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L÷VE for Lua Game Programming

By : AKINLAJA DAMILARE JOSHUA
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Book Image

L÷VE for Lua Game Programming

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By: AKINLAJA DAMILARE JOSHUA

Overview of this book

L?ñVE is a game development framework for making 2D games using the Lua programming language. L?ñVE is totally free, and can be used in anything from friendly open-source hobby projects, to closed-source commercial ones. Using the Lua programming framework, one can use L?ñVE2D to make any sort of interesting games. L?ñVE for Lua Game Programming will quickly and efficiently guide you through how to develop a video game from idea to prototype. Even if you are new to game programming, with this book, you will soon be able to create as many game titles as you wish without stress. The L?ñVE framework is the quickest and easiest way to build fully-functional 2D video games. It leverages the Lua programming language, which is known to be one of the easiest game development languages to learn and use. With this book, you will master how to develop multi-platform games for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. After downloading and installing L?ñVE, you will learn by example how to draw 2D objects, animate characters using sprites, and how to create game physics and game world maps. L?ñVE for Lua Game Programming makes it easier and quicker for you to learn everything you need to know about game programming. If you're interested in game programming, then this book is exactly what you've been looking for.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Windows executable


The process of creating an executable format of our game is very easy by following the given steps:

  1. Download the source folder of LÖVE by visiting love2d.org and click on Zipped 32-bit.

  2. Extract the folder, copy the love.exe file in there together with our game's .love file, and put both of them in another folder (for example, My game )

  3. Press Window key + R. In the panel displayed, type cmd and click on Run, a console will display on the screen.

  4. Now enter the following command: cd [directory to our game]. For example, on my computer, the My game folder is stored in My Documents folder. My command line will look like the following command:

    cd c:/users/DarmieAkinlaja/My Documents/My game
  5. Then you can now append your game .love file with the love.exe file, and create your desired executable file by entering the following command line:

    copy /b love.exe+mygame.love mygame.exe
  6. Immediately after you press the Enter button, an .exe version of your game will be created in the same folder...