How do you look at source code?

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Vimm
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How do you look at source code?

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I found a cool platformer made with LOVE and the source code is available for download, so I wanted to look at it to better understand how game dev works, but when it gave me the .love file, I had no idea how to actually see the source, can anyone explain?
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Re: How do you look at source code?

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A .love is just a renamed .zip. Rename it back to .zip and extract it and look at the lua files.

s-ol.nu /blog  -  p.s-ol.be /st8.lua  -  g.s-ol.be /gtglg /curcur

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print( type(love) )
if false then
  baby:hurt(me)
end
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Re: How do you look at source code?

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s-ol wrote:A .love is just a renamed .zip. Rename it back to .zip and extract it and look at the lua files.
I'm disappointed in myself for not thinking that, lol XD thanks
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