Moved a few things around, definitely not clean but better.

assets/scene/initial.lua

@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 module('spritebatch')
 module('time')
+module('camera')
+module('glm')
 
-x = 0.0
-y = 0.0
+camera = cameraCreate(CAMERA_PROJECTION_TYPE_PERSPECTIVE)
+
+print('Camera position')
+print(camera.position.x)
+print(camera.position.y)
+print(camera.position.z)
 
 function sceneDispose()
   -- print('Disposing initial scene')
@@ -10,19 +16,18 @@ end
 
 function sceneUpdate()
   -- print('Updating initial scene')
-  x = x + TIME.delta * 10.0
-  y = y + TIME.delta * 10.0
 end
 
 function sceneRender()
-  -- print('Rendering initial scene')
-  x1 = x + 32
-  y1 = y + 32
+  cameraPushMatrix(camera)
+
   spriteBatchPush(
     nil,
-    x, y,
-    x1, y1,
+    0, 0,
+    1, 1,
     nil
   )
   spriteBatchFlush()
+
+  cameraPopMatrix()
 end