Lua Programming Devlog

[@TJTheProgrammer]

Yo! It's looking really good!

[@FindingFocus]

Thanks dude! It’s definitely coming together but there’s sooooo much left to go.

[@flexus141]

Hey dude, stumbled upon your channel and I have an instant question: why lua? Is it considered good for gaming?

[@FindingFocus]

I have many thoughts on this. Lua is good for game programming because it is super beginner friendly, is easy for fast iteration, paired with Love2d engine it can run on mac, windows, Linux, android, iOS, and even the web (tashio.dev has my current build). This stack is also open source, so free to use even commercially. There’s great tutorials from Harvard that can help you get started AND it’s the language of choice that John Romero of DOOM recommends for new game developers. Balatro is a recent game that has been incredibly popular, and coded with Lua so it has proven itself as a mainstream language. If you’re starting out in gamedev I’d highly recommend it.