tilemaps autotiling tilesets bitmasks magic

Created: Jul 13, 2022Published: Mar 28, 2023Last modified: Apr 05, 2023
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Tilesets should be automagic! But it takes some pre-work and some bitmask learning.

See also: TileSetTools script

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working example in dice-nine

Dice Nine includes a working 2x2 and 3x3 minimal autotile tileset. it includes collision and occluder shapes on both.

working examples supported in reptile ( dino )


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see also: Level Design

Part of game dev topics.

related:

A Godot monorepo full of games, addons, and scripts.

Basically a big asset library todo list.

Now that we're brainstorming 10+ games at once in the future games (roadmap), I want to get collecting on some known asset needs.

We'll definitely need some playable characters - that means aseprite and pixel art animations.

I also want to hit the 2D side-scrolling look and feel checkboxes for these games. That means tilesets, backgrounds, props, and particles.

Trying to get a handle on larger game dev topics as I encounter and tackle them.