main.lua

local request = require('vendor.luajit-request')

function love.load(args)
  local config = require('launcher_config')
  
  if not love.filesystem.exists('app.love') then
    local request = require("vendor.luajit-request")
    local response = request.send(config.URL)

    love.filesystem.write('app.love', response.body)

    if response.code ~= '200' then
      print('Response code was: ', response.code)
      error('Could not find game')
    end
  end

  love.filesystem.mount('app.love', "")
  local blacklist = {'main', 'conf'}
  for i,v in ipairs(blacklist) do
    package.loaded[v] = nil
  end

  -- unload love.conf, reloaded by love.init
  love.conf = nil

  love.handlers = nil
  love.init()
  love.load(args)
end