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Hey all, just wanted to say high and introduce myself and get some pointers in the right direction. I have some programming experience, mainly in java and C++, with some python. I have never played with Lua but I have heard of it. I would like to get right to working on a game, but I have no real clue on what of anything I should start with. I'd really appreciate the help guys.

Cheers!

Hello and welcome!

The Wiki has lots of information you'd want to read (and the documentation is of course rather useful), and if you have a more specific question, the forum is always open to that sort of thing.

If you want to get started with making games, I'd suggest reading some tutorials and start from simple nonsense games (of which you can find huge amounts on the forums).

Also, Programming in Lua is warmly recommended to get familiar with Lua.

Don't forget to mention #love on irc.freenode.net! We're a (somewhat overly) friendly bunch and can often help if you get stuck on some problem.

Don't worry, Lua is a wonderful language. If you can code in C++ and Java, you'll have no problem figuring it out. One thing you may need to keep in mind is that Lua, by default, is more procedural than object-oriented. But if you prefer OOP, you can do like many others and use Lua's powerful metatable functionality to turn it into an object-oriented language.

I appreciate the replies guys, I'll be sure to drop by the IRC to say hello. I started working on tutorials for some basic games, Lua is interesting, a bit like python in terms of it's relatively lax programming style, which I like over the other OO langs.

I'm kind of new too. Still getting used to the vibe.