I started a sort of space melee project, but it's a little bit more ambitious than I wanted for a first game. Using some resources for that, I just whipped up a simple lander clone. For some reason on Windows math.random() has some strange behavior. Controls are arrow keys and R. Update -- F will no...

I just got started with Love and Lua a couple of days ago and I find that I'm quite fond of it.
It fills a niche and I enjoy working with it, so I would say yes, it is necessary, or at the very least, appreciated.