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Love2D on iPhone/iPad

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Is there any porting of Love2D http://love2d.org/ game engine to iPhone/iPad?

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Don Grem Avatar asked Dec 24 '10 10:12

Don Grem


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2 Answers

Since 0.10

Yes! You can find the iOS download (love-[version]-ios-source.zip) on the Bitbucket download page. It includes documentation on how to use it.

Before 0.10

Unfortunately, not yet. The reason might be that Apple only allow static libraries on the iPhone.

Source: http://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2023&p=20788&hilit=iphone#p20788

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Henrik P. Hessel Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 16:09

Henrik P. Hessel


Bill Meltsner has started work on an iPhone port. Check it out, it current;y only works in the simulator, but he seems to be progressing fairly well: https://bitbucket.org/bmelts/love-iphone/overview

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schme16 Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 14:09

schme16