Wow, I didn't expect such detailed answers, thank you all! I'll be sure to reference this thread going onward. Just one problem though - I can't do anything in HC. I tried copying some code from the HC docs that worked perfectly (had a circle attached to mouse and a rotating rectangle and collisions...

Sorry if the title isn't very descriptive. I'm a beginner to programming (I know pretty much all of the basics in Python and am just confused about a few things in Lua) and I am trying to learn how to make games on my own, without just following tutorials and copying code. The game I'm trying to cre...