raylib-lua

LuaJIT-based binding for raylib, a simple and easy-to-use library to learn videogames programming.

This binding is partially based on raylib-wren/wray.

Usage (raylua_s)

raylua_s is the script-mode binary of raylib-lua. Without any argument, you get into the REPL which gives you a minimal Lua shell that allows you to run Lua code from terminal.

You can specify a Lua file as argument to run the specified Lua file.

Usage (raylua_e)

raylua_e is the embedding-mode binary of raylib-lua.

This binary allows you to build standalone raylib applications from Lua code.

There are 3 ways to use it :

• zip mode : If you specify a zip file as argument, this zip will be used as payload application, this file expects to have a main.lua which is the entry point of the application.
• directory mode : Similar to zip mode except that it automatically build the zip payload from the specified directory.
• lua mode : Build the executable from a single Lua file.

Using require in embedded mode works as expected but dofile and loadfile may not work as expected as these functions load from a external file rather than from package loaders.

Building / Updating Raylib / Contribution

To build raylib-lua from source, you need to take care that submodules are imported, if not or you are unsure :

git submodule init
git submodule update

A Lua working interpreter is needed, by default luajit is used, to override it, edit LUA variable in makefile.

This make take some time depending on network bandwidth. Then, raylib-lua should build as expected using make tool with a working C compiler.

If you need to update raylib binding, there are few tasks to do :

• update tools/api.h functions signatures, keep file clean with exactly one function per line.
• update struct definitions in src/raylib.lua

Loading embedded ressources

Currently, raylib-lua doesn't support loading ressources from payload using raylib API. However, you can still arbitrarily load files from payload using raylua.loadfile which returns a boolean indicating success and file content.

Making structs

To make raylib structs, you need to use the LuaJIT FFI.

local ffi = require "ffi"

Then use ffi.new to make a struct, e.g ffi.new("Color", r, g, b, a)

Note concerning pointers

As LuaJIT doesn't support pointer dereferencing, you need to build a single-element array, e.g

local image = ffi.new("Image[1]")

In this case, to access the element of image, you need to do image[0]. The pointer you can pass is image.

Example

rl.SetConfigFlags(rl.FLAG_VSYNC_HINT)
rl.SetTargetFPS(60)

rl.InitWindow(800, 450, "raylib [core] example - basic window")

while not rl.WindowShouldClose() do
	rl.BeginDrawing()

	rl.ClearBackground(rl.RAYWHITE)
	rl.DrawText("Congrats! You created your first window!", 190, 200, 20, rl.LIGHTGRAY)

	rl.EndDrawing()
end

rl.CloseWindow()

Compatibility

raylib-lua (raylua) is currently compatible with raylib v3.0 API. There is currently no support for rlgl and raygui, but it may be considered in the future.

Global API

You can make raylib-lua (raylua) partially compatible with original raylib-lua or raylib-lua-sol with global API by adding setmetatable(_G, { __index = rl }) on the first line.

This will allow direct use of raylib binding through globals instead of rl table.

Other bindings

raylib-lua (raylua) is not the only Lua binding for raylib.

There are some other bindings, which may or may not be up to date.

RobLoach/raylib-lua-sol

raysan5/raylib-lua

HDPLocust/raylib-luamore

alexander-matz ffi binding

Licence

Copyright (C) 2020 Astie Teddy

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.