debug.lua

local D = {}
-- local function that cant run directly from outside this class
local function Draw()
  -- check if debug is true or false
  if debug ~= false then
    love.graphics.rectangle("fill", 10, 10, love.graphics.getWidth()-20, love.graphics.getHeight()-20)
    love.graphics.setColor(0,0.7,0.3,1)
    love.graphics.rectangle("line", 10, 10, love.graphics.getWidth()-20, love.graphics.getHeight()-20)
    love.graphics.setColor(1,1,1,1)

    love.graphics.print("Create Animals", 65, 10, nil, 1.2, 1.2)
    local yPos = 40
    yPos = yPos + 15
    love.graphics.print("Total Animals: " .. #animals, 15, yPos)
    yPos = yPos + 15
    -- FUN FACT: this is how you print booleans
    love.graphics.print("Save file exists? ".. (saveFile and 'true' or 'false'), 15, yPos)
    yPos = yPos + 50
    local animalNum = 1
    -- place will be row
    local xPos = 350 -- where to start drawing the animal icons on the x axis
    local columnNum = 1 -- which column to draw the icon to
    for i,a in ipairs(animals) do
         -- if more than 4 columns return to column 1
        if columnNum > 4 then
          columnNum = 1
          yPos = yPos + 85
          xPos = 350
        end
        -- move over to the next column
        columnNum = columnNum + 1
        -- add 95 pixels to column position (x)
        xPos = xPos + 95
        love.graphics.draw(a.sprite, xPos, yPos, nil, .25, .25, a.sprite:getWidth()/2, a.sprite:getHeight()/2)
    end
    love.graphics.print("Table of Animals".. " - Total Animals: ".. #animals, 450,20)
    love.graphics.print(table.show(animals, "animals"), 750,40)
  end
end

-- above function is local so we need this function to be able to run it outside this file
function D.drawDebug()
  Draw()
end

return D