boon - A build tool for LÖVE

[Ikroth]

I'm using a Makefile for make my builds (also TravisCI to test and build), so I don't get the point of a build tool. Anyway, it seems pretty nice, I'm going to install and start to use it

I've tried to design so that it can be used in Makefiles or other build scripts, it's not a replacement for those. It's a cross platform way of packaging your game. For example, you can use it in a CI script and build your game automatically whenever you push up code. In fact, I test the code by building a game on macOS, Linux, and Windows through CI.

[JuanjoSalvador]

Oh, that's really interesting... Currently I'm only able to build for Windows and Linux, because these are my operative systems, so I was looking for a way to build for macOS (an .app file?)... I'm adding it to my CI script, thanks again!

[Ikroth]

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to let you all know that I released version 0.3.0 of boon two weeks ago. There are minimal changes from the last version, other than updating the default download links.

https://github.com/camchenry/boon/releases/tag/0.3.0

Changelog:

[0.3.0] - 2021-08-13
Added

• boon love learned how to explicitly list versions through the subcommand list: boon love list.

Fixed

• boon download now uses GitHub for binary downloads instead of Bitbucket, fixing any dead links resulting from the transition away from Bitbucket.

[pauljessup]

I must say, this is probably the best command line built tool for Love

[milon]

Any progress on building Linux packages? And what type would they be - flatpak, AppImage, other?

[Ikroth]

Hey all, I don't write any Lua/LÖVE these days but I got around to publishing a new release of this tool: version 0.4.0. It includes proper support for 11.5 and 11.4 and some small bug fixes and improvements. Enjoy.

https://github.com/camchenry/boon/releases/tag/0.4.0

[Azzla]

Just tried this last night to build a mac version of one of my game jam games (my sister only has a macbook) and it was a piece of cake. Great stuff, thanks.