What is a .LOVE file?
A .love file is a packaged game for the LÖVE 2D engine - a ZIP of Lua code and assets.
- Did you know
- LÖVE is a free framework for making 2D games in the Lua language.
- LÖVE is written in C++ and reaches the screen and speakers through the SDL and OpenGL libraries.
- LÖVE is released under the permissive zlib licence and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
- Under the hood a .LOVE file is really a ZIP archive - rename it to .zip and you can browse the files inside.
- What Analyser reads
- Inspect game ROMs, patches and engine assets: iNES/NES2.0, Game Boy/Color/Advance, SNES, Nintendo DS/DSi, Nintendo 64, and Sega Genesis ROM headers (title, mapper, region, checksum); IPS/BPS/UPS/PPF patches; Doom WAD lumps; Minecraft NBT/schematics and Bedrock bundles; Aseprite sprites; Godot .pck; Quake/id Tech PAK/PK3; Source BSP/VPK/VTF/VMT; KTX/KTX2 textures; Tiled maps; LÖVE games; PICO-8 carts - plus MPQ, 3DS/Switch and Ren’Py/RPG Maker identification.
- Depth of analysis
- .LOVE is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .LOVE file
- Drag a .LOVE file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.