The HUD can be described as the graphical interface for displaying the game information such as life stat, player score, and so on.
Here we'll simply create a "Start Game" and "Quit Game" button with text, but before we do that we have to set up game states— a type of state machine that tells the various modes of a game whether the game is at the menu mode or is currently playing (game-play mode).
In the love.load() function, set a game state as menu, so whenever the game loads its first state is the menu.
function love.load()
gamestate = "menu"
love.graphics.setBackgroundColor(225, 153, 0)
-- load the level and bind the variable map
LoadTileMap("tilemap.tmx")
endNext, we are setting another gamestate condition; game should update and draw only when game state is "playing":
--Update them
function love.update(dt)
if gamestate == "playing" then
bump.collide()
PlayerMovement(dt)
EnemyUpdate(dt)
CoinUpdate(dt)
DiamondUpdate(dt)
LifeUpdate...