LÖVE

Hi everyone,

I am new to Love2d and the forums. I have been programming in C# and C++ for years but I just stumbled upon this website the other day and I really like it. It's very simple to make games with.

I am having a problem trying to "Distribute" my game, though. When I follow the steps on this tutorial page (for Windows), it creates an .exe file for my game, but When I launch my game (via its .exe) which is inside a folder with all the LOVE DLL's, it bring up a window with a cartoon person and says "No game!".

Did I do something wrong here?

My directory structure is:
game.love
---main.lua
---ball.png

somebodyelse wrote:When I follow the steps on this tutorial page

This tutorial? http://www.love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distrib ... Executable

Make sure you're using .zip / .7z and not using any encryption.

Azhukar wrote:

somebodyelse wrote:When I follow the steps on this tutorial page

This tutorial? http://www.love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distrib ... Executable

Make sure you're using .zip / .7z and not using any encryption.

Wait, can I use .7z to making .love file?
If that's true, I can slightly reduce my game's size..

No, that is not true. It might work in some cases, but most of the time only .zip will.

Nixola wrote:No, that is not true. It might work in some cases, but most of the time only .zip will.

Thank you! .zip is the **only** one that seems to be working so far. Not sure why, but it must have been changed in 0.9.0??? I finally got it working lastnight when I forgot to rename the .zip to .love lol.

Zip is currently and has always been the only officially supported format for .love files.

I keep using .7z but with no compression, might explain why it's working.