[SOLVED] Rotating Pixels at Scale > 1?

[Zorochase]

Hello,
So I've got all my art to stick to a pixel grid. Nothing moves between pixels, even when the window is rescaled. That is, until it is rotated. The best way I can put it is, when I rotate pixel art, I expect the pixels to "reposition" themselves so that they make it look like the image has been rotated. This is how it works at 1x scale. When the window is rescaled, all pixels break down into smaller pixels that try to retain the original pixel's square shape. I've provided a couple examples below.
How do I prevent pixels from breaking down during a rotation when the window is rescaled?

x1 scale (should be this way for all sizes)

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3x scale (pixels broken down into smaller pixels)

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[DekuJuice]

Render your game to a canvas at your original resolution, then draw the canvas at the scale you want.

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function love.load()
	--Create a new canvas, the dimensions you pass to it should be your original resolution
	canvas = love.graphics.newCanvas(320, 240)
end

function love.draw()
	love.graphics.setCanvas(canvas)
	love.graphics.clear()
	
	draw_game()

	love.graphics.setCanvas()
	
	love.graphics.scale(xscale, yscale)
	love.graphics.draw(canvas)
end

[Zorochase]

Render your game to a canvas at your original resolution, then draw the canvas at the scale you want.

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function love.load()
	--Create a new canvas, the dimensions you pass to it should be your original resolution
	canvas = love.graphics.newCanvas(320, 240)
end

function love.draw()
	love.graphics.setCanvas(canvas)
	love.graphics.clear()
	
	draw_game()

	love.graphics.setCanvas()
	
	love.graphics.scale(xscale, yscale)
	love.graphics.draw(canvas)
end

That was a lot easier than I thought... thanks!

[Rastashmup]

As a small addition I would suggest to add

canvas:setFilter("nearest","nearest")

after canvas creation. Otherwise one gets an additional blur effect by using the canvas, which may not be wanted.