Which is the best place to learn Lua and is knowledge in just Lua enough to use Corona SDK, I don’t have knowledge in other programming languages?
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Title - Please use regular capitalization rules in posts and titles. I’m actually less likely to answer an ALL CAPS title, and I’m probably not alone in this sense.
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Places to learn Lua - There are a number of places to learn Lua, but one great starting place is the PIL:
https://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html
I suggest you read and type in the example code for these chapters and sub-chapters:
- 1 … 5 - Fundamentals
- 11.1 - Arrays
- 18 - math lib
- 19 - table lib
- 20 - string. library (would have helped with this question)
- 21 - io.* library
3. Is Lua Knowledge Enough to use Corona SDK? - Yes, pretty much.
- Is Lua ** Knowledge E **nough to make games? - No not really. You can get started, just knowing Lua, but you’re going to have to learn the Corona SDK and you’ll benefit greatly from learning about:
- Game Design In General
- 2D Game Design Concepts
- Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry
- Physics
- Art and Sound (A huge set of topics on their own).
- …
Cheers and welcome to the community.
You can also follow the official Corona Getting Started Guide. Here -> https://coronalabs.com/resources/tutorials/getting-started-with-corona/
Don’t forget about the API Reference, if you need help, or want to know if Corona supports a certain feature:
https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/index.html
As well as the Corona Blog, they have a few interesting tutorials there and news:
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Title - Please use regular capitalization rules in posts and titles. I’m actually less likely to answer an ALL CAPS title, and I’m probably not alone in this sense.
-
Places to learn Lua - There are a number of places to learn Lua, but one great starting place is the PIL:
https://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html
I suggest you read and type in the example code for these chapters and sub-chapters:
- 1 … 5 - Fundamentals
- 11.1 - Arrays
- 18 - math lib
- 19 - table lib
- 20 - string. library (would have helped with this question)
- 21 - io.* library
3. Is Lua Knowledge Enough to use Corona SDK? - Yes, pretty much.
- Is Lua ** Knowledge E **nough to make games? - No not really. You can get started, just knowing Lua, but you’re going to have to learn the Corona SDK and you’ll benefit greatly from learning about:
- Game Design In General
- 2D Game Design Concepts
- Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry
- Physics
- Art and Sound (A huge set of topics on their own).
- …
Cheers and welcome to the community.
You can also follow the official Corona Getting Started Guide. Here -> https://coronalabs.com/resources/tutorials/getting-started-with-corona/
Don’t forget about the API Reference, if you need help, or want to know if Corona supports a certain feature:
https://docs.coronalabs.com/api/index.html
As well as the Corona Blog, they have a few interesting tutorials there and news: