Love2D to switch

[Lovingsoul1337]

Hey there is is possible to port a love2D game to switch ?

[master both]

Hi, there is a pretty active port called LovePotion, you can find it here: https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=84909

[slime]

FYI lovepotion is a ground-up rewrite of love's APIs (rather than a port), with the purpose of running on homebrew operating systems for Nintendo hardware. It's not a tool that would let you sell a game on Switch or otherwise publish to Nintendo's services.

There is at least one real port of love (0.10) to Switch, but if the creator of that port wanted to make it available to you, you'd need to be part of Nintendo's developer program to have access to it due to their NDAs on Switch APIs and such. It's not legally possible to make a completely public console port of any engine.

[EmmaGees]

FYI lovepotion is a ground-up rewrite of love's APIs (rather than a port), with the purpose of running on homebrew operating systems for Nintendo hardware. It's not a tool that would let you sell a game on Switch or otherwise publish to Nintendo's services.

There is at least one real port of love (0.10) to Switch, but if the creator of that port wanted to make it available to you, you'd need to be part of Nintendo's developer program to have access to it due to their NDAs on Switch APIs and such. It's not legally possible to make a completely public console port of any engine.

I really wish Nintendo would get rid of those NDAs, I wonder what their motivations are because to me this seems counter productive. Nintendo doesn't always make the most sound decisions so it might just be because they're used to it.