LÖVE

Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:52 pm**

I downloaded the zip version 11.1 in to my Mac, unzip it and put the app into the application folder. When I click on that app I get a window displaying a ballon with text "no game".
When I check for the version "love --version" I get the error

-bash: love: command not found

.

Is this a bug/ known issue for Mac? Please let me know.
Has anyone try running Love on MacBook?

Posted: **Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:37 pm**

It works just fine:

Terminal

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$ ls
love-11.1-macos.zip
$ unzip love-11.1-macos.zip
...
$ mkdir mygame
$ echo "function love.draw() love.graphics.print('Hello world') end" > mygame/main.lua
$ love.app/Contents/MacOS/love mygame

If you wish you may want to add an alias, or update your $PATH variable so you can just call love from bash.

GUI
To run it from the Finder you need to drag mygame directory onto love.app. MacOS might complain about security - in such a case go to Settings -> Security & Privacy and click "Open anyway" button. Then drag mygame directory onto love.app again.

hope it helps

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2018 2:44 pm**

After I run this I got this in a different terminal window.

Error

boot.lua:479: No code to run
Your game might be packaged incorrectly.
Make sure main.lua is at the top level of the zip.

Traceback

[C]: in function 'error'
[C]: in function 'xpcall'
[C]: in function 'xpcall'

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2018 2:46 pm**

that usually happens when you try to run main.lua directly with löve, and not the folder, as it was said above.

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:29 pm**

So how should I run it?

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:06 am**

udayanthaw wrote: ↑Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:29 pm So how should I run it?

In order to use the love command in the terminal, you need to create an alias as 0x72 said, .

You can read more about how to set a love alias in the Getting Started section of the wiki, under the Mac OS X heading.