It’s dangerous to go alone.
Game development is rife with obstacles and moving parts that don’t necessarily play well with one another. And you, the scripter, is in charge of making it all work.
Fortunately, you are not alone in this. Roblox and Lua are equipped with very useful built in utilities available to assist you.
So before we delve deeper into the API, this is a good time to visit some of the tools that will accompany you during your game development journey.
This chapter is by no means exhaustive but we will attempt to cover many of common ones that will also become relevant in later chapters.