Especially if it's a simple example you should provide the complete .love package.. else it's just guessing.

Did you attach the camera to the scene before drawing your rectangle?

Like shown in http://vrld.github.io/hump/#hump.cameracamera:attach

Does your getAngle() function return radians? Maybe you need to convert from degrees.

angle in rad = angle in degree * (pi/180)

edit: sorry I just checked and the function indeed returns radians. maybe post more code.

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Hi ! Also awesome stuff around here!