LOVE Auto Start on Save

Automatically launches LÖVE (love2d) whenever you save a Lua file inside your project.
Designed for ultra-fast iteration and instant game reloads during development.

This extension watches your workspace for save events and starts (or restarts) your LÖVE game automatically.
Includes toggles for enabling/disabling the feature and enabling a debug console output window.

Features

• Auto-run LÖVE on save
  Press Ctrl+S → instantly runs or restarts your LÖVE game.

• Debug Mode
  Opens a console window and streams output into a VSCode output panel.

• Manual Run Command

• Status Bar Controls

• Configurable love.exe path

• Works on any LÖVE project

Usage

Auto Start on Save

Saving a Lua file will automatically start LÖVE: Ctrl + S → Start/Restart Game

Status Bar

You will see something like: ♥ LÖVE | Auto: ON | Debug: OFF

Click to toggle auto-start.

Commands

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and search:

• LOVE: Start Game
• LOVE: Toggle Auto-Start on Save
• LOVE: Toggle Debug Mode

Configuration

Add to your VSCode settings.json (optional):

{
  "loveAuto.enabled": true,
  "loveAuto.debug": false,
  "loveAuto.lovePath": "love"
}

Windows example path:

"loveAuto.lovePath": "C:\Program Files\LOVE\love.exe"

Installation from Source (.vsix)

Clone:

git clone https://github.com/Ronnie-Reagan/love-autostart.git
cd love-autostart
npm install

Build:

vsce package

Install:

1. Ctrl+Shift+P
2. Select: Extensions: Install from VSIX…
3. Pick the generated .vsix

Repository

GitHub:
https://github.com/Ronnie-Reagan/love-autostart

License

Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Canada