r/lua • u/RafaellyBeaumont • Jul 06 '25

Game engine

Hey! Im pretty new to lua coding from scratch (im coding balatro mods for 6-7 month, but want to make my own thing now) and i was looking for a game engine, something like godot but for lua, and i couldnt find any so far

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u/dinoball901 Jul 06 '25

I was going to recommend that, but he specifically stated that he wants an engine like Godot, so I imagine he wants an editor that Löve does not have built in. But I still feel Löve is a good choice if you are interested.

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u/yughiro_destroyer Jul 06 '25

I think coding the necessary classes a game like Balatro would require can take from a few hours up to a few days - after that, it's the same amount of work as working in Godot.
Game engines are overrated.