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, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and iOS.

Open Source

LÖVE is licensed under the liberal zlib/libpng license. This means that:

• It costs nothing.
• You can use it freely for commercial purposes with no limitations.

The source can be found on Bitbucket.

Community

If you get stuck, many friendly people are ready to help you at the forums. Be warned, however, that it sometimes gets too friendly.

People also post their games and projects on the forums, so it\'s a nice way of exploring what LÖVE can do. Or at least what people choose to use it for.

There is also an IRC channel: #[email protected].

Examples

It’s pretty easy to get started with LÖVE, just check out these code snippets.

Drawing text

function love.draw()
    love.graphics.print("Hello World!", 400, 300)
end

Drawing an image

function love.load()
　　whale = love.graphics.newImage("whale.png")
end
function love.draw()
　　love.graphics.draw(whale, 300, 200)
end

Playing a sound

function love.load()
    sound = love.audio.newSource("music.ogg")
    love.audio.play(sound)
end

 

Check out some more tutorials on the wiki.