familiar with the Lua programming language and what goes into a powerful gaming engine. Slowly but surely, your learn how Lua provides the ideal playground to build up a solid platform of modules and components that can be combined nicely. It's not just about the complex concepts that go into designing games but also the choice of the right programming language and how to use it effectively. By the end of the book you start mastering the more difficult concepts and can deal with all the fancy algorithms that go into good game making.

Joel A. Sundquist Apr 19, 2016

Great lua book. Even if you are not developing games it has some helpful performance tips

Lua Game Development Cookbook: Over 70 recipes that will help you master the elements and best practices required to build a modern game engine using Lua

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