Lua was mine too, also via games. I’d installed custom firmware on my PSP and after getting my fill of emulators and rampant piracy, I wanted to see if I could make a game. Getting the C-based toolchain working was far beyond 12yo me at the time, but there was a “Lua Player” homebrew application that would load scripts off the memory stick.

I didn’t get far with it and to be honest I remember very little, but it did set me off down the rabbit hole of learning to program, and now it’s both my career and a big passion.