About Mochalua

In mid 2008, the company Groundspeak, Inc. had a need to convert Lua to J2ME for a GPS-based gaming platform where custom location-based adventures are built in Lua. Groundspeak worked with Nikitova to complete this project and Groundspeak now maintains and improves on the code base.

This is the resulting code that has been made open source under the MIT License. The hope is that others will support and continue to improve the code to support mobile device development with Lua.

Assumptions

The code was developed under the following assumptions:

• Lua will be ported from C to J2ME CLDC 1.1 (with floating operations).
• All Java methods will have the same names as original C functions and will be placed in one Java class.
• The Java version of Lua will be tested on the Sun WTK 2.5 emulator.
• This would be a port of Lua version 5.1.3.
• The original code release will not contain any device specific fixes.

If you want to make the drink, combine Kahlua, Grand Marnier, and Irish Cream in a hot mocha latte.

About Groundspeak

Groundspeak, located in Seattle, Washington, enables people to create and share interactive location-based experiences in the real world using a unique combination of technology and the internet. Groundspeak started in 2000 to manage Geocaching.com, the global headquarters for the sport of geocaching. Geocaching was the first activity to combine Global Positioning System technology and the Internet for real-world treasure hunting.

Groundspeak continues to develop tools to help GPS enthusiasts create unique adventures in the real world. Learn more at http://www.groundspeak.com