LWJGL VS love

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LWJGL

LWJGL is a Java library that enables cross-platform access to popular native APIs useful in the development of graphics (OpenGL, Vulkan, bgfx), audio (OpenAL, Opus), parallel computing (OpenCL, CUDA) and XR (OpenVR, LibOVR, OpenXR) applications. (by LWJGL)

love

LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua. (by love2d)
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LWJGL love
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4,605 4,415
1.3% 3.3%
8.4 9.7
4 days ago 7 days ago
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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LWJGL

Posts with mentions or reviews of LWJGL. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-17.
  • Building a Game Engine Using Java with LWJGL
    1 project | dev.to | 1 Apr 2024
    Download the latest LWJGL binaries from the official website.
  • My Game won't start :(
    1 project | /r/BetterThanWolves | 23 Nov 2023
    (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
  • Game crashes starting 1.5.2
    2 projects | /r/Minecraft | 17 Nov 2023
    229 recipes 27 achievements 2023-11-15 18:45:08 [CLIENT] [INFO] Setting user: aleislost (Session ID is token:0:) 2023-11-15 18:45:08 [CLIENT] [INFO] LWJGL Version: 2.9.4 Starting up SoundSystem... Initializing LWJGL OpenAL (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org) OpenAL initialized. # # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x00007ffd49392ee7, pid=5988, tid=0x0000000000002188 # # JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment (8.0_392-b08) (build 1.8.0_392-b08) # Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (25.392-b08 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops) # Problematic frame: # C [ig7icd64.dll+0x22ee7] # # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows # # An error report file with more information is saved as: # C:\Users\Ale\AppData\Roaming\PollyMC\instances\1.5.2\.minecraft\hs_err_pid5988.log # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: # https://github.com/adoptium/adoptium-support/issues # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. # AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed Process exited with code 1.
  • Not only Unity...
    53 projects | /r/opensourcegames | 11 Nov 2023
  • LWJGL documentation
    1 project | /r/opengl | 30 Jun 2023
  • I am looking to learn java for 2d and 3d game development any good tutorials or sources for beginners who don't know anything
    2 projects | /r/learnjava | 27 Jun 2023
    Both libGDX and JMonkey engine make use of LWJGL.
  • missing dependencies form mods snd dont know what to do
    1 project | /r/MinecraftMod | 14 May 2023
    [17:23:20] [Client thread/WARN]: EventBus 0 shutting down - future events will not be posted. [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default, FMLFileResourcePack:Forge Mod Loader, FMLFileResourcePack:Minecraft Forge, FMLFileResourcePack:YUNG's Better Mineshafts, FMLFileResourcePack:Biomes O' Plenty, FMLFileResourcePack:Bountiful, FMLFileResourcePack:Mowzie's Mobs, FMLFileResourcePack:Quark, FMLFileResourcePack:Spiders 2.0, FMLFileResourcePack:Tetra, FMLFileResourcePack:The Twilight Forest, FMLFileResourcePack:Xaero's World Map [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderItem [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderItem, func_180454_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/item/ItemStack;Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/block/model/IBakedModel;)V) [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEffect, func_191966_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/block/model/IBakedModel;)V) [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node LDC -8372020 [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node LDC -8372020 [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.EntityRenderer [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderWorldPass, func_175068_a] Descriptor (IFJ)V) [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKESPECIAL net/minecraft/client/renderer/EntityRenderer.func_78479_a (FI)V [17:23:20] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:20] [Client thread/WARN]: There were errors previously. Not beginning mod initialization phase [17:23:21] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Starting up SoundSystem... [17:23:21] [Thread-2/INFO]: Initializing LWJGL OpenAL [17:23:21] [Thread-2/INFO]: (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org) [17:23:21] [Thread-2/INFO]: OpenAL initialized. [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.RenderManager [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEntity, func_188391_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;DDDFFZ)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKEVIRTUAL net/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/Render.func_76986_a (Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;DDDFF)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.Render [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEntityOnFire, func_76977_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;DDDF)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.model.ModelBiped [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [setRotationAngles, func_78087_a] Descriptor (FFFFFFLnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node RETURN [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.layers.LayerArmorBase [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderArmorLayer, func_188361_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/EntityLivingBase;FFFFFFFLnet/minecraft/inventory/EntityEquipmentSlot;)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEnchantedGlint, func_188364_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/RenderLivingBase;Lnet/minecraft/entity/EntityLivingBase;Lnet/minecraft/client/model/ModelBase;FFFFFFF)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKESTATIC net/minecraft/client/renderer/GlStateManager.func_179131_c (FFFF)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKESTATIC net/minecraft/client/renderer/GlStateManager.func_179131_c (FFFF)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.RenderBoat [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [doRender, func_188300_b] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/item/EntityBoat;DDDFF)V) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKEINTERFACE net/minecraft/client/model/IMultipassModel.func_187054_b (Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;FFFFFF)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.layers.LayerEntityOnShoulder [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderEntityOnShoulder, func_192864_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/entity/player/EntityPlayer;Ljava/util/UUID;Lnet/minecraft/nbt/NBTTagCompound;Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/RenderLivingBase;Lnet/minecraft/client/model/ModelBase;Lnet/minecraft/util/ResourceLocation;Ljava/lang/Class;FFFFFFFZ)Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/layers/LayerEntityOnShoulder$DataHolder;) [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKEVIRTUAL net/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/RenderLivingBase.func_110776_a (Lnet/minecraft/util/ResourceLocation;)V [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.BlockModelRenderer [17:23:22] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [renderQuadsFlat, func_187496_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/world/IBlockAccess;Lnet/minecraft/block/state/IBlockState;Lnet/minecraft/util/math/BlockPos;IZLnet/minecraft/client/renderer/BufferBuilder;Ljava/util/List;Ljava/util/BitSet;)V) [17:23:22] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:22] [Client thread/INFO]: Located patch target node INVOKEVIRTUAL net/minecraft/client/renderer/BufferBuilder.func_178987_a (DDD)V [17:23:22] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true [17:23:22] [Client thread/WARN]: ERROR : Couldn't load Narrator library : Unable to load library 'fliteWrapper': Native library (linux-aarch64/libfliteWrapper.so) not found in resource path ([file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/lwjgl3/lwjgl-glfw-classes.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-slf4j18-impl/2.15.0/log4j-slf4j18-impl-2.15.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/maven/maven-artifact/3.5.3/maven-artifact-3.5.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/trove4j/trove4j/3.0.3/trove4j-3.0.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/java3d/vecmath/1.5.2/vecmath-1.5.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/lzma/lzma/0.0.1/lzma-0.0.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-xml_2.11/1.0.2/scala-xml_2.11-1.0.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-swing_2.11/1.0.1/scala-swing_2.11-1.0.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-reflect/2.11.1/scala-reflect-2.11.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-parser-combinators_2.11/1.0.1/scala-parser-combinators_2.11-1.0.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.11.1/scala-library-2.11.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/plugins/scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1/1.0.2_mc/scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1-1.0.2_mc.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/plugins/scala-continuations-library_2.11/1.0.2_mc/scala-continuations-library_2.11-1.0.2_mc.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-compiler/2.11.1/scala-compiler-2.11.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/scala-lang/scala-actors-migration_2.11/1.1.0/scala-actors-migration_2.11-1.1.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/typesafe/config/1.2.1/config-1.2.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/typesafe/akka/akka-actor_2.11/2.3.3/akka-actor_2.11-2.3.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/jline/jline/3.5.1/jline-3.5.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/minecraft/launchwrapper/1.12/launchwrapper-1.12.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/ow2/asm/asm-debug-all/5.2/asm-debug-all-5.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/minecraftforge/forge/1.12.2-14.23.5.2859/forge-1.12.2-14.23.5.2859.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/patchy/1.3.9/patchy-1.3.9.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/oshi-project/oshi-core/1.1/oshi-core-1.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/jna/4.4.0/jna-4.4.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/dev/jna/platform/3.4.0/platform-3.4.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/ibm/icu/icu4j-core-mojang/51.2/icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/sf/jopt-simple/jopt-simple/5.0.3/jopt-simple-5.0.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecjorbis/20101023/codecjorbis-20101023.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/codecwav/20101023/codecwav-20101023.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/libraryjavasound/20101123/libraryjavasound-20101123.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/librarylwjglopenal/20100824/librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/paulscode/soundsystem/20120107/soundsystem-20120107.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/io/netty/netty-all/4.1.9.Final/netty-all-4.1.9.Final.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/guava/guava/21.0/guava-21.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.5/commons-lang3-3.5.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/commons-io/commons-io/2.5/commons-io-2.5.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/commons-codec/commons-codec/1.10/commons-codec-1.10.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jinput/jinput/2.0.5/jinput-2.0.5.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/net/java/jutils/jutils/1.0.0/jutils-1.0.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.8.0/gson-2.8.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/authlib/1.5.25/authlib-1.5.25.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/realms/1.10.22/realms-1.10.22.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/commons/commons-compress/1.8.1/commons-compress-1.8.1.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/4.3.3/httpclient-4.3.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.1.3/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpcore/4.3.2/httpcore-4.3.2.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/it/unimi/dsi/fastutil/7.1.0/fastutil-7.1.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-api/2.15.0/log4j-api-2.15.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/org/apache/logging/log4j/log4j-core/2.15.0/log4j-core-2.15.0.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/text2speech/1.10.3/text2speech-1.10.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/libraries/com/mojang/text2speech/1.10.3/text2speech-1.10.3.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/versions/1.12.2-forge-14.23.5.2859/1.12.2-forge-14.23.5.2859.jar, file:/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/net.kdt.pojavlaunch/files/.minecraft/mods/Quark-r1.6-177.jar, asmgen:/]) [17:23:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Transforming net.minecraft.client.renderer.tileentity.TileEntityPistonRenderer [17:23:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Applying Transformation to method (Names [render, func_192841_a] Descriptor (Lnet/minecraft/tileentity/TileEntityPiston;DDDFIF)V) [17:23:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Located Method, patching... [17:23:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Patch result: true
  • Need an assignment
    1 project | /r/CodingHelp | 7 May 2023
  • Library of Java that Minecraft Uses
    1 project | /r/Minecraft | 7 Apr 2023
    Java Edition uses a number of third party libraries but the core game library is Light Weight Java Game Library, LWJGL.
  • Wayland support
    2 projects | /r/TLAUNCHER | 27 Mar 2023
    Minecraft uses LWGL under the hood, which does support Wayland as of version 3 if it is configured to use EGL instead of GLX. (see https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl3/issues/748) Version 2 of LWGL does not support Wayland as it relies on xrandr, which is only available on X (see https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl/issues/118).

love

Posts with mentions or reviews of love. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-17.
  • Ask HN: Yo wants to build a game, I'm lost. What can I do?
    20 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jan 2024
    I've built a few games with my son over the years. The fun part for us was all about fast iteration, and then laughing at the bugs together.

    There are some other recommendations here for how to approach 3d, and he is specifically asking for 3d -- but I want to put in one more pitch for 2d: the fun-to-tedium ratio can be much higher.

    I wonder if you could spend some time prototyping some of his ideas in LÖVE https://love2d.org/ -- if you show him the smallest sketch of something working, he might have an idea about what to add next.

    Many years ago, on a flight, we went from 0 to game before we landed (with no experience).

  • Show HN: A variant of Conway's Game of Life in color you can run on your phone
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jan 2024
    * When a cell is born it randomly takes on the color of one of its (3) parents.

    To try it out:

    1. Install LÖVE for your device from https://love2d.org (~5MB and open source). (iOS requires building from source on a Mac, or installing the third-party Love2D Studio: https://love2d-studio.marknoteapp.com)

    2. Install my Lua Carousel from https://akkartik.itch.io/carousel (~100KB). It includes all its source code and can be edited live on a computer as it runs.

    3. Copy the ~100 lines of code from the bottom of https://akkartik.itch.io/carousel/devlog/651711/new-version-after-9-days and paste them into Lua Carousel.

  • Gearing up for Lua
    3 projects | dev.to | 1 Jan 2024
    Probably the most important piece of software we'll be playing around with is a game engine called LÖVE. Lua is well known around developer circles as being a good scripting language when it comes to making games, and this engine is one of the more popular. I'll be going through installation at the end of this post.
  • Original Sling'n'shoot Worms Game
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Dec 2023
    I got it – these are the steps I took:

    1. Download Love from https://love2d.org/

  • Can't make my mind about which engine to use
    2 projects | /r/gamedev | 10 Dec 2023
    libGDX is great, but I can understand if it's not for some people. This also applies to love2d, raylib and Monogame
  • How Do I Compile/Install Love 0.10.2 on Linux?
    2 projects | /r/love2d | 7 Dec 2023
    You don't need to use git if you don't want to. Try downloading the 0.10.2 source directly here (the file you want is love-0.10.2-linux-src.tar.gz); I see you've tried this already but try again just to see what happens. Extract it to a directory (e.g. love-0.10.2-linux-src) and then run:
  • Not only Unity...
    53 projects | /r/opensourcegames | 11 Nov 2023
    Love2d (MIT/C++/Lua) https://github.com/love2d/love
  • Ask HN: Released games built on FOSS engines?
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Oct 2023
    - Löve (doesn't have a separate page, but showcases a few games at the bottom of the page): https://love2d.org
  • How to have the coolest booth at a tech conference 🕹👾
    3 projects | dev.to | 3 Oct 2023
    The game, Wasp Escape, was built using the open-source Löve 2D game library for Lua.
  • I want to make a game but I'm scared...
    3 projects | /r/gamedev | 15 Sep 2023
    love2d (lua) is a productive, fun, good docs, and most importantly proven / field-tested 2d game library, with easy to learn fast to compile and fast to run language - lua. while lua might not have a lot of features as python, the big bonus is that its much more focused language, which is important because otherwise you can get easily distracted on bells and whistles that other programming languages provide, i know that from experience

What are some alternatives?

When comparing LWJGL and love you can also consider the following projects:

libGDX - Desktop/Android/HTML5/iOS Java game development framework

raylib - A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

FXGL - Java / JavaFX / Kotlin Game Library (Engine)

Godot - Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

jMonkeyEngine - A complete 3-D game development suite written in Java.

MonoGame - One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

OpenTK - The Open Toolkit library is a fast, low-level C# wrapper for OpenGL, OpenAL & OpenCL. It also includes windowing, mouse, keyboard and joystick input and a robust and fast math library, giving you everything you need to write your own renderer or game engine. OpenTK can be used standalone or inside a GUI on Windows, Linux, Mac.

Godot Card Game Framework - A framework which comes with prepared scenes and classes to kickstart your card game, as well as a powerful scripting engine to use to provide full rules enforcement.

Vulkan-Tutorial-Java - Vulkan tutorial by Alexander Overvoorde ported to Java

TIC-80 - TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.

bevy - A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust