Map Editor

General
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So I am making a game and found the Codea functions to create files and maps quite cumbersome. I made a quick map editor for my own purposes but I am wondering if others are facing the same issue and would appreciate a simple mapeditor.

Right now it will auto-tile edges and transitions between terrain types. I will add more objects and terrain if there are interest. Will also clean up and share my code if there’s interest.

sample:
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/8wuv88s6yi86gd7/MnssQAC251

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Thanks for the encouragement. I am almost done with it. The logic for placing walls took me a while and I’m still not sure I have gotten it.

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/f1yq9txybutsdst/GR5lTyz0f9

@Aalok, one can load up other spritesheets but it would have to be arranged in similar fashion for the auto-tiling to work.

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Nice!

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@zapaper can we get a short youtube video?

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here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja6sWhZLoYU&feature=youtu.be

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Looks great.

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@zapaper looks like a really nice piece of work.

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@zapaper I would like to see the code if you don’t mind sharing it. This looks great, BTW

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Very nice!

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@zapaper looks great! I’m sorry I assumed the dropbox link was for code and didn’t realize it was a photo.

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Really nice.

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Very cool. Can you add any sprite sheets to the editor? If you decide to share, I would love to see the code as well. Regardless, splended work.

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I’d be interested in seeing the code.

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I’d also be very interested in seeing the code

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Sorry for the break. I was adding features to the map editor so that it can be easily used in a simple RPG. I had to redo the object/wall code.

I did up a simple hack-n-slash RPG using the map editor to demo it functionality here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/y19wsej7t0jtd1w/czTIkA66a2

The main character sprite is a placeholder. Will post the code on github soon.

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@zapaper looks awesome, some intensive coding going on here!

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@zapaper, is the map and collision-detection tile-based?

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Just keeps getting better :slight_smile:

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This is the work-in-progress version.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wdpd32ozu2tfx58/terrain.zip

I’m still not happy with some of the functions and the wall-feature is still buggy. But it’s good enough for me to start creating maps for my hack-n-slash RPG game. Credits for tile and objects goes to opengameart.

In addition to the island, plains and forest tiles which I have demo-ed, I have added a simple cave tileset:
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/13aypogi4gm78rq/s8_fNUz5UY

“E” button allows you to set placeholders events/enemies/treasures etc. as you want it in your game.

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Added more opensource tilesets. @JakAttak, yes collision is tile-base. So far it looks ok as the tile size is small.

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/moeoch6rkxinp0v/AVpESCanXR
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/pdkfom00bvdwmto/VjsUHeStCR