Invadors

Easy to use, it will make you more attractive and you feel sensual doing so.

A Love2d platformer game prototype I wrote to learn more about game programming while travelling Europe.

Installation / Starting the Game

git clone [email protected]:mikelyons/invadors.git

Then inside the invadors directory:

there are 3 run.bat files that do different things for different platforms

Windows

• run1.bat starts the game in LOVE 10.2
• run2.bat starts the game in LOVE 11.3
• run3.bat starts the game in LOVE 10.2 with color terminal logging (windows only)

MacOS

• run.command starts with 10.2
• run2.command starts with 11.3

MacOS may not support color terminal logging

Continuing development during the 2020 pandemic

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What I've Learned

• Tilemaps and sprites
• How to roll you own basic 2D collisions
• Edge cases when applying gravity
• How gravity is simulated in a non-realistic fashion in platformer games
• Common pitfalls and the importance of optimisation in videogames
• Created a mini-map UI with the relative position of the player and the world elements
• Splash screens and audio
• Lots about Love2d! (will explain in a later update)

Libraries Used

• Middleclass
• Stateful
• Denver

Game Dev Tools Used

• Piskel App - https://www.piskelapp.com/

Libraries under consideration

• https://github.com/arthurealike/turtle.lua
• https://opensourcelibs.com/lib/lua-namegen
• gif writer - https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=82460 - https://github.com/WetDesertRock/GifCat
• ruby string methods for lua - https://github.com/mebens/strong

Tools under consideration

• http://pixelatorapp.com/download.html
• https://github.com/flamendless/love-fuser - nightly builds
• https://github.com/flamendless/moonshine - post-processing effects