Coding Basics

A basic tutorial on how to initialise and use variables and datatypes within Crayta and using the API.

A basic tutorial on how to use functions in the Crayta API.

A basic tutorial on how to use if statements and the concept of tick in the Crayta API.

A basic tutorial on how to use the physics components such as thrusters and launch can be used to affect entities in your game.

How to access and customise the properties that you see in the editor from within a game script.

How to access the table properties within the Crayta API and knowing when to use the Colon and Dot Operators to access a method.

A basic tutorial on how to set and access local and public variables within the Crayta API.

Find out what vectors are and how and why you’d want to use them when creating a game in Crayta. Feel free to script along with Andy in this tutorial if you’re interested in making homing missiles or robots that will follow you around!

Here’s an introduction to some of the physics possibilities in Crayta. Creating a game and wondering how to add physics to certain items in it? Check out this tutorial by Andy Sargeant!

Here’s a quick introduction to variables and how you might use them. Andy talks about variables in the context of a timer here, which might be useful for your game!

Find out what an object request is and why you should get into the mindset of optimising your scripts when you create a game.

In this quick guide, Andy talks about how creators can use variable scope in ways to make it easier and better for coding.

In this tutorial, Andy will show how you can use conditional statements to affect your game logic in Crayta. Feel free to script along in the advanced mode of Crayta’s editor!

In this Crayta Masterclass, we’ll be taking a closer look at the Lua scripting side of Crayta as we build a football game from scratch.

A basic tutorial on the common shortcut keys you can use to navigate the code editor.

Learn more about programming patterns and how you can implement them in this scripting tutorial which features a dodgeball game!

We’ve updated our search functionality in the Crayta editor to allow globally searching across all scripts, widgets and more! In this tutorial Andy takes us through how to best use this update!

We’ve updated our search functionality in the Crayta editor to allow globally searching across all scripts, widgets and more! In this tutorial Andy takes us through how to best use this update!