LÖVE

Lua is a programming language that has been gaining popularity over the last few years, and it's easy to see why. Making exciting 2D games is facilitated by this easy-to-pick-up language, which was geared to empower developers by providing a new coding venture.

Prospective game developers now have the ability to choose between all sorts of different frameworks to code their games in Lua, and LOVE is a popular choice. Through its free and open-source offer, as well as its populous community, users are encouraged to make the best out of their creativity.

Possessing knowledge of the Lua language is necessary to make full use of this framework. By inputting your code in the main.lua file, then executing it, a screen greeting you with the materialization of your programming will pop up.

If you don't know where to start, the wiki and the forums can help. You can insert all sorts of things into your game through LOVE: audio, graphics, physics, controls, and many others. Being a full-fledged framework, you are allowed full creative control: you just gotta know how to do it. Platformers, puzzle games, and roguelikes are some of the most popular genres for development in LOVE.