Stabyourself.net Game Launcher
Posted: 19 Dec 2013, 20:42
Ever get tired of losing that ONE game made by our favorite person, Maurice? Or did you misplace that amazing pac-man mod automatik made? Perhaps these source files are lying somewhere on the clunky hard drive, and you can't find where the heck you put it. Well, that ends now!
For the past two days I have been making a new version of my old launcher. So far it should be done within a few hours of work (if everything goes well). That said, here's some cool screenshots:
Notes:
In order to play games that require Love2D 0.7.2 and 0.8.0, the program makes two folders labelled "LOVE072" and "LOVE080". Place the .exe and .dlls (or what have you) inside these folders. Specifically name the "love" file as "love.exe", "love.app", or "love-linux" as its respective file name.
Features:
Custom Folders and Games
These can be added to your "Game Library" by going to your LOVE directory and into "Game_Launcher". Then enter the "games" folder, and make a new folder. Call it whatever you'd like! The only issue is that you cannot use spaces in the name. Furthermore, you can customise an icon for it using "<foldername>_settings.txt".
Games are placed as a *.love inside the folder. They are automatically added to that folder's library category when you select it from the list. Games also can has custom settings by making "<game title>_settings.txt", which the game's name is in all lowercase.
You can also mute the music for the launcher at any time, which is saved and loaded each time you click the toggle button and load the game (respective to how each is done, saved on toggle, on/off loaded when the program loads).
For Windows users: Only works with 7 or higher (maybe Vista)
Downloads:
Version 1.3
Side Note: Do not use new lines for the custom files. It should be like so:
Mod Icons:
Mari0
Not Pacman
Ortho Robot
Extras:
Windows Love Bundle:
Love 0.8.0
Love 0.7.2
Mac:
Love 0.8.0 Universal
Love 0.7.2 Universal
Linux:
Love 0.8.0
Love 0.7.2
For the past two days I have been making a new version of my old launcher. So far it should be done within a few hours of work (if everything goes well). That said, here's some cool screenshots:
In order to play games that require Love2D 0.7.2 and 0.8.0, the program makes two folders labelled "LOVE072" and "LOVE080". Place the .exe and .dlls (or what have you) inside these folders. Specifically name the "love" file as "love.exe", "love.app", or "love-linux" as its respective file name.
Features:
Custom Folders and Games
These can be added to your "Game Library" by going to your LOVE directory and into "Game_Launcher". Then enter the "games" folder, and make a new folder. Call it whatever you'd like! The only issue is that you cannot use spaces in the name. Furthermore, you can customise an icon for it using "<foldername>_settings.txt".
Code: Select all
icon:<filename>.png; --icon
background:<filename>.png --background
music:<filename>.ogg --music
Code: Select all
icon:<filename>; --icon (don't add ".png")
love2d:<string version>; --what version this game is for
For Windows users: Only works with 7 or higher (maybe Vista)
Downloads:
Version 1.3
Side Note: Do not use new lines for the custom files. It should be like so:
Code: Select all
icon:<filename>;love2d:<string version>;
Mari0
Windows Love Bundle:
Love 0.8.0
Love 0.7.2
Mac:
Love 0.8.0 Universal
Love 0.7.2 Universal
Linux:
Love 0.8.0
Love 0.7.2