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Lua Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Lua Quick Start Guide The easiest way to learn Lua programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789343229
Length 202 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gabor Szauer Gabor Szauer
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Game engines

Because of its embeddable nature and lightweight runtime, Lua is a great fit for game technology. Many game engines and frameworks use Lua as an embedded scripting language, making game development quick and easy. Here is a list of game engines that offer support for Lua as an embedded scripting language.

LÖVE 2D

LÖVE 2D is a free, open source game framework available at https://love2d.org.

Love is a very powerful 2D framework for making games with Lua. It is built on top of SDL, making both cross-platform support and gamepad support very reliable. Love is a very small and easy to use framework, it's well suited for both beginners and professionals alike. Love has a Wiki, which serves as a getting...

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