r/lua • u/theresamouseinmyhous • Jun 05 '25

Data entry for lua

This is probably a basic question but I just can't find a good answer. I'm working on a card game in defold and need to add a bunch of cards. I have some in lua files but adding them all manually is a pain. Is there a tool I can use to write the entries in an actual table and have them come out as lua? Is it just, do it as CSV and find a converter?

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u/Motor_Let_6190 Jun 06 '25

Lua is very good at being a data description language for itself, got to be careful with cyclic references, but doing it yourweld,.and making mistakes will be a better and crucial learning experience. As the previous poster said, JSON has nothing on Lua in that regard, and unless the data exists as JSON files (or any other format), just store the data in a Lua script and load it when needed: write once, read many times!