In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Coding with Roblox Lua in 24 Hours: The Official Roblox Guide helps you learn all the skills and techniques you'll need to code your own Roblox experiences. Perfect for beginners, each short and easy lesson builds upon everything that's come before, helping you quickly master the essentials of Lua programming. Step-by-step instructions walk you through common questions, issues, and tasks; Q&As, Quizzes, and Exercises build and test your knowledge; "Did You Know?" tips offer insider advice and shortcuts; and "Watch Out!" alerts help you avoid pitfalls.

Includes index (pages 355-370). "User level: beginning to intermediate"--Back cover.

Coding your first project -- Properties and variables -- Creating and using functions -- Working with parameters and arguments -- Conditional structures -- Debouncing and debugging -- While loops -- For loops -- Working with arrays -- Working with dictionaries -- Client versus server -- Remote events: one-way communication -- Using modulescripts -- Coding in 3D world space -- Smoothly animating objects -- Solving problems with algorithms -- Saving data -- Creating a game loop -- Monetization: one-time purchases -- Object-oriented programming -- Inheritance -- Raycasting -- Plopping objects in an experience: part 1 -- Plopping objects in an experience: part 2 -- Appendix A: Roblox basics.