LÖVE

I'm considering giving a spin to browser-based game libs during christmas holidays.

There's so many of them!

I don't have lots of time to invest here; I'd rather spend it doing stuff rather than testing frameworks. So I've decided to ask you guys.

Of the existing javascript libraries, which ones have you tried, and which one "feels like LÖVE"? I'm not looking for a similar API, but for a similar philosophy (i.e. simplicity over everything else, little object orientation, and idiomatic use of the language).

I've never really delved into the whole thing myself, but there is a JavaScript library that runs LÖVE games (I'm not exactly sure in what form). Last I knew it hadn't implemented all the features though.

Isn't it love2d-webgl-player ?

Yeah, that's the one.

I'd rather have something more production-ready, even if it means not using Lua or LÖVE. I'm looking for something that allows me to expand my horizons a bit, but doesn't require me to write 8 lines just to draw an image on the screen.

Yeah, probably a good idea. I'd like to get into it myself sometime. But for now, I can't really help.

kikito wrote:I'd rather have something more production-ready, even if it means not using Lua or LÖVE. I'm looking for something that allows me to expand my horizons a bit, but doesn't require me to write 8 lines just to draw an image on the screen.

Perhaps you could add shader and canvas-2d support to love-webplayer . I would appreciate this.

Playcraft seems really nice.