A visual editor for LÖVE, that runs in LÖVE.

The basic structure is that there is, from least complex to most complex:

• Underlying Libraries specifically chosen because they do what they do the best.
• Lasagna composed of the underlying libraries, in several layers, with just enough glue to combine them meaningfully without permanently binding to a particular library for a given purpose.
  • Layer 1 low-level serialization and entity-component relationships that will make networking & physics a lot easier.
  • Layer 2 mid-level features that integrate with the structure provided from layer 1, such as graphic optimizations and complex rendering.
  • Layer 3 high-level features, such as logging, profiling, and libraries that editor tools can take advantage of.
• A Project Structure a specially formatted love project that will enable the editor to edit it while still being permissive about its configuration.
• A Bootstrap maintained separate from the editor, allowing for running of project files as a standalone and within the editor.
• The Editor that is capable of producing project files and allowing for easy composition of a game.

Below are some example layer categories and some candidate libraries that would be nice to have in each.

• Serialization & Net: tiny-ecs, binser, trickle, hero, sock.lua
• Configuration & Time: tick, modrun, tactile
• Rendering: love.physics-visualizer, chiro, anim8, anim9, Simple Tiled Implementation, love-imgui, scene.lua, anchor.lua
• Assets: Autobatch, cargo
• Profiling: PROBE, inspect.lua, lurker, Lovebird, Lovecat, love-console, perfhud
• Logging: ansicolors, log.lua, log-lua, i18n, argparse
• Wiring: talkback, middleclass, stateful, router.lua
• Advanced Items: lume, pool.lua, memoize, LuaFun, lua-stdlib, knife, microlight, CPML, LuaDate, dkjson, LuaFFT, Worp
• Upkeep: Busted, RTFM, LDoc, luastache, semver
• High Level: lua-imgur, gyfcat, gifload, magick, sfxr, pegasus, turbo, lua-websockets, lua-sqlite3