LÖVE

zorg wrote:Since most random functions return pseudorandom values, that means that they use some kind of formula internally; the better that formula (meaning more complex, but that's not enough) the better the "randomness" quality of the generator.

A seed is a value that if you give to a pseudo-random generator, and call it n times, with the same seed it will give the same number.
In other words, a pseudo-random sequence is reproducible in this manner, which is a nice thing to have.

zorg wrote: Also, you don't need to seed a prng, since in löve (and in python too, i presume, at some point early in the execution, the default prng function's state will be seeded with a number. Whether it's a constant 0 by default, or something random, like os.clock() in lua (that löve uses in it's love.run game loop), it will work and give back values; the same ones always for the former case, and different values for the latter.

zorg wrote: Also, i think i kind of answered your question too. (Also, it errors because love.math.randomseed does not exist, that's the name of the lua math function, you want [wiki]love.math.setRandomSeed[/wiki]

require'math'
require'os'



WHITE = {255,255,255}
RED = {255,0,0}
YELLOW = {255,255,0}

function love.load()



end

 



function Block()
  local self = {}
  self.color = RED
  self.x_pos = 20
  self.y_pos = 20
  
  function self:drawBlock()
    self.image_color = love.graphics.setColor(self.color)
    self.image = love.graphics.rectangle('fill', self.x_pos, self.y_pos, 20, 20)
  end
  return self
end

function MovingBlock()
  local self = Block() or {}
  local go_right = true
  local go_left = false
  
  function self:movement()
    
    if self.x_pos < 0 then
      
      go_right = true
      go_left = false
    end
    
    if go_right == true then
      self.x_pos = self.x_pos + 5
    end
    
    if self.x_pos > 500 then
      go_left = true
      go_right = false
    end
    
    if go_left == true then
      self.x_pos = self.x_pos - 5
    end
 
  end
  

  

  return self
end




function Player()
  local self = Block() or {}

  function self:movement()
    if love.keyboard.isDown('left') then
      self.x_pos = self.x_pos + -5
    end
    
    if love.keyboard.isDown('right') then
      self.x_pos = self.x_pos + 5
    end
    
    if love.keyboard.isDown('up') then
      self.y_pos = self.y_pos + -5
    end
    
    if love.keyboard.isDown('down') then
      self.y_pos = self.y_pos + 5
    end
  end
  return self
end
x = Player()


x.x_pos = love.math.setRandomSeed(os.time()) --WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT THIS CODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
x.x_pos = love.math.random(0,500)


function love.update(dt)

 x.color = x.color == RED and YELLOW or RED

x:movement()
end

function love.draw()
--x.color = YELLOW
x:drawBlock()  
end

You can't be "not using" love.run, it's run by default.

It does seed the pRNG, but you have to wait until love.load before using love.math.random if you want it to be automatically seeded.

XxHAMADEHxX wrote: Strange I did put love.math.random after love.load() and I still have to set a seed. Sorry for the caps I just put it so that it is easier to see.

Adding google-play-services_lib without an IDE
For adding google-play-services_lib to your project you will first need to download it from the android-sdk by going to the "Android Sdk Manager" on "extras" and checking on "Google Play Services" then you can find the library folder on android_sdk/extras/google/google_play_services/libproject/google-play-services_lib. Now you have to paste it next to the project folder and execute "android update project -p 'dir/to/google-play-services_lib' " and you're done!