I wrote a two part series on building Pong from scratch in LÖVE and Lua. If you've never made a game before, I think it's a nice place to start.
Part one is the whole game in two short files: the loop, delta time,
collision, scoring, a title screen, and sound generated in code so there are no audio files to ship.
Part two adds a one player mode by writing a computer opponent.
Part 1:
SOCIAL SHARE CARD GENERATOR