Allowable Grid Movement

allowableGrid.lua

	local allowableMoves = 3 -- how many tiles a character can move
	local x = 0 --starting x position on a grid
	local y = 0 --starting y position on a grid
	
	for xMoves = (x - allowableMoves), (x + allowableMoves) do 
	    for yMoves = (y - allowableMoves), (y + allowableMoves) do
	        if (math.abs(x - xMoves)) + (math.abs(y - yMoves)) <= allowableMoves then
	            print(xMoves ..","..yMoves) -- this is an allowable movement grid position
	        end
	    end
	end