LÖVE

Hello. I'm pretty new to lua and love 2d but want to learn.
Yes I know about the wiki and all the links and even the examples file but I learn best by tinkering and seeing how things work (when reading manuals I usually get bored and give up, and when I read tutorials I often just do it and learn nothing)


I've been messing around with the examples files and stuff but I don't really know where to go

So basically I am wondering
Anyone got any challenges for me to try and do?
Or got some more complex sample code that I could mess around with?

Thanks!

Seeing a game through from start to finish is always a challenge. Many people start out with game archetypes like Snake, Pong, Space Invaders, etc. I recommend choosing a simple game like that and seeing how good of a clone you can make.

Even though this contest is over, you could still look at it as a challenge for yourself: 4KB Explosions Contest.

Personally, I think the forum could use more contests like this.

slime wrote:Seeing a game through from start to finish is always a challenge. Many people start out with game archetypes like Snake, Pong, Space Invaders, etc. I recommend choosing a simple game like that and seeing how good of a clone you can make.

Making a game in a game jam almost seemed like a rite of passage to me.

benloran wrote:Even though this contest is over, you could still look at it as a challenge for yourself: 4KB Explosions Contest.

Personally, I think the forum could use more contests like this.

Run one!

Implement a multi-level menu, with a cursor. Make the menu items actually do stuff (toggle window size, change cursor color, exit the game, that kind of thing). Don't put it on top of a game, just design a really nice, clean menu. You'll learn a lot about how data in Lua works that way, without getting distracted by other intricacies.

I actually have a set of challenges already made. It's called lua missions.

You will not learn LÖVE with them, but there's plenty of Lua there.