--- title: Best Lua posts — October 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Lua posts from October 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/lua/best-of/2024/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/lua/best-of/2024/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Lua posts — October 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Lua posts from October 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Lua — October 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-game-with-carimbo-my-homemade-engine-dcj8bzjss "My First Game with Carimbo, My Homemade Engine") Article Hacker News·2y My First Game with Carimbo, My Homemade Engine The author shares their experience of creating a game engine named Carimbo and developing a game for their son using C++17 for the engine and Lua for scripting. They detail aspects such as resource management, the postal service for message passing inspired by Erlang, and the game loop mechanics, highlighting homemade coding as a labor of love similar to their father's handmade toys. 36 3 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/from-0-to-ide-in-neovim-from-scratch-free-course-ep-1-zks2h0hum "From 0 to IDE in NEOVIM from scratch | FREE COURSE // EP 1") Video Community Picks·2y From 0 to IDE in NEOVIM from scratch | FREE COURSE // EP 1 This post introduces a new video series that aims to transform Neovim into a fully functional IDE through a detailed configuration process. The first episode covers the basics like setting up the initial configuration file (init.lua), choosing and installing a package manager (lazy.nvim), and installing initial packages such as a color scheme (Catppuccin), fuzzy finder (Telescope), and code highlighter/indenter (Tree-sitter). The series is designed for users already familiar with Vim/Neovim who want to elevate their configuration skills. 27 2 [See all Lua archives](/tags/lua/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/lua/best-of/2024/10#page","url":"https://daily.dev/tags/lua/best-of/2024/10","name":"Best Lua Posts — October 2024","description":"The most upvoted Lua posts from October 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/lua/best-of/2024/10#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/my-first-game-with-carimbo-my-homemade-engine-dcj8bzjss","name":"My First Game with Carimbo, My Homemade Engine"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/from-0-to-ide-in-neovim-from-scratch-free-course-ep-1-zks2h0hum","name":"From 0 to IDE in NEOVIM from scratch | FREE COURSE // EP 1"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tags","item":"https://daily.dev/tags"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lua","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/lua"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/lua/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"October 2024"}]}]} ```