LÖVE

Hi, I joined earlier today, and I think LÖVE looks like a tool I definitely would like to use. I've read all the tutorials on the wiki and am only starting to get used to Lua, but I'm having some issues understanding a few things. I'm sure some game in the Projects board has what I'm looking for, but I haven't had any luck. Is there any game I could see, download, and pick apart that plays sort of golf-ish or Angry Birds-esque in that the player launches the object, and the object bounces to a standstill?

If anybody could point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.



The picture shows what I'm hoping for an example of.

Hi and welcome to the forum,

Angry Birds is written using Box2d for the physics. This is also available in LÖVE via the love.physics module. I suggest you have a look at the tutorial on the wiki. Especially at those about physics.

Thank you. I've actually been finding https://love2d.org/wiki/love.physics pretty helpful. If I can figure out how to visually replace shapes with sprites, I might be able to start getting work done.

Diebuster.Fan wrote:Thank you. I've actually been finding https://love2d.org/wiki/love.physics pretty helpful. If I can figure out how to visually replace shapes with sprites, I might be able to start getting work done.

You can use this http://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=77140 as a start for drawing your physics world.

Diebuster.Fan wrote:Thank you. I've actually been finding https://love2d.org/wiki/love.physics pretty helpful. If I can figure out how to visually replace shapes with sprites, I might be able to start getting work done.

It's important to understand you don't replace shapes with sprites, you draw sprites on top of shapes.

If you have the coordinates of a shape, you can use those same coordinates to draw a sprite in the same location. (But! Important! The coordinates of the shape are the center of the shape, so you need to offset the image which by default uses the coordinates given as the top-left part of the image)

Yeah, I know that I don't replace the shape, but I need to make it hidden, so that you don't see a shape behind the sprite.

What you see is what you draw. There is no visible shape (only an invisible one that just interacts with love.physics) unless you draw one yourself in love.draw.

Alright, thanks. I hope to post again soon with something worth putting in the projects board. Right now, I have a lot of learning to do.

Physics are a heavy hammer if you are still learning I don't recommend you trying to make a game with it.