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Lua Game Development Cookbook

Over 70 recipes that will help you master the elements and best practices required to build a modern game engine using Lua

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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|Oct 2025
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Key Features

    Book Description

    This book is for all programmers and game enthusiasts who want to stop dreaming about creating a game, and actually create one from scratch.
    The reader should know the basics of programming and using the Lua language. Knowledge of the C/C++ programming language is not necessary, but it's strongly recommended in order to write custom Lua modules extending game engine capabilities or to rewrite parts of the Lua code into a more efficient form.
    Algebra and matrix operations are required in order to understand advanced topics in Chapter 4, Graphics – Legacy Method with OpenGL 1.x-2.1 and Chapter 5, Graphics – Modern Method with OpenGL 3.0+.
    Sample demonstrations are coupled with binary libraries for Windows and Linux operating systems for convenience.

    What you will learn

    • Set up OpenGL graphics along with GLSL shaders
    • Use lighting and graphical effects
    • Create animated game characters using Box2D library
    • Load and use textures, fonts, and 3D models
    • Design and implement a graphical user interface
    • Integrate simple Artificial Intelligence for pathfinding
    • Implement networking support
    • Use data structures in programming

    Who this book is for

    This book is for all programmers and game enthusiasts who want to stop dreaming about creating a game, and actually create one from scratch.

    Table of Contents

    1. Basics of the game engine
    2. Events
    3. Graphics: Common methods
    4. Graphics: Legacy method with OpenGL 1.x - 2.1
    5. Graphics: Modern method with OpenGL 3.0+
    6. User interface
    7. Physics and game mechanics
    8. Artificial intelligence
    9. Sounds
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-84951-551-1
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2015 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 360
    Related subjects:
    Computer sciences,
    Programming and languages

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