I'm looking for a new owner for Lyte2D, my LOVE2D inspired game framework 🙏

Hi everyone,

I actually debutted Lyte2D on this sub, a couple years ago! (https://www.reddit.com/r/lua/comments/111p2rz/lyte2danewgameframeworkthatimmaking/) and (https://www.reddit.com/r/lua/comments/13trs14/lyte2danewgameframeworkv05isoutcoolc/). I haven't posted here since, but Lyte2D has grown.


I'm looking for a new owner/maintainer for Lyte2D. It's a small but powerful game framework for Lua, written in C. It's inspired by LOVE2D but it's even simpler. 1MB or smaller binaries on each platform. Single namespace (everything is under "lyte."), single function to implement ("lyte.tick(...)") instead of update/draw etc. It runs on Windows, Linux, and browsers (WASM) out of the box. MacOS works fine too, but we don't yet have a CI/official build for it yet.

Here're some highlights:

- Simple shapes; lines, circles, rects etc. Transforms...
- Image drawing, including partial rectangles from the image.
- Blend modes (default: alpha blending) and filter modes (default: nearest neighbor for pixel crisp games)
- Audio: looping music and sound effects, pan and pitch control.
- Keyboard/mouse/gamepad input.
- Async fetching application zip for larger game archives
- LOVE2D style app fusing: single executable that's made with merging lyte binary and your game zip. (Works on Windows and Linux, not tested on Mac)
- Single HTML file (that contains an embedded WASM file) for web distribution
- TTF fonts; rendering and font atlas. Crisp performant text rendering (I'm proud with this one)
- Built with Sokol using OpenGL3.3 and GLES3 backends, meaning shaders are shared between ALL targets without code changes. Shader uniform/image params are defined in Lua code. Shaders can be embedded inside Lua files
- It used to have a REPL, Fennel/Teal languages builtin and a half-working physics implementation, but removed these as they were not seeing much use
- Used in jam games, several experiments such as text editors etc.
- Used in one professional Steam game!
- Tiny tiny community, this was not marketed much at all. Couple reddit posts in r/lua and some tweets
- Website: https://lyte2d.com, with guide, samples in wasm and API surface
- Github: https://github.com/lyte2d/lyte2d

The reason I'm looking for a new owner is that I unable to spend the energy this little engine deserves. With the removal of the jankier parts I mentioned above, the remaining API I think is at beta level right now. It would be the new owners path to either keep it with small bug fixes as is, or take it further with more features, different direction etc.

In my opinion, even without a lot of fixes or new features at all, with the right marketing, this little thing can shine.

The correct owner would have some native code experience, he/she would know his way around C/cmake/git/CIs etc even if an expertise is NOT required.

Are you interested? Please DM me here or on twitter or on gmail, tell me what's your general idea of the direction you'd like to take, and your github. If you'd like to join only as a contributor (but not owner) let me know as well.

At "morew4rd" (github, twitter, gmail, reddit -- same handle)

Thank you!

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I basically need the .a lib to use in a VS2019 C++ project...
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VS2019 NDK version is r16b.

While I did got some .a files, with very different sizes when trying, it seems like VS can't find the functions in it, so I guess it's not compiled correctly...
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Did anyone have particularly compiled it for Android? I really need to get this working...

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I’m trying to upload an accessory (a hat) to Roblox Studio, but I keep running into an error:
“Could not find a part called ‘Handle’ inside AccessoryName.”

Here’s what I have:
• A MeshPart (my hat model)
• A Part renamed to “Handle”
• An Attachment inside the Handle

I’ve double-checked everything, but the error still appears when I try to upload.
Does anyone know what might be wrong or what I should check?
I’d really appreciate any help! Thanks in advance!


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game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)

do

for _, eggy in game.Workspace.poor:GetChildren() do

if not eggy:GetAttribute("Owner") then continue end

\-- the plot is owned by a player

if eggy:GetAttribute('Owner') \~= player.UserId then continue end

\-- we have found the correct plot

eggy:SetAttribute('Taken', nil)

eggy:SetAttribute('Owner', nil)



print('eggy has been destroyed by ' ..player.Name..'!')

break

end

end)

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I'm currently developing a template language, “Plume”, which translates to Lua.

Originally, I had planned to make it compatible with Lua 5.x, but recently I've been hesitating.

Advantage: it can be used in any Lua environment without any hassle, and use any lib written in lua.

Disadvantage: extra burden of writing and maitienting the code, but in real life it's doable. On the other hand, you run the risk of having Plume libraries that are incompatible with each other, as they are written with different versions of lua... And maybe, for a templating language, having an “official” environment (in this case, luajit) is more interesting than being plug and play.

What do you think? Any other arguments? I'll have to make a choice, but I'm stumped \^\^'.



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I know Lua tends to favor minimalism and explicit idioms, so I’m curious whether this would feel too “un‑Lua‑like.” On the other hand, I think it could clean up repetitive boilerplate and boost performance in hot paths.

Below is a sketch of what the syntax might look like, along with some usage examples:

-- (1) Inline small functions into call sites
\@inline
function add(a, b)
return a + b
end
-- After preprocessing: calls to add(a, b) become (a + b) directly.

-- (2) Benchmark execution time of a function
\@benchmark
function heavywork(n)
-- simulate work
for i = 1, n * 1e5 do end
end
-- At runtime, heavywork(10) prints: heavy_work took 0.012s

-- (3) Memoize pure functions automatically
\@memoize
function fib(n)
if n < 2 then return n end
return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2)
end
-- fib(30) runs in O(n) instead of O(2^n).

-- (4) Register compile‑time callbacks
\@callable
function dosomethingawesome()
print("Registered at compile time")
end

-- (5) Retry on error (e.g., network calls)
\@retry(3)
function fetchdata(url)
return http.get(url) -- might error
end
-- fetchdata retries up to 3 times before finally erroring.

-- (6) Initialization hook
\@init
function setupenvironment()
print("Environment initialized!")
end
-- runs once, when the noscript is loaded.

-- (7) Documentation and metadata
\@doc("Calculates the nth Fibonacci number efficiently.")
\@todo("Add tail‑recursive version")
\@tag("math", "performance")
\@deprecated("Use fibfast instead")
function fib(n)
-- …
end

What do you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts and any ideas for useful annotations I haven’t listed!

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Heres the noscript: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/how-would-i-go-about-part-always-facing-player/1182594/2

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you can check my repo on https://github.com/PyDevC/fzf.git

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• Powerful client-side and server-side detection
• Trigger & event logging
• Cheat bypass detection
• Ban system with SQL logging & Discord webhook logs
• Clean and modern GUI
• Optimized performance and obfuscation
• Full config system and export-ready files

I’m looking for experienced people in the following areas:
• Lua development (FiveM client/server)
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This project is serious and will be released with a licensing system. I’m open to profit-sharing if you’re dedicated and want to build something long-term.

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