And for artists who are looking to hop the fence and try making games themselves, the LÖVE engine, which utilises the easy-to-learn Lua programming language, could be a fantastic way to get started.

If you don't want to learn Java there are alternative SDKs for Android. Corona uses the Lua programming language and it is ideal for writing mobile games.

Back in 2004, Telltale Games developed an in-house game engine called the Telltale Tool. Built using Lua programming language, this engine supported every Telltale release for over a decade, from ...