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love2d-crt-scanline-shader-canvas

Aseprite Tilemap JSON Export Lua Script

love2d spritebatch reduce draw calls

Replace per-sprite love.graphics.draw with a SpriteBatch sharing one texture atlas to collapse hundreds of draw calls into one, then verify with love.graphics.getStats() before claiming the win.

Pixel-perfect collision and subpixel movement in LÖVE: fixing the jitter bump.lua leaves behind

Tackles the bug every bump.lua user hits second week: at low speeds the player visibly jitters by 1px against walls, and at high speeds tunnels through thin platforms. Unique angle: separates the two root causes — bump operates on integer cell math but love.physics-free games push float positions, and bump's slide response can't predict sub-frame penetration. Reader gets two patches: a fixed-timestep accumulator using love.timer.step() that nails 60Hz physics regardless of render rate, plus a swept-AABB pre-check that splits the frame's movement into substeps when |velocity| > tile_size/2. Includes a benchmark table showing tunneling rates at 240/480/960 px-per-second before vs after.

T4 smoke test

Verifying CMS service_role POST

Animating Tower Defense Towers with anim8 in LÖVE 11.5

A practical walkthrough for wiring spritesheet animations into tower defense entities using anim8 and LÖVE 11.5, covering state machines, frame timing, and rotation.

Aseprite to LÖVE: A Spritesheet Pipeline That Survives Iteration

A repeatable Aseprite spritesheet export pipeline for LÖVE games, with JSON metadata parsing, anim8 integration, and the trade-offs between packed atlases and grid sheets.

bump.lua Collision Patterns for LÖVE Platformers

Practical bump.lua patterns for 2D platformer collision in LÖVE: world setup, response filters, slopes, and one-way platforms.

LÖVE Roguelike State Machines: hump.gamestate vs a Custom State Stack

A side-by-side look at hump.gamestate and a hand-rolled LIFO state stack for LÖVE roguelikes, with code patterns for layered UIs, pause overlays, and modal scenes.

LÖVE Card Game Animations with flux Tweens

Build snappy card draw, hover, and play animations in LÖVE using rxi's flux tween library, with chainable easings and frame-perfect timing.