https://github.com/rxi/lovedos

A framework for making 2D DOS games in Lua
https://github.com/rxi/lovedos

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A framework for making 2D DOS games in Lua

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rxi/lovedos
• Owner: rxi
• License: mit
• Archived: true
• Created: 2014-06-13T19:28:34.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-05-06T08:32:40.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T06:19:32.063Z (3 months ago)
• Language: C
• Size: 498 KB
• Stars: 670
• Watchers: 32
• Forks: 47
• Open Issues: 8
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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• awesome-love2d - LoveDos - A Lua framework for 2D DOS games, implementing a subset of the LÖVE API. (Platforms)

README

        
# LoveDOS

A framework for making 2D DOS games in Lua. LoveDOS provides an API based on a

subset of the [LÖVE](https://love2d.org/) API.

![screenshot](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/3920290/21948750/ed49e9a6-d9e4-11e6-960a-1fac0ec41ee0.gif)

## Getting started

You can download LoveDOS from the

[releases page](https://github.com/rxi/lovedos/releases). If you're not

using DOS as your operating system then [DOSbox](http://www.dosbox.com/) can be

used to emulate a DOS computer.

When you run `love.exe` it will expect its first argument to be your game's

directory. The file `main.lua` will then be searched for and executed. If, for

example, your project was in a directory named `mygame` you would run the

following:

```batch

love mygame

```

A small example program which displays white text on a black background and

exits when the `escape` key is pressed is as follows:

```lua

function love.draw()

  love.graphics.print('Hello World!', 20, 20)

end

function love.keypressed(key)

  if key == "escape" then

    love.event.quit()

  end

end

```

The [doc/api.md](doc/api.md) file provides a reference and overview of all of

the built-in LoveDOS modules, functions and callbacks.

The [doc/packaging.md](doc/packaging.md) file provides instructions for

packaging your game for distribution.

## Building

Instructions for building the project from source can be found in the

[doc/building.md](doc/building.md) file.

## License

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under

the terms of the MIT license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

LoveDOS includes Lua (MIT license). The full license for Lua can be found at

the bottom of the [src/lib/lua/lua.h](src/lib/lua/lua.h) file.