Installation on Windows

This tutorial walks you through installing L5 with the Love (Love2d) framework on your Windows computer.

1. Go to the Love website and click to download the 64-bit zipped Windows program.
2. Your browser may show a warning. Click "Keep" or "Save anyway" to proceed with the download. It will download to your Downloads folder by default.
3. From the L5lua.org Download page, download the L5 Starter project.
4. Click "Save" when it asks you to save the L5-starter.zip file.
5. Return to your Downloads folder on your computer. Right click on the Love zip file and choose "Extract All". Click "Extract" to extract it to your Downloads folder.
6. Open the extracted Love folder and double-click the love.exe application to run it. Windows may show a security warning saying "Windows protected your PC". Click "More info" and then click "Run anyway".
7. You should see a window open with a flying bird-shaped balloon and clouds, verifying that Love is now properly installed on your computer. At this point you can close the window.
8. Back in your downloads folder, extract the L5-starter.zip file the same way you extracted the Love zip file. Then drag the L5-starter folder onto the love.exe application. It should now launch and you should see a new window open with your code sketch.

Next steps: You've installed Love and have L5 on your computer and verified you can run your own programs. Check out Getting Started or the tutorials to learn more.