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Game Creation => Other Languages & Tools => Topic started by: WarHampster on December 04, 2008, 04:17:38 PM

Title: Lua
Post by: WarHampster on December 04, 2008, 04:17:38 PM

I'm thinking about using the scripting language Lua in one of my projects. Can anyone give me a review on its usefulness/ ease of use?

Title: Re: Lua
Post by: Mystor on December 04, 2008, 06:05:54 PM

I haven't really used LUA before but I think that someone make an app to make games with it.

From what I can understand it is pretty erasy to use, however, the language which I have read the most songs about is Python :P

Mist

Title: Re: Lua
Post by: alias on December 05, 2008, 06:16:33 PM

Its very slow and im not sure you can compile it... I think its an interpreted language. Not sure tho. Check out the game programming project "LÓVE" it uses it i think.

Title: Re: Lua
Post by: Mystor on December 05, 2008, 06:49:14 PM

This (http://www.biggerplanet.com/playkode) looks useful and I think it uses LUA.

Mist

Title: Re: Lua
Post by: alias on December 06, 2008, 12:01:57 AM

Good god that is awesome and im so using it.

Title: Re: Lua
Post by: WarHampster on December 06, 2008, 09:42:52 AM

Cool, I would use it if it worked on intel macs :P

Title: Re: Lua
Post by: alias on December 06, 2008, 11:52:07 PM

Im using an intel mac....

Title: Re: Lua
Post by: GMG Tim on December 18, 2008, 06:38:39 PM

I believe there are several game engines that use Lua, though most are for Windows. You might also wanna look into Ruby.

Ghost

Title: Re: Lua
Post by: WarHampster on December 18, 2008, 06:55:21 PM

I was planning on using Lua for a windows project  ;)