What can I do on this site?

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What can I do on this site?

Post by Samuel »

I heard about it, so I looked it up & made an account.
I'm very fluent in Lua and saw on the main page that you can use Lua to make 2D games on this site?
Reply with things that are possible to do on this site, please.
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Re: What can I do on this site?

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This site is a forum, wiki, and issue tracker dedicated to Love2D and its community. Love2D is a framework which you download to your computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) and work with using Lua. Though there is a project dedicated to making Love2D games run in your browser, Love2D is normally used out-of-browser. But that's not a bad thing - Love2D runs way faster than Flash or LWJGL by not being trapped in a browser.
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Re: What can I do on this site?

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I downloaded it and opened it, and all i saw was a pig with hearts floating around it.. Lol.
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Samuel wrote:I downloaded it and opened it, and all i saw was a pig with hearts floating around it.. Lol.
Please read at the "Getting Started" portion of the Love2D Wiki, which I didn't link because there's already a link to the wiki at the header of this forum.
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Re: What can I do on this site?

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i am sorry for bumping/ necro on this topic. but i also new user here.
i got basic in ruby. however i was convinced by my mentor that i wont go far if i keep scripting in rpg maker.
he then suggest me do learn Lua. do some LOVE.

so i completely new to this language. how to get started?
where is the text editor? its self built in or should i go use back my rusty notepad++?
hope someone can lecture me here, telling me here rather than pointing out a link.
please help this newbie. thank you!
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Re: What can I do on this site?

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Check out the "Getting started" page in the wiki
https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Main_Page
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Re: What can I do on this site?

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MrBoring wrote:i am sorry for bumping/ necro on this topic. but i also new user here.
i got basic in ruby. however i was convinced by my mentor that i wont go far if i keep scripting in rpg maker.
he then suggest me do learn Lua. do some LOVE.

so i completely new to this language. how to get started?
where is the text editor? its self built in or should i go use back my rusty notepad++?
hope someone can lecture me here, telling me here rather than pointing out a link.
please help this newbie. thank you!
As far as text editors, Notepad++ and SublimeText 2 would be good options. Some LOVErs use SciTe too.
http://www.love2d.org/wiki/Notepad%2B%2B
http://www.love2d.org/wiki/Sublime_Text_2
http://www.love2d.org/wiki/Scite

For learning Lua in general (not LOVE-specific):
http://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html
http://nova-fusion.com/2012/08/27/lua-f ... rs-part-1/ (<<<since you have some programming experience)

For getting started with LOVE:
http://www.love2d.org/wiki/Getting_Started (as micha suggested)
http://nova-fusion.com/2011/06/14/a-gui ... th-love2d/
http://www.love2d.org/wiki/Category:Tutorials
http://www.love2d.org/wiki/love
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Re: What can I do on this site?

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Thank you soo much!
the lua syntax looks like ruby abit. i am glad
ok i gonna read them today.
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I like ZeroBrane for editing. It even has a mode for Love 2D under the menus of:

Project --> Lua Interpreter --> Love2d

The software is free, but the developer does ask for donations.

http://studio.zerobrane.com/
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Re: What can I do on this site?

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shatterblast wrote:I like ZeroBrane for editing. It even has a mode for Love 2D under the menus of:

Project --> Lua Interpreter --> Love2d

The software is free, but the developer does ask for donations.

http://studio.zerobrane.com/
Hmm, I had never heard of that one. It seems really nice!
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