Hi there! LÖVE is an *awesome* framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. Download LÖVE 11.5

Jan 9, 2014 · Rmcode - On The Roadside is a turn-based strategy game in which you take control of a squad of mercenaries fighting for survival in a world shaped by unknown forces.

Jan 16, 2025 · Making a Game. To make a minimal game, create a folder anywhere, and open up your favorite text editor. Sublime Text is a pretty good one for all operating systems, and it has Lua support built in. Create a new file in the folder you just created, and name it main.lua. Put the following code in the file, and save it.

Oct 10, 2022 · RVA Game Jams This book teaches programming from the ground up in the context of Lua and LÖVE. It teaches basic computer science and software building skills along the way.

Jan 19, 2022 · As you probably know by now, LÖVE is a framework for making 2D games in the Lua programming language. LÖVE is totally free, and can be used in anything from friendly open-source hobby projects, to evil, closed-source commercial ones.

Dec 27, 2024 · Once you have completed your game you surely want to make it available to others. In general you should first create a .love-file which can be either directly distributed (which requires users to have LÖVE installed) or used for platform specific packages.

Dec 20, 2018 · First, let's create the platform. For tutorial purposes, the platform is a white rectangle that will encompass the bottom-half part of the game window.

Jul 22, 2023 · When beginning to write games using LÖVE, the most important parts of the API are the callbacks: love.load to do one-time setup of your game, love.update which is used to manage your game's state frame-to-frame, and love.draw which is used to render the game state onto the screen.

Aug 25, 2018 · I remember trying to build my Love2D Jam 2018 game with love.js and it being somewhat of a nightmare. This should make that process much easier. Performance and ease of deployment/running are main goals of the tool.

Nov 19, 2024 · Each game is granted a single directory on the system where files can be saved through love.filesystem. This is the only directory where love.filesystem can write files. These directories will typically be found in something like: