Roblox Lua Scripting Essentials
eBook - ePub

Roblox Lua Scripting Essentials

A Step-by-Step Guide

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Roblox Lua Scripting Essentials

A Step-by-Step Guide

About this book

Embark on a transformative journey through the exciting world of Roblox Lua scripting with this comprehensive hands-on guide. Tailored to game developers, both seasoned and new, this book serves as your roadmap to mastering the art and science of Lua scripting within the dynamic Roblox Studio environment.

You'll explore a wide spectrum of foundational concepts, including variables, functions, loops, tables, arrays, and more. Delve into advanced topics like raycasting, object-oriented programming with humanoids, and intricate leaderboard systems. Each chapter is crafted with real-world examples and step-by-step tutorials, empowering you to create engaging and interactive gameplay experiences.

You'll gain profound insights into modularization, efficient coding practices, and techniques to optimize your scripts, paving the way to elevate your game development to an entirely new plane of creativity and complexity. You'll also discover sophisticated scripting concepts, such as custom events, and client-server communication. 

Invest in your future as a Roblox developer today, and let this book be your guide to crafting extraordinary gaming experiences. Roblox Lua Scripting Essentials provides the insight, tools, and guidance needed to shape your unique path in this thrilling domain of game development.

What You'll Learn

  • Wield variables, functions, loops, conditionals, arrays, and more to create dynamic gameplay elements
  • Explore the principles of object-oriented programming, and modularization techniques to develop clean, efficient, and organized code
  • Understand the complex client-server relationships, custom events, and multiplayer functionalities that bring games to life
  • Discover the power of modular coding, enabling you to create more organized and maintainable code bases
  • Lay down a robust foundation in Lua scripting for Roblox

Who This Book Is For

This book is meticulously crafted to serve a diverse array of readers, ranging from complete beginners to intermediate developers.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1. Introduction
  4. 2. Working with Parts
  5. 3. Variables, Scope, Arrays, Operators, and Conditionals
  6. 4. Loops
  7. 5. Objects, Data Types, and Properties
  8. 6. Functions and Events
  9. 7. Roblox Services
  10. 8. Task Library and Module Scripts
  11. 9. Understanding Players, Characters, and Humanoids in Roblox
  12. 10. Raycasting
  13. 11. Tables and Object-Oriented Programming
  14. Back Matter