- Lua Game Development Cookbook
- Table of Contents
- Lua Game Development Cookbook
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Basics of the Game Engine
- Introduction
- Preparing a basic file structure for the game engine
- Making a stack
- Making a queue
- Making a prioritized queue
- Extending ipairs for use in sparse arrays
- Creating Lua modules
- Handling errors with pcall, xpcall, and assert
- Using Lua with existing projects written in C/C++
- Getting LuaSDL for libSDL 1.2
- Designing the main application loop with LuaSDL
- 2. Events
- 3. Graphics – Common Methods
- Introduction
- Creating a window in libSDL
- Creating surfaces
- Surfaces manipulation
- Using colors
- Cursor manipulation
- Initializing the graphics mode with OpenGL
- Getting OpenGL information
- Using OpenGL extensions with GLEW and Lua
- Loading images with SDL_image
- Creating textures
- Loading and using bitmap fonts
- Loading and using TrueType fonts
- Displaying the text
- Creating texture atlas with the rover-design pattern
- Using tiles and tilesets in the game
- 4. Graphics – Legacy Method with OpenGL 1.x–2.1
- 5. Graphics – Modern Method with OpenGL 3.0+
- 6. The User Interface
- 7. Physics and Game Mechanics
- Introduction
- Using Box2D with Lua
- Using vector math
- Choosing the correct vector scaling for the physics engine
- Creating static and dynamic objects
- Setting up object properties
- Moving objects
- Setting up bullets
- Running the physics simulation
- Detecting object collision
- Setting up object collision filtering
- Setting up object joints
- 8. Artificial Intelligence
- 9. Sounds and Networking
- Index
Mário Kašuba achieved a master's degree in applied informatics at Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, where he used the Lua language in 3D robotics simulations and developed various multimedia applications along with a few computer games.
Currently, he is the co-owner and chief information officer of an IT Academy company, while he also leads courses on C/C++, PHP, Linux, Databases, Typo3, Silverstripe CMS, VMware virtualization, and the Microsoft Windows Server operating system.
He also works as the head web developer and system administrator for the web portal http://www.rodinka.sk/.
I would like to acknowledge the support provided by my family, friends, and colleagues. I am particularly grateful to the members of the Lua users community who helped me with the reviewing process. I would also like to thank the staff at Packt Publishing for their guidance and valuable support.
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