Category: Love2D and Lua

The 2D coordinate system that we use in video games is a relatively straightforward one. Everything is measured in pixels from the top left corner. Nearly all of the drawing commands that we do will be expressed in these coordinates. The top left corner, (0,0) origin with width and height has a value of zero,… Continue reading 2D World Coordinate (x-axis, y-axis)

love.load()  love.load to do one-time setup of your game love.update(dt)  love.update which is used to manage your game’s state frame-to-frame. Much like a game loop love.draw()  love.draw() which is used to render the game state onto the screen. Example Draw a rectangle and it continues to expand in height and width — Load some default values for… Continue reading Structure of Love2d

From a folder that contains a main.lua file. On the VSC’s project folder has the main.lua file, and the Pixelbyte’s Love2D extension support installed. To run the main.lua file just press ALT + L (default keybinding) to run the Love2D game.

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=pixelbyte-studios.pixelbyte-love2d Keybindings (Default – ALT + L) Run Love2D on the current project folder: NOTE: YOU CAN CHANGE THESE KEYS IN File->Preferences->Settings Path of the love.exe program (Default) Set the path to the Love2D executable: Change these in File->Preferences->Settings

Love2D come with battery include (Lua application). So no need to download and install Lua. https://love2d.org/wiki/Getting_Started