Lite is written by rxi, who has made some excellent game jams with very impressive youtube videos showing him doing programming, artwork and sound effects, all at record time [1]. His other github repos are also excellent, for example fe, a minimal Lisp, is definitely worth checking out.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1eJk1sWcUYvBwnn7v5RLaQ/vid...