vector.lua
a simple vector library for Lua based on the PVector class from processing (by automattf)
pecs
Entity Component System (ECS) for PICO-8 & Picotron (by jesstelford)
| vector.lua | pecs | |
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| 1 | 2 | |
| 43 | 50 | |
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| 1.3 | 2.8 | |
| 5 months ago | 20 days ago | |
| Lua | Lua | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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vector.lua
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How Does This Library Work?
I have recently tried to decipher the inner workings of libraries for Love and have been struggling. My library of choice is the vector library created by themousery on Github (link). Here are my questions:
pecs
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Whats wrong with my code? I'm trying to use entity compoenet system and started by creating a player, but it doesn't display the player it displays the white x sprite (1)
If you want to jump over the complexities of implementing an ECS, I've published a little library that handles it all for you, so you can focus on making your game: PECS.
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Trouble creating subclass
If you ever find yourself limited by OOP (the Banana Monkey Jungle Problem comes to mind), I've created an Entity-Component System (ECS) library specifically for PICO-8 which I've found to be a more flexible way of building games: https://github.com/jesstelford/pecs
What are some alternatives?
When comparing vector.lua and pecs you can also consider the following projects:
dragon_demo_platformer - PICO-8 Fooling and Learning
lovetoys - :banana: a full-featured Entity-Component-System framework for making games with lua
mini-mines - A small version of Minesweeper, made for PICO-8
mystery_house_remodeled - A ground-up recreation, for the Pico-8, of the first graphic adventure game.
picolove - PICO-8 Reimplementation in Love2D. Chat: https://discord.gg/jGEMUse6RM
p8 - 🕹️ Compatibility layer to run PICO-8 scripts on the monome norns