I like it. I am learning it now! You can even develop it on android if you are out of home without your laptop, here how i develop on android with termux app.

#start love2d with commandline alias run="am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d content://com.mixplorer.file/525!/projects/Love/game.love org.love2d.android/org.love2d.android.GameActivity"

make .love file with command line $zip -9 game.love *lua

now run it $run

Harvard game dev course use it for the course.

https://cs50.harvard.edu/games/2018/

If you like simplicity, but prefer type-safe languages, check out Bevy.

I've used it, but I'm not a big fan of LUA.

Any game engine can be used to make what you're describing these days. Love2d won't push the envelope, but you don't need it to.

That being said I feel you could whip those up faster in Godot. If you just want to play though, it's a fine choice.