Positive07 wrote:Well this is the only point I consider VALID! but it is also really complex, LÖVE uses Lua which is not really a web language and is difficult to translate to, say, JavaScript (even if they are similar), Also LÖVE provides really lots of stuff, for example the physics module which is a full fledged Box2D, running that in JavaScript whithout native compilation will suck!
That simply isn't true. Lua
does run in the web. Box2D
does run in the web. This is done with
emscripten. All of the current attempts have been ports of LOVE to the web not actually compiling the code with emscripten. I don't know how easy it would be but it is doable.
Also you say that "running without native compilation would suck" emscripten is (sort of) native compilation. By native compilation you are likely referring to the awesome optimizations the c/c++ compiler makes. Emscripten bytecode (known as LLVM bytecode) can have most of these optimizations. Emscripten uses a subset of javascript called asm.js to achieve
near native speed. So I also would love it if LOVE (pun intended here
) would add support for the web. As you said filesystem stuff pretty much won't work but why does that matter? Just have the ability to detect in the lua code if this is the web or not. I am sure a lot of other people would also like support as well. Unfortunately, if it were easy if would probably be already done.
I have no experience with it but I have seen, for example,
Urho3D add the platform as well and it wasn't too much effort for them. Granted, this is a different engine so it is obviously written differently but this engine seems to use all of the libraries LOVE uses plus more.
I agree with you that the LOVE documentation is outstanding. The only way it could be better was if tutorials on how to make some simple games were made (that way one can get accustomed to LOVE's workflow).
@lewislepton I think you are taking what positive007 said
way too personally. He doesn't seem to be attacking you personally to me. He simply was trying to correct some misinformation such as the part about android and iOS. There has been
a lot of talk about obfuscating code. So much that many people here are very sick of it. In a nutshell, that isn't LOVE's philosophy. Many games actually sell very well even though the source can be obtained. Think about Minecraft. One of the most popular games and it is pretty simple to decompile (in fact, if I understand correctly you
have to decompile it if you want to create mods for it). The only tone that is unacceptable here is your own.
As I often say to people in my life away from the keyboard:
"The only frustration and anger you will find is that which you bring yourself." I work hard to live by this principle myself but often it can be difficult.
