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Hello Zomboid community!

 

So I stumbled across this thing that might be somewhat irrelevant to PZ modding, but indeed relevant to beginners of LUA.

 

It's a game (RPG like) where you code yourself through dungeons.

 

It's called Code Combat.

http://codecombat.com/

 

I think it's a great start if you want to mod PZ, but don't really know how.

 

I hope you like it!

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Hello Zomboid community!

 

So I stumbled across this thing that might be somewhat irrelevant to PZ modding, but indeed relevant to beginners of LUA.

 

It's a game (RPG like) where you code yourself through dungeons.

 

It's called Code Combat.

http://codecombat.com/

 

I think it's a great start if you want to mod PZ, but don't really know how.

 

I hope you like it!

Thank you for this

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Hello Zomboid community!

 

So I stumbled across this thing that might be somewhat irrelevant to PZ modding, but indeed relevant to beginners of LUA.

 

It's a game (RPG like) where you code yourself through dungeons.

 

It's called Code Combat.

http://codecombat.com/

 

I think it's a great start if you want to mod PZ, but don't really know how.

 

I hope you like it!

 

Quite cool  - I've got a bit of experience with Java but Lua, for whatever reason, tends to throw me in a loop. A great resource, really :)

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Hello Zomboid community!

 

So I stumbled across this thing that might be somewhat irrelevant to PZ modding, but indeed relevant to beginners of LUA.

 

It's a game (RPG like) where you code yourself through dungeons.

 

It's called Code Combat.

http://codecombat.com/

 

I think it's a great start if you want to mod PZ, but don't really know how.

 

I hope you like it!

 

Quite cool  - I've got a bit of experience with Java but Lua, for whatever reason, tends to throw me in a loop.

Take this with you:

if self:language("lua") then

   break

end

Should get you out of your loop

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Not a bad little game. Shame microtransactions and a request to buy a subscription for precious gems happens so soon.

Yep, can't even finish the first level without being required to subsribe for $9.99 a month. Ah, I see, you can move past that specific "blue circle, silver star" level without a subscription, but you'll find gaps in its teachings. e.g. they left out "if var then x else y end" which you'll need to know for the second stage. (Ah ha, appears to be bugs in the arrow of destiny, and some non-linear options in the level maps.)

Hmm: http://opensource.com/education/15/7/codewars-codecombat-review

A nice alternative might have been Code Academy, but they do not supoort Lua: https://www.codecademy.com

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Not a bad little game. Shame microtransactions and a request to buy a subscription for precious gems happens so soon.

Yep, can't even finish the first level without being required to subsribe for $9.99 a month. Ah, I see, you can move past that specific "blue circle, silver star" level without a subscription, but you'll find gaps in its teachings. e.g. they left out "if var then x else y end" which you'll need to know for the second stage. (Ah ha, appears to be bugs in the arrow of destiny, and some non-linear options in the level maps.)

Hmm: http://opensource.com/education/15/7/codewars-codecombat-review

A nice alternative might have been Code Academy, but they do not supoort Lua: https://www.codecademy.com

I was confused with all the microtransactions at the start too, but turns out they're not really such a big part. I've spent hours on it without paying, and I didn't miss any lessons. It is not necessary at all to subscribe or pay for stuff.

 

Code Academy is a very nice website, and I've spent some time on that website too. They seem to focus on web development, although they just introduced Java.

 

I actually found CodeCombat because I wanted something like Code Academy.

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