popey

💙 The LÖVE Jam is back, from March 14th to 24th!
I'm seriously considering dusting off my #GameDev notes and making something... 🤔
https://itch.io/jam/love2d-jam-2025
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https://itch.io/jam/love2d-jam-2025

LÖVE Jam 2025

A game jam from 2025-03-14 to 2025-03-31 hosted by Pablo Mayobre & Keyslam. Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Intro Hi there! LÖVE Jam is a...

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Feb 12, 2025 at 2:34pmPubler
Show threadRJFeb 12, 2025
@popey and will you be using BASH in the back-end?
Show threadpopeyFeb 12, 2025
@aarRJaay I will endeavour to write zero bash. I may use some bash that someone else has written, but I don't plan to create new bash scripts.
Show threadFeohFeb 12, 2025

@popey I was delighted to learn that Balatro is written with this!

https://youtu.be/YntG_mSE0d4?si=9rIoX1i_1RYdqess

The game of the year was written in Lua

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Show threadjezraFeb 12, 2025
@popey I like that there are plenty of tutorials available, and 2 are from Harvard Universary's CS50 course. https://love2d.org/wiki/Category:Tutorials
Category:Tutorials - LOVE

Show threadpopeyFeb 13, 2025
@jezra Honestly, it's super easy to pick up! :)
Show threadjezraFeb 14, 2025
@popey Oh I don't doubt it. Documentation + Tutorials = A F[ine|un] Learning Experience. Such a library would be an excellent vehicle on the path to learning Lua.