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fb03 on May 30, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: MoonScript, a programmer friendly language that co...

A couple of friends just successfully launched a commercial game on android/ios/steam using love2d, and they're really happy with the results.

I couldn't believe it was made with lua, it runs really smooth.

http://midipixel.com/warlockstower/

arunaugustine on May 30, 2017 | [–]

The love2d source code is in C++. I believe Lua interpreter was embedded as a scripting mechanism

https://bitbucket.org/rude/love/src

praisethemoon on May 31, 2017 | | [–]

AFAIK, LÖVE integrates LuaJIT.

Leka74 on May 31, 2017 | [–]

Why wouldn't it run smooth if it was made with Lua?

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