Love2dCS - C# Wrapper for LÖVE

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Love2dCS is a C#/F# Wrapper for LÖVE game engine, it can be used your C#/F# based Application.

• Nuget Package - ~17MB: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Love2dCS
• Windows(x64/x86) Only Nuget Package - ~6MB: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Love2dCS-win
• Ubuntu(x64) Only Nuget Package - ~6MB: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Love2dCS-ubuntu
• MacOS(x64) Only Nuget Package - ~6MB: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Love2dCS-mac

Links

• 📃 Document at https://endlesstravel.github.io | 中文文档（还没写完）
• 📕 love wiki
• ImGui Support: here, based on ImGui.NET
• Aseprite Runtime Support : here
• Spine Runtime Support : here
• Test file example / Physics Test example
• Easy to install with Visual Studio/MonoDevelop (install introduce)

Support Platform

• windows-x86 / windows-x64 / ubuntu-16 x64 / ubuntu-18 x64 / MacOS 10.12+ x64 with .net startard 1.2 (.NET Core | .NET Framework 4.5.1 | Mono 4.6)

Status

Love2dCS was designed to be as close as possible to the original LÖVE API, as such the documentation provided from LÖVE largely covers usage of Love2dCS. There is a difference between Love2dCS and LÖVE where is :

• The Love.XXX.New* in C# can access to files anywhere. In the original functin can only access the contents of the current folder.
• The love.timer.getTime in C# as The time in seconds since the start of the game beacuse of C# double to float precision
• The love.math module in LÖVE is named Love.Mathf in Love2dCS
• The love.system module in LÖVE is named Love.Special in Love2dCS
• The love.thread module in LÖVE is not supply, you can use Threading.Thread in C# instead.
• Most index begin from 1 at LÖVE. However, but index will begin from 0 at Love2dCS
• Love2dCS provide more build-in module to convience use.
• You can work with lua as well, but only love.load love.update and love.draw are native supported : Work with lua. The rest of callback function is not supported.
• Love2dCS currently based on LÖVE 11.1

Examples

Drawing text

using Love;
class Program : Scene
{
    public override void Draw()
    {
        Graphics.Print("Hello World!", 400, 300);
    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Boot.Run(new Program());
    }
}

Next to development

• Improve the document : in development
• Fully support Love 11.2 : in development

Finished:

• [√] Support Ubuntu : now support ubuntu 16/18
• [√] Add support for .net core
• [√] Support call lua function : Love.Lua.Call(name, ...arg) / Love.Lua.LoadString / Love.Lua.LoadFile (here)
• [√] Support helpper function : Keyboard.IsPressed / Keyboard.IsReleased / Joystick.IsPressed / Joystick.IsReleased / Joystick.IsGamepadPressed /Joystick.IsGamepadReleased
• [√] Add support for Physics

Test

develop log

change log

Distribute

• (recommand) on .net 2.2 : use tool https://github.com/Hubert-Rybak/dotnet-warp to publish single executable.

• (recommand) on .net 3.0+ : Self-contained can be used to publish single executable

• ref: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/MakingATinyNETCore30EntirelySelfcontainedSingleExecutable.aspx

• publish ref: https://executecommands.com/publishing-single-executable-exe-in-net-core-3-0/

• msdn ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/whats-new/dotnet-core-3-0#single-file-executables

• msdn ref <PublishTrimmed/> : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/whats-new/dotnet-core-3-0#assembly-linking

• designs file: https://github.com/dotnet/designs/blob/master/accepted/single-file/design.md

Development

Develop document

Contributor

• thanks matej-zajacik for his contribute on add and improve document. Without him, the grammatical errors of documents would flourish everywhere.