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SNKRX
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zelda-lua
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my lua experience
heres what i made: https://github.com/scoopydevy/zelda-lua
SNKRX
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Releasing a game on Steam
One thing that really helped me is looking at the source code and assets of one game that I really enjoyed -- SNKRX, the creator of the game, a327ex, put everything on Github so you can take a look how a finished game looks: https://github.com/a327ex/SNKRX/. The repo even includes the various images needed for Steam, this was very nice so I could make sure some of the assets I made aren't unfit for their purpose: https://github.com/a327ex/SNKRX/tree/master/assets/media . There are also some Photoshop files provided on the Steamworks FAQ which are very useful too, but they mainly show just in which area of the image you shouldn't put important text etc.
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How do I make money off Love2D development?
If it helps, here's a devlog for a reasonably successful game built in love2d.
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Examples of games made in a few months that sold well?
SNKRX/devlog.md : daily breakdown of what he actually worked on from the start for his SNKRX game
- What Does Copyright Say about Generative Models?
- Rewrite Update Cancelled
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What I want to do in life is to make games. But I'm from a third world country with no video game companies, and I can't move. In my situation, what's the most likely way to make money as an indie game dev? I don't need much ($500 a month would be enough), and I can bide my time.
SNKRX daily devlog for the first 3 months << very detailed of what he was doing each day
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Devs who open source their games, why?
I'm the developer of SNKRX and on top of what most other people mentioned, the truth of the matter is that making games is hard and making games while working on someone else's codebase is even harder. Anyone who has the capacity to do anything useful with your game's codebase will likely also have the capacity to make their own game from scratch, so they'll just do that instead.
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How many open-source games do you know?
SNKRX is a commercial game and is open source (MIT), but it's not an open source project -- the developer is focused on improving their game for their gaming community and not building a development community around the game.
- I open sourced a game I just released on Steam, written in Lua
What are some alternatives?
love-api - The whole LÖVE wiki in a Lua table.
SSVOpenHexagon - C++20 FOSS clone of "Super Hexagon". Depends on SSVStart, SSVEntitySystem, SSVLuaWrapper, SSVMenuSystem, JSONcpp, SFML2.0. Features JSON/LUA customizable game files, a soundtrack by BOSSFIGHT, pseudo-3D effects.
picolove - PICO-8 Reimplementation in Love2D. Chat: https://discord.gg/jGEMUse6RM
Techmino - Techmino:方块研究所唯一官方仓库(Github)
BYTEPATH - A replayable arcade shooter with a focus on build theorycrafting.
kaboom.js - 💥 JavaScript game library
sock.lua - A Lua networking library for LÖVE games.
minetest_game - Minetest Game - A lightweight and well-maintained base for modding [https://github.com/minetest/minetest/]
g3d - Simple and easy 3D engine for LÖVE.
VVVVVV - The source code to VVVVVV! http://thelettervsixtim.es/
LIKO-12 - LIKO-12 is an open source fantasy computer made using LÖVE.
open-project-1 - Unity Open Project #1: Chop Chop