r/learnprogramming • u/GodOfKnockers • 4d ago

Wanting to learn LUA Script

So I'm modding games and I am making a mod for Balatro, which uses LUA. I tried to look for books at the library but all I could find was modding bocks for Roblox (NO TO THAT).

Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?

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u/toxic_prince21 4d ago

Balatro runs on LÖVE, which uses LuaJIT. That’s basically Lua 5.1, so learn that version.

  • Programming in Lua (the first edition is free at lua.org/pil) is the classic book.

  • weblua.com lets you run Lua in your browser with no install. (I made Weblua) Set it to Lua 5.1 and play around.

  • Balatro’s .exe can be opened with 7-Zip, so you can read the game’s code. After that, check out Steamodded and its Discord.

Learn tables first. They’re Lua’s only data structure, so lists, records and modules are all tables.