Can you make a game load another lua file

[bartbes]

Or you take the second draw from main.lua, which would seem a logical thing to do.
However, you posed the question why you should use first.lua, well honoustly, I don't know. If you want to use those as levels, it is possible to just use a lua file that defines a load of variables, which you then execute with the 'engine' (which is main.lua in my example).

[keyspinner]

Well I was mainly trying to do this to not confuse myself, because I do this all the time, for example in math class I write too much and can't find anything.
I am going to need you fix my code so I can see how it's supposed to look, if you know how.
Because I suck at understanding anything for some reason.

[bartbes]

main.lua:

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    function load()
    font = love.graphics.newFont(love.default_font, 12)
    love.graphics.setFont(font)
    title = "lua demo"
    play = "press space to play"
    end

    function draw()
    love.graphics.draw(title, 50, 50)
    love.graphics.draw(play, 400, 300)
    end

    function keyreleased(key)
    if key == love.key_space then
    love.filesystem.require(first.lua)
    load()
    end

    end

First.lua:

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    function load()
    font = love.graphics.newFont(love.default_font, 12)
    love.graphics.setFont(font)
    message = "Level 1"
    end

    function draw()
    love.graphics.draw(message, 400, 300)
    end

It should work now, only difference is a removed 2nd draw in main.lua, and fixed a tiny bug.

[keyspinner]

Oh, thanks I see what you did!
I'm so blind, I should have realized there should be only 1 draw function.
Thank you.

[bartbes]

As you can see in my first few posts, everyone makes mistakes.
If you need any more help, don't be afraid to ask, that's what these forums are for.

[keyspinner]

Now I'm getting a runtime error
Stack traceback:
line 15 in main.lua for function in line 13
it tells me 'first' is a 'nil' value

[bartbes]

Yeah, missed that one, first.lua should have quotation marks around it as it's a string not a variable, so it should be

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love.filesystem.require("first.lua")

[keyspinner]

Thanks man, I'm just learning something new every minute,
let's hope this works.
Success! Thanks!