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Glu is a cross-platform GUI for Lua scripts. Lua programmers can use it to create games, applications, images, etc. Created by Andrew Trevorrow, Chris Rowett and Tom Rokicki.

NEWS:

  • February 2023: Glu version 0.9 for Windows/Mac/Linux has been released.
  • February 2023: Added VortexMath to the curated collection.
  • January 2023: Added Mandelbrot and Template to the curated collection.
  • December 2022: Added new versions of DominoLife and TrappedKnight.
  • March 2022: Added MegaWordle to the curated collection, a variant of Wordle
    that can be played using words or numbers with 3 to 9 letters or digits.

Glu's key features:

  • Free and open source (MIT license).
  • Runs on Windows (7+), macOS (10.11+) and Linux (with GTK 2.x).
  • Includes numerous example scripts, from simple to complex.
  • More scripts can be downloaded from a curated collection.
  • Simple API with integrated HTML-based documentation.

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startup.lua

CanvasDemo.lua

CrossCards.lua

Breakout.lua

Rubik'sCube.lua

SlidingBlocks.lua

RandomGraphs.lua

Samples.lua

svg.lua

bouncing-ball.lua

polygons.lua

squircle.lua

text-effects.lua

transforms.lua

escape-codes.lua

The curated collection

The following screenshots show some of the scripts in the curated collection. They can be downloaded by selecting "Download Script..." from Glu's File menu.


Dilemma.lua

DominoLife.lua

Mandelbrot.lua

MegaWordle.lua

Numble.lua

TrappedKnight.lua

VortexMath.lua