Damilare Darmie Akinlaja [Damilare Darmie Akinlaja] - LOVE for Lua Game Programming

• Advanced Tiled Loader
  • about /
  • GitHub, URL /
• Android mobile phones
  • LVE on /
• anim8 library
  • about /
  • frames /
  • animation /
  • player movement /
  • gravitation physics /
  • player, collision with platform /
  • player, death /
  • player, drawing /
• anim8.newAnimation() function /
• anim8.newGrid() /
• animation
  • about /
• animation, anim8 library
  • about /
  • loop /
  • once /
  • bounce /
• antagonist /
• audio system
  • about /
  • enemy collision sounds /
  • item pick sounds /

• bounce mode /
• browser
  • LVE in /
• bump.collision() function /
• bump.lua library
  • about /
  • URL /
• ButtonClick() function /

• character
  • moving left /
  • moving right /
  • moving up /
  • moving down /
• character objects
  • loading /
• coin /
• coins
  • about /
• coin sound, item pick sounds /
• conf.lua
  • about /
  • love.graphics module /
  • love.update() function /
  • new file /

• 2D objects
  • drawing /
• death state, enemy /
• diamond /
• diamonds
  • about /
• diamond sound, item pick sounds /
• draw() function /
• DrawEnemy() function /

• editor
  • selecting /
• enemy
  • position, updating /
  • animation, updating /
  • collision, configuring /
  • state, configuring /
  • death function /
  • character, drawing to screen /
  • bump configuration, adding /
• enemy collision sounds
  • about /
• EnemyDie() /

• FindSolidTiles() function /
• FindSolidTiles(map) /
• flippedH /
• flippedV /
• frames, anim8 library /

• gamestate condition /
• gravitation physics, anim8 library
  • about /

• HUD
  • about /
  • menu HUD /
  • on clicking button /
  • life HUD /
  • score HUD /

• isometric view
  • URL /
• item pick sounds
  • about /
  • coin sound /
  • diamond sound /

• life
  • about /
• life HUD
  • about /
• Linux
  • about /
• Linux users
  • LVE, downloading for /
• LoadLevel() function /
• LoadTiledMap(levelFile) /
• LoadTileMap() function /
• loop mode /
• love.audio.play() callback /
• love.draw() /
• love.draw() chunk /
• love.draw() function /
• love.draw function /
• love.graphics.newQuad /
• love.graphics.rotate() function /
• love.graphics module /
• love.keyboard.isDown() function /
• love.keypressed callback function /
• love.load() /
• love.load() function /
• love.update() function /
• love.update(dt) /
• love.update function /
• LVE
  • downloading /
  • basic structure /
  • quad /
  • in browser /
  • on Android mobile phones /
• LVE, downloading
  • for Windows users /
  • for Linux users /
  • for Mac users /
• LVE game
  • running /

• Mac app
  • about /
• Mac users
  • LVE wiki, URL /
  • LVE, downloading for /
• main.lua
  • editing /
• menu HUD
  • about /
• mygame /

• objects
  • moving /
  • rotating /
• once mode /

• pickups
  • coins /
  • diamonds /
  • life /
  • about /
• PickupSound$play() /
• player
  • about /
• player, anim8 library
  • movement /
  • collision, with platform /
  • death /
  • drawing /
• player.t value /
• player.vY value /
• player character
  • about /
• player spawn function /

• quad
  • about /
• Quad$flip /

• RPGs /

• score HUD
  • about /
• side-scrolling
  • URL /
• Sprite Maker tool
  • URL /
• sprites
  • about /
  • Sprite Maker tool, URL /
  • by Marc Russell, URL /
• static. Static /
• structure, LVE
  • about /
  • love.load() /
  • love.draw() /
  • example /
  • conf.lua /

• .tmx format /
• Tiled
  • about /
• tile map
  • exporting /
• Tile set
  • about /

• update() function /

• variable
  • about /
• video game
  • planning /
  • isometric view, URL /
  • side-scrolling, URL /
  • strategy /
  • role-playing game /
  • adventure /
  • action /
  • simulation /
  • basic level design /
  • assets, preparing /
  • player /
  • coin /
  • antagonist /
  • diamond /
  • executable format, creating /

• Windows
  • executable /
• Windows users
  • LVE, downloading for /

LVE is a fantastic framework that leverages the Lua scripting language for developing 2D games; it is open source, free to use, and licensed under zlib/libpng. You can learn more about Lua programming at www.lua.org.

In this chapter we'll go through the following:

And a step further to understand the basic structure that makes a LVE game.

For Windows users

When you are through with downloading the installer, run the setup and follow the instructions.

When your installation is complete, run the program; you should see a the window displaying a beautiful animation on the screen.

For Linux users

Linux users are required to download the .deb install file by clicking on build number of their operating system; users running Precise Pangolin Ubuntu OS should click on the 12.04 link. Run the install program and follow the instructions. If the LVE framework is fully installed, you can double-click on a .