Confused by Getting started

[noatom]

So,I created the lua script like it says: https://love2d.org/wiki/Getting_Started

But how do I turn it into a love file?!

[Nixola]

You put the script (and every file it needs) inside a zip (ZIP! Rar and 7z do not work, so don't use them! Use a zip!) and you rename it to .love instead of .zip, what OS are you on?

[noatom]

ubuntu

[scutheotaku]

ubuntu

Try this:

From the command line:

Go to your project directory a la cd ~/Projects/EpicGame
Run zip -r ../${PWD##*/}.love *
Your fully-prepared .love file shall be located right outside of your project directory
Cake!

Source: https://love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distribution

Or maybe the instructions here will be more clear (though they're virtually the same):
http://nova-fusion.com/2011/06/14/a-gui ... th-love2d/

[micha]

If you only want to run the code, then you don't need to create a .love file. In that case, to run the script in

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folder/main.lua

just type

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love folder

Replace "folder" by the name of the folder.

[kikito]

If you only want to run the code, then you don't need to create a .love file. In that case, to run the script in

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folder/main.lua

just type

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love folder

Replace "folder" by the name of the folder.

You can also do

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cd folder

and then

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love .

(notice the dot ".")