Coding with Roblox Lua in 24 hours : the official Roblox guide.

Call Number

  • 794.81513 C6699 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

[Indianapolis, Indiana] : Pearson, [2022]

Physical Description

ix, 370 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Summary

Teaches Roblox game developers the skills and techniques needed to master the essentials of Lua programming in 24 lessons of one hour or less.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Coding your first project
  • Properties and variables
  • Creating and using functions
  • Working with parameters and arguments
  • Conditional structures
  • Debouncing and debugging
  • While loops
  • For loops
  • Working with arrays
  • Working with dictionaries
  • Client versus server
  • Remote events: one-way communication
  • Using modulescripts
  • Coding in 3D world space
  • Smoothly animating objects
  • Solving problems with algorithms
  • Saving data
  • Creating a game loop
  • Monetization: one-time purchases
  • Object-oriented programming
  • Inheritance
  • Raycasting
  • Plopping objects in an experience: part 1
  • Plopping objects in an experience: part 2
  • Appendix A: Roblox basics.