complex GUIs and artificial intelligence. If you?re a developer just starting to use Lua, or you?re considering using it, Game Development with Lua will teach you everything you need to know. And if you?re new to scripting languages altogether, this book will also teach you how they can be used in game development effectively. Written by practicing Lua game developers, the book teaches how to use Lua for commercial game development. It begins with a brief history of Lua and explains how to incorporate Lua into a C++ project. It details the key features and advantages of Lua and then takes you through the development of a ?rapid prototype? game called Take Away. This game provides the context with which to explore the foundational C++ approaches and the Lua scripting approaches to saving and loading game data, building a modular and flexible GUI system, managing a game?s real-time events through Lua scripts, and using Lua to define and control game AI. There are also several smaller games along with a full technology base, so even non-programmers can look under the hood to see what makes a game tick. If you?re looking for an efficient, affordable, and easy-to-learn language for your games, Lua is the right choice and this book will teach you how to use it effectively.

Paul Schuytema　資深遊戲開發專傢兼Lua開發工程師，在遊戲開發領域研究和實踐10餘年，積纍瞭豐富的經驗。曾經在過去的10屆全球遊戲開發大會（GDC）中發錶過重要演講，在遊戲開發領域頗有影響力。他設計並開發瞭20餘款經典的遊戲，發錶瞭200多篇與遊戲開發相關的專業文章，而且他還是多本書籍的作者或閤著者。

Mark Manyen　資深遊戲開發專傢兼Lua開發工程師，Magic Lantern的技術總監，在超過25款遊戲中指導並使用瞭該技術。他在Magic Lantern's J5 技術套件中引入瞭Lua，並且開發瞭所有與J5代碼庫相關聯的“Lua Glue”函數。