What is löve?

Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. - lua.org

Functions are first-class citizens in Lua. They can be stored in variables, passed as arguments to other functions, and returned as values from other functions.

Tables are the only data structure in Lua. They can be used as arrays, dictionaries, or even objects.

Tables in Lua are reference types. Don't worry about memory management.

Love event cycle consists of several callback functions that you can define in your code. The most commonly used callbacks are love.load, love.update, and love.draw.

You can use the love.graphics.print function to draw text on the screen.

You can use the love.graphics.draw function to draw images on the screen.

You can update the position of an object in the love.update function.

To run the game, open a terminal and navigate to the directory where the game is saved. Then, run the following command:

Delta time (dt) is the time elapsed since the last frame. It is used to make movement frame-rate independent.

You have completed the basics of Löve. You can now start creating your own games.