lua-emoji
I put together a module that allows you to convert text to Unicode emojis as you would in a chat client like Discord.
For example:
local emoji = require(path.to.emoji)
print(emoji("emojis are :ok_hand:!"))
-- output: emojis are 👌!
lua-emoji also supports skin tones!
emoji() takes an optional second argument for the skin tone. Available skin tones are
emoji.Lightemoji.Darkemoji.MediumLightemoji.MediumDarkemoji.Medium
print(emoji(":thumbsup:", emoji.MediumDark))
-- output: 👍🏾
Skin tones can also be added for individual emojis using the suffixes d, md, m, ml, and l:
print(emoji(":raisedfist_d: :raisedfist_md: :raisedfist_m: :raisedfist_ml: :raisedfist_l:"))
-- output: ✊🏿 ✊🏾 ✊🏽 ✊🏼 ✊🏻
Aliases
Several aliases can be used for each emoji depending on your preferences:
print(emoji(":thumbs_up: = :thumbs-up: = :thumbsup:"))
-- output: 👍 = 👍 = 👍
lua-emoji also allows you to use ISO country codes from https://countrycode.org/ for flags.
Install
All the code is in one module, so you can install it by downloading the emoji.lua file from the GitHub repository and inserting it in your game.
Resources
The emoji list is generated from Taehoon Kim’s emoji for Python.