I'm not sure if this is the right forum section to ask this, but my 16 yo son and I are teaming up on the GameOff jam. He wants to do it in Lua because he aspires to be a game developer when he's older. He has a bit of Python experience, not much JavaScript experience, and that's it. I am a software engineer with experience in JavaScript, Java & SpringBoot, Angular, a bit of React, NodeJS and a few other things. Neither of us have any experience with C/C++. We're doing tutorials on Lua for the game jam.
Can we make a game in Lua without knowing C or C++? I was trying to find an answer on the internet, but my search results were not very on point. I know Lua is frequently embedded in other languages. Can we use Java/Spring Boot or Node or something else to run our Lua in? I just don't know if we could, in one month, learn C or C++ PLUS Lua PLUS LOVE2D AND also build the game itself.
And I know we might be better off using another language besides Lua, but my son really wants to do Lua for the experience, so I'm not looking for other language suggestions, just for advice on using Lua (and LOVE2D) to build our game.
Thanks!