I wish this kind of book existed when I started programming for the Atari ST back in the late 80’s. It does a great job at condensing most of what beginners need to know when they start in one easily accessible place.  I would really recommend you read this if you just got the Playdate SDK and the idea  of making a game in Lua seems daunting. Even as an intermediate developer the book was a great refresher and gave me a few valuable tips. Thanks for demystifying Lua in this little book and for your great online tutorials. They’ve proven invaluable to me.

Thanks Stephan! Glad it was helpful :)

i have been trying to learn lua and get back into programming since Qbasic, Vbasic, Cobol and java in 1992.... ive tried Udemy, watched youtube, downloaded ebooks and lessons..... man this book you made easy to digest, precise examples, got me excited in learning again! You made it super understandable and easy to try each line. look forward to future books!!! I just redownloaded in 2025 and saw the book is so much longer now, i was truely suprised! its amazing!!! thank you again! im getting back into coding once again