I have used Lua a long time ago and I don't remember ever touching C/C++. You can even make simple games without ever going low level thanks to https://love2d.org/! If I recall, most https://stabyourself.net/ games are based on Love2d.
If you're using Linux/MacOS, you can copy-paste these commands on the terminal and you should be settled:
curl -L -R -O https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.4.6.tar.gz
tar zxf lua-5.4.6.tar.gz
cd lua-5.4.6
make all test
You should find the lua executable inside the lua-5.4.6/src folder.
If you're using Linux/MacOS, you can copy-paste these commands on the terminal and you should be settled:
You should find the lua executable inside the lua-5.4.6/src folder.