LÖVE 0.8.0 Released

[Helvecta]

Don't mind me, just waiting for LOVE 0.9.0

[borix134]

It's nice, but may I ask for in the new updates you guys quit replacing functions with others that do the same thing? All it really does is make code, and tutorials obselete. Perhaps instead of changing syntax, you guys add new features and fix bugs? Thats just my thought of it though.

[Jasoco]

It's nice, but may I ask for in the new updates you guys quit replacing functions with others that do the same thing? All it really does is make code, and tutorials obselete. Perhaps instead of changing syntax, you guys add new features and fix bugs? Thats just my though of it though.

Löve isn't finalized. A lot is going to change before 1.0 ever comes along. You should have seen the 5 > 6 changes.

[slime]

It's nice, but may I ask for in the new updates you guys quit replacing functions with others that do the same thing? All it really does is make code, and tutorials obselete. Perhaps instead of changing syntax, you guys add new features and fix bugs? Thats just my thought of it though.

API consistency and cleanliness is in many ways just as important (if not more) than new features and bug fixes. An intuitive and clean API does much more than just cause a couple minutes of trouble for people updating to the better API.

That being said, 0.9.0 has the most feature additions and bug fixes of any update in the past several years at least. Check out the changelog on the wiki or the (mostly) complete version history in the LÖVE code repository.

As Jasoco mentioned, the fact that LÖVE isn't at version 1.0 yet should give you some hints about the volatility of the API between versions.

[Davidobot]

It's nice, but may I ask for in the new updates you guys quit replacing functions with others that do the same thing? All it really does is make code, and tutorials obselete. Perhaps instead of changing syntax, you guys add new features and fix bugs? Thats just my thought of it though.

API consistency and cleanliness is in many ways just as important (if not more) than new features and bug fixes. An intuitive and clean API does much more than just cause a couple minutes of trouble for people updating to the better API.

That being said, 0.9.0 has the most feature additions and bug fixes of any update in the past several years at least. Check out the changelog on the wiki or the (mostly) complete version history in the LÖVE code repository.

As Jasoco mentioned, the fact that LÖVE isn't at version 1.0 yet should give you some hints about the volatility of the API between versions.

Does the Fused command line prevent compiled .exe and such from having their code read?

[Boolsheet]

No. The code (in Lua or intermediate format) has to be readable or LÖVE can't execute it. The fused command just sets a flag which is used to force a certain behaviour.

LÖVE does not do automatic obfuscation and/or bytecode compilation. The latter would give issues anyway, so it's your job to do it in a way that you think is satisfactory.