Free 2D level editor?

Started by W01f January 26, 2005 05:32 PM

9 comments, last by paulecoyote 20 years ago

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January 26, 2005 05:32 PM

Are there any good ones floating around? My friends and I are thinking of doing a 2d sidescroller with the level design of metroid/new castlevania..so does anyone know of a good free/inexpensive editor that would assist me in creating this type of level?

barakus

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January 26, 2005 05:39 PM

Its usually best to make these kind of things yourself, customized for your game.
Its not too hard, especially using C#.
Saying that, if you still want to use someone elses, ive heard that Tile Studio is alright.It can export to almost all the APIs out there so you should be right with it.
Here is the link to the homepage have a look at it and see if it works for you http://tilestudio.sourceforge.net/

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W01f

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January 26, 2005 10:06 PM

Thank you, that should come in handy since I don't know any programming languages.

jbadams

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January 27, 2005 02:20 AM

Quote:
Original post by W01f
Thank you, that should come in handy since I don't know any programming languages.

Learn some (or better, learn one well) if you plan to get very far.

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yaroslavd

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January 27, 2005 02:28 AM

Quote:
Original post by W01f
Thank you, that should come in handy since I don't know any programming languages.

What the... That's like saying, "This joystick's gonna come in handy since I don't know how to fly."

W01f

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January 27, 2005 02:30 AM

I'm a level designer, not a programmer. You don't need to know programming to make levels, I know this for a fact. There are other people to fill the programming spots.

[Edited by - W01f on January 27, 2005 4:30:56 AM]

Icefox

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January 27, 2005 02:25 PM

So get them to make a level editor for you.

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W01f

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January 27, 2005 04:11 PM

Well that's always a good idea for full customization, but I'm just looking into all other options. If I can save the programmer time so he can work on the actual game, I will.

HemoGloben

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January 27, 2005 04:16 PM

While that might seem all good and well, in most cases if you're doing something even partly specialized(like a castlevania game), the programmer will end up wasting more time coding hacks to get around limitations of the editor, then if he'd just programmed one himself.

But, either way, good luck.:)

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johnhattan

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January 27, 2005 04:24 PM

There are a couple others, but Mappy's probably the best.

http://www.geocities.com/rburrowsgc/robmpy.htm

(my byline from the Gamedev Collection series, which I co-edited) John Hattan has been working steadily in the casual game-space since the TRS-80 days and professionally since 1990. After seeing his small-format games turned down for what turned out to be Tandy's last PC release, he took them independent, eventually releasing them as several discount game-packs through a couple of publishers. The packs are actually still available on store-shelves, although you'll need a keen eye to find them nowadays. He continues to work in the casual game-space as an independent developer, largely working on games in Flash for his website, The Code Zone (www.thecodezone.com). His current scheme is to distribute his games virally on various web-portals and widget platforms. In addition, John writes weekly product reviews and blogs (over ten years old) for www.gamedev.net from his home office where he lives with his wife and daughter in their home in the woods near Lake Grapevine in Texas.

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