<s>
LÖVE	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
framework	B-Application
released	O
under	O
the	O
zlib	B-License
license	I-License
for	O
developing	O
2D	O
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
uses	O
Lua	B-Language
as	O
its	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
is	O
still	O
maintained	O
by	O
its	O
original	O
developers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
API	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
framework	B-Application
gives	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
video	O
and	O
sound	O
functions	O
of	O
the	O
host	O
machine	O
through	O
the	O
libraries	B-Library
SDL	B-Operating_System
and	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
or	O
since	O
version	O
0.10	O
also	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
2	O
and	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fonts	O
can	O
be	O
rendered	O
by	O
the	O
FreeType	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
framework	B-Application
called	O
piLöve	O
has	O
been	O
specifically	O
ported	O
to	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
framework	B-Application
is	O
frequently	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
compositions	O
of	O
video	O
game	O
development	O
competitions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
development	O
competition	O
Ludum	O
Dare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
10th	O
most	O
popular	O
game	O
development	O
software	O
used	O
by	O
independent	O
game	O
developers	B-Application
on	O
the	O
site	O
Itch.io,	O
holding	O
a	O
1.97	O
%	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Added	O
support	O
for	O
managing	O
events	O
like	O
key	O
presses0.6.1Jiggly	O
Juice	O
Added	O
function	O
to	O
set	O
and	O
get	O
a	O
Box2D	B-Application
body	O
's	O
fixed	O
rotation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Added	O
support	O
for	O
Base64	B-Protocol
encoding	I-Protocol
,	O
MD5	B-Algorithm
hashing	O
,	O
and	O
more.11.1Mysterious	O
Mysteries11.2Mysterious	O
Mysteries	O
Added	O
functions	O
to	O
set	O
and	O
get	O
a	O
Box2D	B-Application
body	O
's	O
transform.11.3Mysterious	O
Mysteries	O
Added	O
support	O
for	O
loading	O
FLAC	B-Application
audio	O
files	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Added	O
support	O
for	O
recording	O
audio	O
from	O
the	O
microphone	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
features	O
come	O
with	O
the	O
framework	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
support	O
of	O
OpenGL	B-Application
pixel	O
shaders	O
GLSL	B-Language
,	O
</s>
<s>
supports	O
image	O
formats	O
:	O
PNG	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
TGA	O
and	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
</s>
<s>
supports	O
using	O
the	O
2D	O
physics	O
engine	O
Box2D	B-Application
(	O
can	O
be	O
disabled	O
,	O
to	O
lighten	O
the	O
library	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
luasocket	O
library	O
for	O
network	O
communications	O
TCP/UDP	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
provides	O
a	O
basic	O
"	O
sandbox	O
"	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
files	B-Operating_System
in	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
giving	O
access	O
to	O
all	O
its	O
disk	O
to	O
the	O
executed	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
various	O
libraries	B-Library
and	O
forks	O
of	O
Löve	B-Application
to	O
improve	O
basic	O
functions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
object-oriented	O
programming	O
with	O
inheritance	B-Language
and	O
overloading	O
,	O
interpolations	O
,	O
camera	O
management	O
,	O
network	O
multiplayer	O
management	O
,	O
game	O
state	O
management	O
,	O
configuration	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
works	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Box2D	B-Application
for	O
collision	O
management	O
with	O
this	O
decor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
platform	O
(	O
GPLv3	B-License
)	O
called	O
LIKO-12	O
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
PICO-8	O
fantasy	O
console	O
and	O
using	O
Löve	B-Application
,	O
allowing	O
to	O
develop	O
applications	O
in	O
a	O
limited	O
resolution	O
,	O
backup/restore	O
in	O
the	O
modified	O
PNG	O
format	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
as	O
the	O
video	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
of	O
the	O
game	O
consoles	O
or	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
microcomputers	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
export	O
them	O
to	O
HTML5	B-Application
or	O
to	O
systems	O
supported	O
by	O
Löve	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lutro	O
is	O
a	O
Lua	B-Language
game	O
framework	B-Application
for	O
libretro	B-Application
,	O
a	O
partial	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
Löve	B-Application
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ChaiLove	O
follows	O
a	O
similar	O
path	O
by	O
offering	O
an	O
implementation	O
in	O
ChaiScript	O
,	O
an	O
embedded	O
and	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
C++	B-Language
(	O
C++14	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
love.js	O
is	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Löve	B-Application
that	O
aims	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
run	O
Löve	B-Application
games	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
via	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
WebGL	O
,	O
and	O
Emscripten	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
g3d	O
is	O
a	O
3D	O
engine	O
that	O
simplifies	O
3D	O
capabilities	O
in	O
LÖVE	B-Application
,	O
it	O
allows	O
for	O
:	O
3D	O
model	O
rendering	O
,	O
.obj	O
file	O
loading	O
,	O
first	O
person	O
movement	O
and	O
camera	O
controls	O
,	O
perspective	O
and	O
orthographic	O
projections	O
,	O
3D	O
collisions	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
