Basic tiled importer. This is basically the example @Andreas_Jirenius made in one of his videos + sloppy parts I did with testing it (but do not worry it will be polished more later). It is rough, but should be enough to get people started, and is more accessible to the public. On my big list of todos, I plan to make a generic importer that can more easily be added to projects and then expanded based on the needs of the project.
- This method imports Tiled data to replace what is in a Defold tilemap. It’s a very good idea to use Defold’s built in tilemaps for tiles because they are already optimized for batch rendering.
- Tiled can export .lua files for your maps. That is what this method imports.
- Remember this is rough, if you want wait until I make a polished and more generic-usable version later.
- Tiled has many features. When you import maps you’ll want to tailor what data you use based on your game.
- Tiled has the x,y starting at the top left tile on its maps and is 0 based index. Defold has the x,y starting tile at the bottom left of its tilemaps and is 1 based index. You will need to flip and offset compensate data because of this.
- Currently Defold does not allow you to define the size of tilemaps with scripting or with properties, it requires you to draw the bounds of your map.
- The tile images used in example are http://opengameart.org/content/lpc-tile-atlas ok for example but you would want to use your own assets for a real project
- Supports object layer data and creating game objects at correct position based on the data … you’ll want to add custom properties in Tiled and then pull them as you need them
- The Tiled level is ugly purely for testing purposes
- If you make fixes / improvements please share them
Updated: simple_tiled_importer_example.zip (537.6 KB)
Older: simple_tiled_import_example.zip (537.5 KB)