In this tutorial we get things underway by installing and configuring Lua, creating and running our very first extremely simple program. By the end of this tutorial Lua should be up and running on your computer.
Links mention in this tutorial —
For a list of IDEs or editors for Lua/Love go to:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/01/25/Editors-and-IDEs-for-Lua-and-Love-Development.aspx
Lua URL:
http://www.lua.org/
Direct download link:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/luabinaries/files/latest/download?source=files
Video giving more info on what exactly love is and what it’s relationship to Lua is:
The playlist for this entire series:
And finally, my Patreon, should you care 😉
https://www.patreon.com/gamefromscratch?ty=h
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