Distribution questions

[CaptainMaelstrom]

I'm trying to make a game.exe so my windows friends can play my game without having to install LÖVE.
I'd also like to make a similar file for my Mac-user friends.

I have no trouble making a .love and getting it to work on my PC, I've read the wiki and searched some threads on the forums but I must be doing something wrong. When I double click my game.exe, I get an error (.png attached).

Here's my procedure:
I copied all the contents of my LÖVE installation folder into the folder that has my main.lua and images etc.
I selected all the contents and created a zip archive of them.
I rename the zip archive to LOVESTUFF.love and make sure I can boot it up and play the game.
Then I shift-right-click and open terminal at this location (my working folder) and I type
"copy /b LOVESTUFF.love+love.exe game.exe"
I'll also tried using different names for the .love and the resulting .exe files to no avail.
After my system successfully makes the game.exe, I double-click to open it and that's when I get the error attached.

Any ideas?

[Robin]

I think you should try copy /b love.exe+LOVESTUFF.love game.exe.

[CaptainMaelstrom]

Doh. Thanks!

Will Mac users be able to run this .exe? If not, how can I make a separate distribution for them?

Thanks again.

[Robin]

No, for Mac users, see the Mac OS X section of the Game Distribution page on the wiki. love.app can be downloaded from the home page. Rename it to .zip, then you can add your game to Contents/Resources/, and rename the whole thing mygame.app.

[Lafolie]

It's not a native executable, but I think packaged .exe games still work if you open them via love.app.