tick.lua

-- tick
-- https://github.com/bjornbytes/tick
-- MIT License

local tick = {
    framerate = nil,
    rate = .03,
    timescale = 1,
    sleep = .001,
    dt = 0,
    accum = 0,
    tick = 1,
    frame = 1
  }
  
  local timer = love.timer
  local graphics = love.graphics
  
  love.run = function()
    if not timer then
      error('love.timer is required for tick')
    end
  
    if love.load then love.load(love.arg.parseGameArguments(arg), arg) end
    timer.step()
    local lastframe = 0
  
    if love.update then love.update(0) end
  
    return function()
      tick.dt = timer.step() * tick.timescale
      tick.accum = tick.accum + tick.dt
      while tick.accum >= tick.rate do
        tick.accum = tick.accum - tick.rate
  
        if love.event then
          love.event.pump()
          for name, a, b, c, d, e, f in love.event.poll() do
            if name == 'quit' then
              if not love.quit or not love.quit() then
                return a or 0
              end
            end
  
            love.handlers[name](a, b, c, d, e, f)
          end
        end
  
        tick.tick = tick.tick + 1
        if love.update then love.update(tick.rate) end
      end
  
      while tick.framerate and timer.getTime() - lastframe < 1 / tick.framerate do
        timer.sleep(.0005)
      end
  
      lastframe = timer.getTime()
      if graphics and graphics.isActive() then
        graphics.origin()
        graphics.clear(graphics.getBackgroundColor())
        tick.frame = tick.frame + 1
        if love.draw then love.draw() end
        graphics.present()
      end
  
      timer.sleep(tick.sleep)
    end
  end
  
  return tick