Love2D IDE in Google Chrome

[zzcorrode]

I came up with an idea to make a Lua/Love IDE as a google chrome app since I'm getting a chromebook and I'd love to be able to make games with it. Sadly, I don't have nearly the amount of knowledge or experience to be able to do this. Since it would be a chrome app, you would be able to sync your code with google drive and be able to access and work on it on any computer that has chrome installed.

[miko]

I came up with an idea to make a Lua/Love IDE as a google chrome app since I'm getting a chromebook and I'd love to be able to make games with it. Sadly, I don't have nearly the amount of knowledge or experience to be able to do this. Since it would be a chrome app, you would be able to sync your code with google drive and be able to access and work on it on any computer that has chrome installed.

aroma?

[zzcorrode]

Good suggestion, although it might not be exactly what I'm looking for. It looks like you can make games FOR chrome but you can't create the game ENTIRELY WITHIN chrome.

[Kingdaro]

If you wanted to do game development, you shouldn't have gotten a chromebook. They're just not fit for the job, in my opinion, and it would take too much effort to support them with little profit.

[miko]

Good suggestion, although it might not be exactly what I'm looking for. It looks like you can make games FOR chrome but you can't create the game ENTIRELY WITHIN chrome.

I am aware of that, but if you already know love2d, then you know how to write applications for chrome using aroma. There are some tools written as *.love for creating games (sprite animations, map editors), so it would be doable.

[zzcorrode]

Thanks for the replies. I realize that the chromebook isn't the best programming environment. I guess I'll simply keep my current laptop to program and use my chromebook for misc writings.

[retrotails]

Why use the default OS and not Ubuntu or something?

[Kyle]

Why use the default OS and not Ubuntu or something?

That defeats the purpose of getting a Chromebook.

[retrotails]

Why use the default OS and not Ubuntu or something?

That defeats the purpose of getting a Chromebook.

So you're paying for the free OS or what? What do I not get here?

[Kyle]

Why use the default OS and not Ubuntu or something?

That defeats the purpose of getting a Chromebook.

So you're paying for the free OS or what? What do I not get here?

Chromebooks are designed for Chrome OS...?