Thanks for the suggestion for roomy, I'll check it out. One of the things I'm struggling with at the moment as someone new to Love2D, is just how many libraries there are out there that tackle the same thing. I don't want to reinvent the wheel if there are existing commonly used libraries out there...

What vilonis said. I happen to have a function for exactly this that I was using for an Auto-Battler prototype. For the purposes of library independence I added the relevant vector functions locally: local function len(x,y) return math.sqrt(x*x + y*y) end local function dist(x1,y1, x2,y2) return len...

I think it's because I need to use push:start() and push:finish() in both the gamestate's draw method and in the love.draw() and they do something weird when used together. You've already identified the problem and the solution -- don't call those functions in both places. I don't know what they ar...

What you are looking for is a soft implementation of OOP. Try the following: local Pipe = {} Pipe.__index = Pipe function Pipe.new(x, y, sprite, gap, velocity) local pipe = { x = x, y = y, sprite = sprite, gap = gap, velocity = velocity } return setmetatable(pipe, Pipe) end function Pipe:update(dt) ...

While I applaud you for attempting to write collision detection + resolution entirely on your own, I can't say I recommend it unless you are very experienced with game development and the related math. You should definitely consider using Box2D (love's built in physics engine) or something like bump...

I still use HC for some of my projects, it works fine with the most recent version of love. Just ignore the official documentation because its woefully out of date. The reason your rectangle is overlapping is because you need to swap the order of your move and update callbacks in love.update: functi...

As is mentioned here https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=85111 your solution is (probably) to use the folder path without main.lua. Love needs the project folder containing main.lua. This may be of use to you: https://love2d.org/wiki/Getting_Started Once you get the framework up and running, a...

Just tried this last night to build a mac version of one of my game jam games (my sister only has a macbook) and it was a piece of cake. Great stuff, thanks.

My advice is to pick a specific project that you would like to accomplish. It can be over-ambitious (game engine) or low-stakes (pong). It doesn't necessarily need to be achievable at first, it just needs to not be "learn c++". Your goal is "do <something> via c++". It's through ...

Your code appears to be working exactly as intended.