Top Lua Game development repositories on GitHub

Engines, libraries, sample games, and tools for game makers. Filtered to projects whose primary language is Lua.

Ranked by stars across 44 Lua repositories tagged game-development. Refreshed daily.

1
a327ex/BYTEPATH★ 1,519 · ⑂ 97
A replayable arcade shooter with a focus on build theorycrafting.
- game
- lua
- love2d
- gamedev
- indiedev
- indie
2
Planimeter/game-engine-2d★ 753 · ⑂ 68
Planimeter Game Engine 2D - LÖVE-based game engine for Lua
- 2d-game-engine
- game-development
- game-engine
- gamedev
- grid-sdk
- love2d
3
Quenty/NevermoreEngine★ 576 · ⑂ 143
ModuleScript loader with reusable and easy unified server-client modules for faster game development on Roblox
- roblox
- game-development
- lua
- nevermore
- rbxlua
4
a327ex/windfield★ 558 · ⑂ 64
Physics module for LÖVE
- lua
- love2d
- physics
- game-development
- box2d
5
NobleRobot/NobleEngine★ 501 · ⑂ 40
A li'l game engine for Playdate.
- playdate
- game-engine
- game-engine-2d
- lua
- game-development
- playdate-console
6
2DGD-F0TH/2DGD_F0TH★ 453 · ⑂ 19
[CC BY-NC-SA] A compendium of the community knowledge on game design and development
- gamedev
- development
- algorithms
- ebook
- game-development
- knowledge
7
jdriselvato/NDS-Homebrew-Development★ 352 · ⑂ 23
My research for developing on the Nintendo DS
- gamedev
- game-development
- nintendo
- nds-homebrew
8
Keyslam-Group/Concord★ 314 · ⑂ 25
A feature-complete ECS library
- ecs
- game-development
- lua
- love2d
9
lovetoys/lovetoys★ 304 · ⑂ 32
:banana: a full-featured Entity-Component-System framework for making games with lua
- entity-component-system
- game-development
- lua
- love2d
- gamejam
10
a327ex/STALKER-X★ 297 · ⑂ 25
Camera module for LÖVE
- lua
- love2d
- camera
- game-development
11
CapsAdmin/goluwa★ 244 · ⑂ 17
game engine and framework written in luajit
- game-engine
- luajit
- lua
- ffi
- luajit-ffi-bindings
- ffi-wrapper
12
TSnake41/raylib-lua★ 243 · ⑂ 19
A modern LuaJIT binding for raylib (also available at https://gitlab.com/TSnake41/raylib-lua)
- lua
- luajit
- raylib-lua
- raylib
- game-development
- raylib-binding
13
indiesoftby/defold-scene3d★ 189 · ⑂ 11
Scene3D is a collection of scripts, materials and tools to help you develop 3D games with the Defold game engine.
- defold
- defold-library
- defold-shaders
- game-development
- 3d
- 3d-graphics
14
a327ex/boipushy★ 165 · ⑂ 25
Input module for LÖVE
- lua
- love2d
- input
- gamepad
- game-development
15
adam10603/AC-Advanced-Gamepad-Assist★ 141 · ⑂ 8
A mod for Assetto Corsa that provides a highly customizable steering assist for controller and keyboard.
- assetto-corsa
- driving-simulator
- game
- game-development
- gamepad
- mod
16
thomasgoldstein/zabuyaki★ 128 · ⑂ 11
Zabuyaki, old-school side-scrolling beat 'em up
- retrogaming
- indiegame
- pixel-art
- love2d
- lua
- game-development
17
ace-dent/8x8.me★ 119 · ⑂ 5
Monotone, 8×8px fill patterns
- arduboy
- bitsy
- monotone
- patterns
- pico-8
- pixel-art
18
GamesRightMeow/playbit★ 111 · ⑂ 8
Playbit is a framework for creating cross-platform Playdate games from a single Lua codebase.
- game-development
- game-engine
- love2d
- lua
- playdate
- playdate-console
19
josh-perry/peachy★ 111 · ⑂ 16
A parser/renderer for Aseprite animations in LÖVE. :peach:
- love2d
- love
- love2d-framework
- animation
- graphics
- game-development
20
Oval-Tutu/shove★ 95 · ⑂ 6
A powerful resolution-handler and rendering library for LÖVE 📐
- game-development
- gamedev
- love2d
- love2d-framework
- lua
- aspect-ratio
21
JoebRogers/PICO-Tween★ 92 · ⑂ 3
A small library of tweening/easing functions for use in the PICO-8 fantasy console, inspired by Robert Penner's easing functions.
- pico-8
- pico8
- lua
- lua-library
- game
- game-development
22
ludenio/SuperWEIRDGameKit★ 87 · ⑂ 12
SuperWEIRD Game Kit contains six different visual styles and the gameplay logic of a shop/production simulator. The player fulfills customer orders and expands production. Made with Defold game engine.
- 2d
- 2d-game
- 2d-graphics
- 2d-simulation
- animation
- defold
23
jesstelford/pecs★ 87 · ⑂ 5
Entity Component System (ECS) for PICO-8 & Picotron
- pico-8
- entity-component-system
- game-development
- game-library
- lua
- picotron
24
indiesoftby/defold-yagames★ 74 · ⑂ 10
YaGames is the Yandex.Games SDK implementation for the Defold game engine.
- defold
- defold-library
- defold-game-engine
- browser-games
- html5-game-development
- yandex-games
25
a327ex/chrono★ 63 · ⑂ 7
Timer module for LÖVE
- lua
- love2d
- game-development
- timer
- tween

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