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by DaedalusYoung
Sun Jul 21, 2013 11:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Engine talk stuff
Replies: 127
Views: 40706

Re: Engine talk stuff

I agree, people just jump in and start recording, don't think about what they're going to do, so they're searching for everything; they don't edit their tutorials to cut out all the stuff where nothing's happening, decent editors aren't that hard to find anymore, if you absolutely must, use Movie Ma...
by DaedalusYoung
Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:43 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Engine talk stuff
Replies: 127
Views: 40706

Re: Engine talk stuff

Yeah, I've taught myself PHP, HTML, CSS, and long, long ago even BASIC, so now I'm adding Lua (also wrote a script or two in JavaScript, but not really worth noting). It just helps to have a good explanation of concepts (such as metatables) to better understand and thus see where while programming o...
by DaedalusYoung
Sat Jul 20, 2013 7:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Engine talk stuff
Replies: 127
Views: 40706

Re: Engine talk stuff

The front page of the LÖVE wiki even lists several resources for learning Lua right in the middle of the page. :) Thanks, yeah, I read those all, I've watched several Lua tutorials, I've read a lot, but I've yet to see one that explains stuff properly, and with decent examples. I'm always still loo...
by DaedalusYoung
Sat Jul 20, 2013 6:16 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Engine talk stuff
Replies: 127
Views: 40706

Re: Engine talk stuff

Why can't you start a wikibook? What's going wrong, do you get some error? Also, about tutorials, I was very disappointed looking or good tutorials. Especially when you're just starting out, they assume too many things, don't explain the need for anything. For example, tutorials about Lua and LÖVE j...
by DaedalusYoung
Mon Jul 15, 2013 12:27 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: Planetoid - a project to help me learn Lua and LÖVE
Replies: 6
Views: 2950

Re: Planetoid - a project to help me learn Lua and LÖVE

I suppose I could, but I don't think I'll implement it in this game. When I make something more serious, I will definitely try to do that. It's something I don't like in other games, if they don't offer my personally preferred option. Just because a gamedev likes WASD + mouse himself, doesn't mean e...
by DaedalusYoung
Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:14 am
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: Planetoid - a project to help me learn Lua and LÖVE
Replies: 6
Views: 2950

Re: Planetoid - a project to help me learn Lua and LÖVE

Thanks! Well, for a starting project like this, I didn't really want to bother with the mouse. I personally don't like mice myself, they do nothing you can't already do with the keyboard. I grew up with a computer without mouse, pressing spacebar was the accepted way of selecting something. So that'...
by DaedalusYoung
Sun Jul 14, 2013 9:24 pm
Forum: Games and Creations
Topic: Planetoid - a project to help me learn Lua and LÖVE
Replies: 6
Views: 2950

Planetoid - a project to help me learn Lua and LÖVE

Hi. I'm new, recently discovered LÖVE and decided it looked cool enough for me to try and get something working. Although I have experience coding PHP, I've never really made a game, though I have done a fair bit of programming way back with BASIC. So for a first project, I just figured I'd do somet...