cocos2d for iPhone

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   eJayStudios
   Member

   Hi,

   what do you think about allowing end users to be able to create maps for game using Tiled and then importing into iPhone/iPad anyhow?

   I'm debating between custom in game editor or external one like Tiled. For example in game I can give link to my game homepage where I put clear instructions how to created maps with Tiled and also provide required images.

   Custom editor in iPhone is somewhat painful as screen is smallish.

   My maps will be 100x100 tiles of 32x32 tile size.

   So what do you think, bad idea about using Tiled for end user maps?

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   itlgames
   Moderator

   I don't think it's a good idea cos Tiled is a generic map editor, chances for users to mess up are pretty high. You could make your custom map editor online instead, like using Flash or something, but that is also lot of job (I have done it)

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   ishadow
   Member

   Tiled is good editor to start with, but in simple gameplay it is rather an overkill. In Snake: Eat and Grow Longer I needed only one tile layer with only 2 different tiles: snake head and wall. So I used png files with RED pixels for walls and GREEN pixel for snake head and I created levels in GiMP.

   Also creating simple tile editor in Cocos2D is pretty simple. You can use your custom data structure or even use TMX. Creating your own editor has one big advantage, it could run on iOS and it will be safe for users.

   Creating editor for Box2D powered games is even simpler, just create "add new object" button and allow objects on the screen to be moved and rotated by user. In Cocos2D games "Tiki Totems 2" and "Tiki lavalanche" there is in game editor available.

   Posted 7 months ago #
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   itlgames
   Moderator

   Tiled may be obvious and easy to use for us developers but not for end users.

   Posted 7 months ago #

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