liko-12.txt

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	LIKO-12 V0.0.5 PRE
	https://github.com/RamiLego4Game/LIKO-12
	Licensed under GPL-3, see LICENSE file for more info
	Author: RamiLego4Game // ramilego4game@gmail.com
	Contributors:
		technomancy: Co-Developer.
		gamax92: Gif recording.
		feserr: Terminal command history & autocomplete.
		cosme12: Fire & Snake demo carts.
		OmgCopito95, s0r00t: For being awesome and contributing on github.
	
	LIKO-12 is built with:
		LÖVE Framework: http://love2d.org/
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Welcome to LIKO-12:
	LIKO-12 is a PICO-8 clone but with extra abilities, different API and bigger screen width.
	We are working on this because PICO-8 is not available under a free license that allows
	improvements and sharing, and also to lift some of the more restrictive limitations on games
	like the token limit.
	
	What's PICO-8 ??
	
	- PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games and other computer 
	programs. When you turn it on, the machine greets you with a shell for typing in Lua programs 
	straight away and provides simple built-in tools for creating sprites, maps and sound.

	- LIKO-12 comes with a terminal, lua console, sprites editor and a code editor. It also comes
	with a modified pixel font which includes lower-case letters. We plan on adding a map editor and
	audio/music editor in the future.
	
	- So you can basically create spritesheets, and games using this console.

:: IRC	

	We have an irc channel #liko12 at irc.oftc.net , feel free to join us

:: Keys

	Escape: Quit running cart or switch between editors and the terminal.
	Up: Command history in the terminal.
	Tab: Autocomplete file/folder names in the terminal.
	Mouse Wheel: Move up/down/left/right the cursor in the code editor.
	Ctrl-pageup/pagedown: Change between editor modes.
	Ctrl-c/Ctrl-v: Copy & Paste in the spriteeditor.
	F8: Start gif recording (may be heavy in some devices).
	F9: End the gif recoring and save it.

	In-game player controls:

		player 1
		id:0,   1,    2,    3,     4,         5
		 left, right, up, down, {z, c, x}, {x, v, m}
		
		player 2
		id:0, 1, 2, 3,     4,            5
		   s, f, e, d, {lshift, tab}, {a, q}

:: Specs

	Display: 192x128, fixed 16 colour palette (PICO-8 palette)
	Input: Full access to Mouse, Touch and Keyboard !
	SpriteSheet: 288 sprite (24x12)
	Code: LuaJIT 5.1
	LÖVE: 0.10.1
	Runs on: Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS, RaspberryPi (see PiLove).

:: Bugs/Crashes reports

	Please report those at the github issues tracker:
	https://github.com/RamiLego4Game/LIKO-12/issues

:: Hello World
	
	After LIKO-12 boots, try loading the hello world builtin cart by typing those commands in the terminal:
		
		cd demos
		load helloworld
		run
	
	Try to to press and drag anywhere on the screen.
	
	To quit the cart press escape key, now to view the source code and sprites of the cart press escape key again.
	Now in the sprite editor try to edit the hello world sprite, then press escape to return to the terminal and type run.
	
	Awesome right?
	
	To save your cart type (you may replace myhelloworld with any name you like):
	
		save myhelloworld
		
:: Demo Carts
	
	Here's a list of the built-in demo carts the you can load, edit, run and save !
	
	cd demos
	
	tictactoe   A 2 players tictactoe game made by RamiLego4Game.
	helloworld  The helloworld example.
	noise       Fill the screen with random colors.
	snake       A snake game made by cosme12.
	snakenew	A w.i.p snake rewrite made by RamiLego4Game.
	maze		A spritesheet for a maze game.
	scale		A demo for scaling and rotating images.
	fire		Fire particle by cosme12.
	
	To run a cart, open LIKO-12 terminal and type:
	cd demos
	load tictactoe
	run
	
	Press escape to stop the cart, and once more to enter editing mode.
	
	Delete the demos directory and restart liko12 to restore the defaults/ add new ones. "DEL demos"

:: Exporters / Importers
	
	To import or export the spritesheet as a .png:
	
		export spritesheet
		import spritesheet
		
:: Editing the internal spritessheet

	To edit the internal spritesheet type in the terminal:
	
		import editorsheet
	
	Edit the sheet as you like (You can edit the cursor too)
	
		export editorsheet
		reload

    Have fun hacking this :3

:: Auto saving

	LIKO-12 automatically saves your cart to /_backup.lk12 when typing shutdown/reload
	(_backup.lk12 is hidden in the dir/ls command, do "load _backup" to load it)
	
:: Terminal Commands

	COMMANDS <REQUIRED> [OPTIONAL]
	
	HELP: Shows help info
	NEW: Clears the memory
	RELOAD: Reloads the editorsheet
	RUN [args]: Runs the loaded cart
	SAVE <NAME>: Saves the current cart
	LOAD <NAME>: Loads a cart
	IMPORT <PATH>: Imports a spritesheet
	EXPORT <PATH>: Exports the current loaded spritesheet
	CLS: Clears the terminal
	VER: Shows LIKO-12 Title
	DIR/LS: Lists the directory items.
	CD: Change the working directory.
	DEL: Delete the give file/directory.
	MKDIR: Creates a directory at the given path.
	REBOOT: Reboots liko12 (And reloads all the internal code files).
	SHUTDOWN: Quit liko12.
	FOLDER: Opens the current directory with the host explorer.

:: Screen Rendering

LIKO-12 has non clearing canvas rendering system this means:
	- You don't have to redraw everything when resizeing the lk12 window
	- The screen doesn't clear every frame
	- You can draw to the screen anywhere in the code

	Note: everything called before _init() will be cleared.

:: Getting Started

To get started do the hello world tutorial then load and play demo games.

After that let's start:
	Type "load demos/helloworld" then type "run" to start it
	Go back to the editor (press esc twice) and switch to the code editor (The [] tab)
	From here you can start by reading the demo's code
	
How carts work:
	The game code gets excuted to overwrite the global callbacks
	Then the screen is cleared with black color
	After that the _init callback is called so the cart can draw
	Periodically the _update callback is called with delta time
	Finally whenever input happens the relevant callbacks are called so the game draws new content
 
SpriteSheet:
	Before running game code, the spritesheet is loaded to the globals so the game gets access to its spritesheet
 
So now read the demo games, and be sure to check the API documentation bellow.

Console Editor Tab:
	This is a work in progress feature, don't use it for now.

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	API
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:: Lua Global
	Read runtime.lua in lk12 code for a full list of globals.

:: Callbacks
You should overwrite the callbacks you want to use, ex: function _init() end

_init
	This function is called at the initialization of your game.
	Start your game drawing from here, because any draw calls at the top level of your code are cleared.

_update dt
	This function is called everyframe.
	
	- DT (Number): The delta time between _update calls in seconds.

_mpress x,y,b,it
	This function is called when a mouse button is pressed.
	- x,y (Numbers): The X and Y position of the mouse.
	- b (Number): The pressed mouse button.
	- it (Boolean): (istouch) if the mouse press is in fact a touch press.

_mmove x,y,dx,dy,it,iw
	This function is called whenever the mouse gets moved.
	- x,y (Numbers): The X and Y position of the mouse.
	- dx,dy (Numbers): How much the mouse has moved in each direction.
	- it (Boolean): (istouch) if the mouse press is in fact a touch move.
	- iw (Boolean): (iswheel) if true then the x,y are how much the mouse wheel has moved.

_mrelease x,y,b,it
	This function is called when a mouse button is released.
	- x,y (Numbers): The X and Y position of the mouse.
	- b (Number): The released mouse button.
	- it (Boolean): (istouch) if the mouse press is in fact a touch release.

_tpress id,x,y,dx,dy,p
	This function is called when the screen is touched.
	- id (Light-Number): The id of the touch.
	- x,y (Numbers): The X and Y position of the touch.
	- dx,dy (Numbers): How much the touch has moved in each direction, this should be always zero.
	- p (Number): (pressure) The pressure of the touch.

_tmove id,x,y,dx,dy,p
	This function is called when a screen touch is moved.
	- id (Light-Number): The id of the touch.
	- x,y (Numbers): The X and Y position of the touch.
	- dx,dy (Numbers): How much the touch has moved in each direction.
	- p (Number): (pressure) The pressure of the touch.

_trelease id,x,y,dx,dy,p
	This function is called when a screen touch is released.
	- id (Light-Number): The id of the touch.
	- x,y (Numbers): The X and Y position of the touch.
	- dx,dy (Numbers): How much the touch has moved in each direction.
	- p (Number): (pressure) The pressure of the touch.

_kpress k, sc, ir
	This function is called when a keyboard key is pressed.
	- k (String [KeyConstant]): The key that has been pressed.
	- sc (Number): The scancode of the pressed key.
	- ir (Boolean): (IsRepeat) See keyrepeat function.
 
_krelease k, sc
	This function is called when a keyboard key is released.
	- k (String [KeyConstant]): The key that has been released.
	- sc (Number): The scancode of the released key.

_tinput t
	This function is called when text is inputted.
	- t (String): The text inputted.

:: Graphics

color [c]
	Sets the current drawing color to the given color or black
	- c [Number]: The new color.

pushColor
	Push the current color to the colors stack

popColor
	Pops/restores the last color in the colors stack

clear [c]
	Clears the screen and fills it with the given color black
	- c [Number]: The color to fill with

stroke [width]
	Sets the width of the lines and points to the given width or 1
	- width [Number]: The new width

point/points x1,y1,[x2,y2,...],[c]
	Draws the give points, if the number of the given args is odd then last one is set as the color.
	- x,y,... (Numbers): The points locations
	- c [Number]: The color to set to

line/lines x1,y1,x2,y2,[x3,y3,...],[c]
	Draws lines connecting the given points, if the number of the given args is odd then the last one is set as the color.
	- x,y,... (Numbers): The points locations
	- c [Number]: The color to set to
 
circle/circle_line x,y,r,[c]
	Draws a circle at the given position
	- x,y (Numbers): The center pos of the circle
	- r (Number): The radius of the circle
	- c [Number]: The color to set to

rect/rect_line x,y,w,h,[c]
	Draws a rectangle with the given specifications
	- x,y (Numbers): The position of the topleft corner of the rect.
	- w,h (Numbers): The width and height of the rectangle.
	- c [Number]: The color to set to
 
print/print_grid text,[x],[y]
	Prints text at a specific location in the screen, be sure to set the color using color()
	print_grid is alligned ta 8x8 cell grid.
	- text (String or Table): The text to print, it can be a table: {"text",{r,g,b,a}}
	- x,y [Numbers]: The position to print at.

Sprite sprid, x,y, [r], [sx],[sy], [sprsheet]
	Draws a specific sprite at the given pos.
	- sprid (Number): The sprite id as shown in the sprite editor
	- x,y (Numbers): The topleft corner position of the sprite.
	- r [Number]: The rotation in radian.
	- sx,sy [Numbers]: The sprite width and hight multiplying factor.
	- sprsheet [liko12.spriteSheet]: The spritesheet containing the sprite (advanced users only)

SpriteGroup sprid, x,y, w,h, [sx],[sy], [sprsheet]
	Draws a group of sprites at the given pos.
	- sprid (Number): The id of the top left sprite in the group.
	- x,y (Numbers): The topleft corner position
	- w,w (Numbers): The number of the sprites in width and height
	- sx,sy [Numbers]: The sprite width and hight multiplying factor.
	- sprsheet [liko12.spriteSheet]: The spritesheet containing the sprite (advanced users only)
 
SpriteMap
	The carts spritesheet
 
:: Math

ostime
	The default lua os.time function

floor
	The original lua math.floor function
 
rand_seed
	the default love.math.setRandomSeed function
 
rand
	the default love.math.random function
 
:: GUI

isInRect x,y,rect
	Returns true is the point is in the rect.
	- x,y (Numbers): The x and y positions of the point.
	- rect (Table): Rect table: {x,y,w,h}
	returns (Boolean): is in rect.
 
whereInGrid x,y,grid
	Returns false if the point is not in the grid at all.
	Return cellx, celly if the point is in the grid.
	- x,y (Numbers): the x and y posotions of the point to test.
	- grid (Table): The grid config {x,y,cellw,cellh,w,h}
	returns cx,cy (Numbers): The position in the grid.

btn n, player
	Returns the state of the specific player button, use in _update
	- n (Number): the id of the button
	- p (Number): the number of the player (1/2)
    returns state (Boolean): the state of the button
    Each player has four directional keys and two other keys. See the "keys" section above for a
    listing of key ids.

getMPos
	Returns the current position of the mouse, may break some touch compatibility..
	returns x,y (Numbers): The position of the mouse, or the last moved touch.

isMDown b
	Returns if the specific mouse button is pressed down or not, may break some touch compatibility..
	- b (Number): The id of the button to check: 1:left 2:right 3:middle
	returns (Boolean): The state of the mouse button, true for button 1 if the screen is touched.

:: Misc

keyrepeat state
	To enable _kpress isrepeat function

showKeyboard state
	To show the keyboard on mobile devices.
 
isMobile
	Returns true if liko12 is running on a mobile device

setclip
	Sets the host's clipboard text

getclip
	Gets the host's clipboard text
 
Image, ImageData, SpriteSheet, setCursor, newCursor, TextBuffer, Map is not documented here, check api.lua for info about them 

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	Changelog
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V0.0.5A PRE:
1. Terminal commands history & autocomplete by feserr.
2. New os.time()
3. A work in progress rewrite of snake demo game using the map api.
4. Fixed images/sprites rotating/scaling down.
5. New scaling & rotating demo.

V0.0.5 PRE:
!! Changed appdata folder name from .liko12 to liko12 to be visible in unix systems.
## New:
1. Added awesome fire & snake demos made by cosme12.
2. Nice hand cursor when hovering at the editor mode tabs.
3. Spriteeditor tools (Brush, Filler, Copy, Paste, Delete) !
4. Spriteeditor transformations (filp, rotate, etc..) !
5. Now shows info in the spriteeditor when copying, pasting and deleting.
6. The cursor is now visible when gif recording.
7. Sprite draw no longer sets the color to 1.

## Minor:
8. New sprites in the EditorSheet.
9. New cursor: point, shown in the terminal and games.
10. The window scale can be set by an enviroment variable "LIKO_SCALE", defaults to 3.
11. Now shows error msg when failing to paste in the spriteeditor.
12. Made the color palette selection bigger.
13. Non-functional flag buttons in the spriteeditor :P.

## Fixed:
14. Minor fixes in the api.
15. Bugfixed ImageData:getPixel.
16. Fixed crashing when using the mousewheel in the code editor.
17. You can no longer delete the path in the terminal.
18. Bugfixed the path being double written in the terminal when a cart errors.

V0.0.4 PRE:
1. New gif recording :3 (Thanks for gamax92)
2. New Shutdown, Folder, Reboot commands (Reboot reloads all the internals of liko12 ! like launching it again)
3. New WIP Tilemap editor.
4. New api functions: pushColor, popColor, setclip, getclip
5. Restored BTN back.
6. Console crash fix.
7. Spriteeditor copy & paste.
8. Spriteeditor & Tilemapeditor sprite preview near the sprite id.
9. Changed the small letter "a" to be more clear.
10. New (non-documented :/) Map api (check libraries/map.lua).
11. The setten color is no longer lost between frames/image draw calls.
12. Bugfixes for the terminal & the textbuffer.

V0.0.3 PRE:
1. Bugfixed V0.0.2 pre bugs (about 5/6 bugs) :)
2. Recoded the code editor to support vertical scrolling (no length limit anymore) [not fully bugtested..]
3. Fixed run command sandboxing and added "run [args]"
4. Fixed a bug in the tictactoe demo,type "delete demos" "load demos/tictactoe" "run"

V0.0.2 PRE:
1. Now sprite editor can set a right button color.
2. Sandboxed Save, Load, Import Commands.
3. Created virtual file system.
4. Added cd,ls,dir,mkdir,del commands.
5. [Internal] Better api sandboxing.
6. Now filters utf8 and unknown chars.
7. Changed to orange flavor (delete %appdata%/editorsheet if you edited that to update) to differ from pico8
8. New API Functions: getMPos, isMDown, btn
9. Run command accepts args
10. Renamed _startup to _init (sorry for breaking that..)
11. SAVE and EXPORT commands now saves to the last load/save path

V0.0.1 PRE:
First Public Release