Hi there! LÖVE is an awesome framework you can use to make 2D games in Lua. It's free, open-source, and works on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.

Community #

If you get stuck, many friendly people are ready to help you at the forums. Be warned, however, that it sometimes gets too friendly.

People also post their games and projects on the forums, so it's a nice way of exploring what LÖVE can do. Or at least what people choose to use it for.

There is also a Discord server and a subreddit.

Get in touch with us on twitter @obey_love.

Open source #

LÖVE is licensed under the liberal zlib/libpng license. This means that:

• It costs nothing.
• You can use it freely for commercial purposes with no limitations.

The source can be found on GitHub.

A little example #

In this example we will see how to draw text to the screen!

-- in main.lua
function love.draw()
    love.graphics.print("Hello, World!", 400, 300)
end

This will show this: