Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Want to learn how to make games for the Playdate, but don't know how to program? No worries - in this video I'll go over basic programming concepts for complete beginners like variables, operators, and functions. I'll be teaching Lua, one of the languages you can use with the Playdate SDK. This is for people who want to use the Playdate SDK, and is not a guide for Pulp. If you want to learn Pulp, I have some videos for that on my channel as well.
Lua Demo Website: tutorialspoint.com/execute_lua_online.php
Setup the Playdate SDK: youtu.be/J0ufxinp7No
Check out my book "The Beginner's Guide to Lua for Game Development" that goes more in depth into this topic!
squidgod.itch.io/lua-for-game-development
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Variables
2:16 Data Types
3:22 Operators
3:27 Arithmetic Operators
4:19 Relational Operators
5:11 Logical Operators
5:56 Misc Operators
6:24 Conditionals
8:07 Functions
9:53 Scope
Support me on Patreon to help me make more of these videos and get access to my Playdate games/source code!: patreon.com/squidgoddev
Join my Discord (I'm very active!): discord.gg/kDM8RU4aFt
Follow me on Twitter (See what I'm working on early): twitter.com/SquidGodDev
I get my music and sfx from Epidemic Sound. Get 1 month free with my link! share.epidemicsound.com/njknzw
#Playdate #PlaydateSDK #lua
Want to learn how to make games for the Playdate, but don't know how to program? No worries - in this video I'll go over basic programming concepts for complete beginners like variables, operators, and functions. I'll be teaching Lua, one of the languages you can use with the Playdate SDK. This is for people who want to use the Playdate SDK, and is not a guide for Pulp. If you want to learn Pulp, I have some videos for that on my channel as well.
Lua Demo Website: tutorialspoint.com/execute_lua_online.php
Setup the Playdate SDK: youtu.be/J0ufxinp7No
Check out my book "The Beginner's Guide to Lua for Game Development" that goes more in depth into this topic!
squidgod.itch.io/lua-for-game-development
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Variables
2:16 Data Types
3:22 Operators
3:27 Arithmetic Operators
4:19 Relational Operators
5:11 Logical Operators
5:56 Misc Operators
6:24 Conditionals
8:07 Functions
9:53 Scope
Support me on Patreon to help me make more of these videos and get access to my Playdate games/source code!: patreon.com/squidgoddev
Join my Discord (I'm very active!): discord.gg/kDM8RU4aFt
Follow me on Twitter (See what I'm working on early): twitter.com/SquidGodDev
I get my music and sfx from Epidemic Sound. Get 1 month free with my link! share.epidemicsound.com/njknzw
#Playdate #PlaydateSDK #lua
