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- What is the project about?
It is a game programming library for game development. It is implemented in LUA. It is an easy programming language for game programming. The library is inspired by DIV-Game Studio. DIV was a game programming language with a uniq-style entity processes engine.
There are many examples in the repository like a simple asteroids, etc.
- Technology Stack
- LUA language
- Love2D game framework
Getting Started
Installation
- Install Love2d
- Install Malvado:
luarocks install malvado
For the documentation generation, if you download from github, you need LDoc and Penlight .
Run Examples
love examples/helloworld
# or
love examples/demo
# or
love examples/space_asteroids
# or
love examples/bench
Hello World Example
require 'malvado'
-- Define (not run) one process
HelloWorld = process(function(self)
-- Set background to grey
clear_screen(250, 250, 250)
-- Define global font (size, color (r, g, b))
local font = font(60, 0, 0, 0)
-- Write the "Hello world" text in the process position
write(font, self.x, self.y, self.text)
-- Runs until escape key is pressed
while not key("escape") do
-- Render the process
frame()
end
end)
-- Start (main)
malvado.start(function()
-- Set the title text of the window
set_title("Hello world")
-- Launch the background process
-- The application runs until there is no running process.
HelloWorld { x=240, y=280, text="Hello World" }
end)
Roadmap
Stable version with simple launch process engine, basic primitives and image loading- More image load modes (tilemap)
- Sound & music utilities
- Level editor
- More graphic effects
How to contribute?
Install the game library, make a simple game and add to the library more utilities and features. You can also add more documentation in the cookbook section.
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