Taking my hand at Lua

[jwalker]

It is, but he can use it as a reference once he learns more about how to program.

[cyanophycean314]

This is basically the menu I used in my first few games. You can change it to to be more flexible, and use objects (I don't think you know that yet.)

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--Menu function on.paint(gc) if not init then x = 25 y = 65 val = 1 end gc:drawString("Option 1",40,60,"top") gc:drawString("Option 2",40,75,"top") gc:drawString("Option 3",40,90,"top") gc:drawString("Option 4",40,105,"top") gc:fillRect(x,y,10,10) end function on.arrowKey(dir) --Moves the cursor if dir == "up" then y = y - 15 val = val - 1 elseif dir == "down" then y = y + 15 val = val + 1 end --Wrap around if val == 0 then y = 110 val = 4 elseif val == 5 then y = 65 val = 1 end platform.window:invalidate() end function on.enterKey() if val == "whatever you want" then "DO THIS" elseif val == "this option" then "DO THIS" end platform.window:invalidate() end