LÖVE 2D TypeScript Project Template
September 3, 2023 · View on GitHub
A template LÖVE 2D TypeScript Project made possible with TypeScriptToLua.
You can click Use this template to clone this repo, or download it as a zip.
Scripts
Requires NodeJS and LÖVE 2D within your CLI.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
npm install | ⏬ Install dependencies |
npm run build | 🔨 Build everything |
npm run watch | 🔨x♾ Re-build Lua files when a TS file is saved |
npm start | 🎮 Start the game |
npm run fix:prettier | 💄 Fixes linting issues |
npm run lint | 💄 Checks for linting issues in code |
To distribute the game, see the game distribution wiki page.
External files can be placed in res/ and referenced with res/<filename>.
e.g.
love.filesystem.read("res/input.txt");
Notes
- If you're using VS Code, the Prettier extension will automatically format your code for you so you don't need to run
npm run fix:prettieron every change. - Index your arrays at 0 in your source code.
- Lua does not iterate over sparse arrays (arrays with no values in the middle of them).