Background

I’ve been studying C++ for a long time,

but after discovering love2d, I decided to start learning a scripting language.

This is my first scripting language, and I have no prior experience with JavaScript.

The repository contains a card game I’m developing.

It’s a poker game using numbers up to 7.

Problem

I’m confused because the syntax is completely different from C++, and there’s no concept of “tables” or “types.” I don’t know

how to write the code.

While concepts like C++ classes and functions make sense to me,

I’m confused because everything is a table.

I’d like to use this language to develop quickly without worrying about types, in a way that feels like Lua.

What I Want to Know

I want to know what I should keep in mind.

I often hear that

You can write code in any format.

I kept this in mind and built it like C++, but it somehow lacks that fast, free-form feel of a scripting language where tables are central.

As it stands, it feels like I’ve just ported C++ to Lua—it doesn’t feel like Lua at all.

GitHub: https://github.com/amagi-dev/card

I’ve been working on a game engine using the SDL3 GPU for a few weeks now.

It quickly turned into a mess, and I couldn’t make any progress—it’s become a cycle of “think → time to sleep.”

Even if I force myself to keep going despite the mess, it inevitably falls apart.

Keep going even though it’s a mess → It falls apart

Try to figure out how to avoid the mess → Time to sleep—no progress

How do you all keep your projects moving forward?

https://preview.redd.it/8sj7wmgn2nqh1.png?width=2610&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd94afda9c98da7f6db73ed2220df4ca4f5dd42c

ただのモチベ記録スレッドだけど。ImGuizmoというImGuiの拡張ライブライを入れたらようやく

ゲームエンジンらしくなってきた。まだ完成まで道のりは長いけど完成させたい。

最近わかったことは。細かいことはいいからまず。手を動かしてみることと、最適化は後回しでとりあえず動くコードを作っってからの方がどんな情報や処理が必要かわかるから。そっちの方が効率高い。

取り得ずほしいエンジン機能は

アニメーションとパーティクルはぜひつけたいと思ってる。

.hlslシェーダーもLLMのおかげもあって結構作れる。

Github: https://github.com/cedricguillemet/imguizmo