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what about lua/love/corona?

• boneheadmed 15y ago
  I've thought of using Lua and if I recall correctly, work has been done to develop iPhone games with Lua as well? Ah, where is the time?
  • ibisum 15y ago
    Lua is absolutely fantastic for doing cross-platform games that support Windows, Chrome, iOS and Android from the same codebase. For some great examples of 'next generation' Lua-based engines to do cross-platform development, check out moai: http://getmoai.com http://getmoai.com and maratis3d: http://maratis3d http://maratis3d - Both tools are excellent resources for people who want to write games in a smart, friendly, efficient (quite fast!) language..
  • shaunxcode 15y ago
    yeah corona sdk (which is not free, but seems to be worth the price of entry from my dabbling) compiles for iphone and android from common lua codebase. The api docs are easy to read, tons of examples and plugins (box2d etc.). I threw together an ipad app for my "boiling water" game I've been joking about for years with corona in about an hour having only ever looked at lua from afar. If you grok js/ruby/python than lua will be simple.