🌙 Lua Scripting for Game Engines: Sub-Curriculum Index

Welcome to the Lua Scripting for Game Engines curriculum. This track covers Lua from core syntax and metatable-based object orientation to C++ virtual stack embedding, Love2D game development, and LuaJIT FFI memory optimization.

Every guide in this series strictly follows a two-part learning format:

  • ⚡ Quick Dive: Syntax cheat sheets, metamethod tables, and code one-liners.
  • 📖 Extended Guide: Complete runnable Lua/C++ scripts, prototype inheritance patterns, and zero-allocation 60 FPS optimizations.

📚 Curriculum Roadmap

# Guide Primary Topics Covered
01 Lua Language Fundamentals & Tables Dynamic typing, 1-based indexing, tables as universal data structures, multiple return values, closures, and coroutines.
02 Metatables & OOP Patterns Metamethods (__index, __newindex, __gc), prototype inheritance, operator overloading, and class instantiation.
03 Embedding Lua in C & C++ The Lua C virtual stack API, pushing/popping types, registering C callbacks, and running external Lua scripts.
04 Love2D Game Framework Architecture Love2D lifecycle callbacks (load, update, draw), canvas render targets, input handling, and SpriteBatch draw call optimization.
05 LuaJIT & Performance Optimization LuaJIT trace compiler, FFI C-struct bindings, table allocation reuse, and eliminating GC pauses in 60 FPS loops.
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