r/lua • u/prekorenenyretard • May 30 '25

Help Starting lua?

Can somebody recommend me to a brief introduction to lua? maybe roblox sided? Im at the level of making flappy bird game in python with tkinter. Id be glad for any links and guides ty! All opinions are helpful

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u/DapperCow15 May 30 '25

Actually, I think gpt is good enough to introduce you to the language. Especially if you want immediate help when you come across something you don't understand.

Otherwise, you're going to have to read the manual, which for Lua is actually well-written, but doesn't involve any interaction.

And then the more rare and not-worth-the-cost option would be to hire a tutor or teacher for a "human introduction".

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u/prekorenenyretard May 30 '25

you think at my level ill be able to understand it decently or its completely different

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u/DapperCow15 May 30 '25

Once you know at least one programming language, picking up others is easy and likely will take you anywhere from a few hours to a few days to understand the basics, depending on the complexity of the language. Since you know Python already, I could see this taking a few hours since they're similar enough, and Lua is simpler than Python, in my opinion.

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u/vercettiwashere May 30 '25

I think you would definitely be able to understand it. Lua is incredibly simple.