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Patterns of identical shapes (often squares or hexagons) that have no gaps. They usually represent the playfield in various games.
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How to unpack tileset or image atlas
In order to define boundary of each tile, I need to have individual image of the tile. Is there any way to extract each image of tiles from a tileset?
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How can I define a complex collision area on top of a tile map?
As many people recommended, I am using Tiled map editor to create a map for my game and it's great particularly because libgdx framework also provides with API for maps from Tiled.
I understand I can ...
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How to calculate FOV with four-walled tiles?
I'm working on a 2D tile-based game. I'm trying to calculate FOV and I've implemented walls so they don't take up an entire tile. Instead, they just take up a side of each tile. Similar to:
class ...
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How do I determine if a tile is a slope based on the tile image?
In my game, every tile is a 32x32 texture. All the slopes are a 0 - 45 degree angle. I would like to determine, at the time I load the tile, if the is sloped by examining its texture/bitmap data. How ...
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Storing large layered tilemap
My game consists largely of "sea" tiles with sections of tiles that form "islands". The sea tiles are all exactly the time.
The map itself is pretty large and only going to get larger. I'm trying to ...
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Tile pair matching algorithm
I'm trying to make a tile matching game. User can select a pair of tiles from a square grid, and if they match, both are removed from the grid.
Tiles are matched if:
they are of the same type ...
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What is the best way to store temporary selected characters and their insertion order?
I'm developing word game similar to word mole. I'm having a hard time determining how to store temporary selected character (and in turn will changed into word).
Here's the situations. Say, I have ...
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.PNG tiles to .PNG map
I was wondering how I can get my 110+ .png map tiles conveniently into a 1:1 pixel ratio size map .png. Ive been scrolling through google and such, and the forum's for the free ware game that I am ...
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How to compute tile offset for different isometric angles?
I am working on an isometric game and the designers want to use a different isometric angle than the default one, where I simply had to do a 2/1 offset based on tile size.
I know what the new ...
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Implementing jumping and heightmaps in 2D RPG/Adventure style games?
I've been putting together, albeit slowly, a traditional style game engine in flash/AS3 along the lines of Alundra/Final Fantasy 3/etc etc..
Everything so far is working smoothly (maps from XML data, ...
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2d, Top-down map with different levels
So, I'm creating a 2d, top down, sprite based (tiled) game, and right now I'm working on maps (well, a map editor at the moment, but it will be creating my maps, so basically the same thing).
The ...
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Collision Detection on floor tiles Isometric game
I am having a very hard to time figuring out a bug in my code. It should have taken me 20 minutes but instead I've been working on it for over 12 hours. I am writing a isometric tile based game where ...
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How to scroll hex tiles?
I don't seem to be able to find an answer to this one. I have a map of hex tiles. I wish to implement scrolling.
Code at present:
drawTilemap = function() {
actualX = Math.floor(viewportX / ...
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In a 2D tile-based game, how should NPCs and tiles reference each other?
I'm making a tile engine for 2D games (seen from the top). Basically the world is composed of a grid of tiles.
Now I want to put for instance NPCs that can move on the map.
What do you think is ...
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In a browser, is it best to use one huge spritesheet or many (10000) different PNG's?
I'm creating a game in jQuery, where I use about 10000 32x32 tiles. Until now, I have been using them all separately (no sprite sheet). An average map uses about 2000 tiles (sometimes re-used PNG's ...
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How do I make magenta in my PNG transparent in HTML5/Canvas/JS?
I'm putting together a simple hex map to use within an HTML5 / Canvas / JS game and before I get round to sorting any custom graphics, I was wondering if anybody knew how to make the pink/magenta ...
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How can I achieve smooth animation of sprites between discrete tiles?
I'm currently learning game development with C# and XNA and my current assignment is to create a Pac-Man clone.
The game is partially tile based, which means that the level itself is built out of an ...
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Image splitting / tiling software for Mac
I have been programming for a bit and for 2D games and other applications I frequently make large images for the levels / the maps. Before I place these into the games I split the large images down ...
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How can I create a random “world” in a tile engine?
I am designing a game that is working on a classic tile engine, but whose world is generated randomly. Are there existing games or algorithms that do this?
The procedural generation algorithms I have ...
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tiled map - changing textures? (XNA HLSL)
I have successfully created a tiled map of various textures. Right now, i had a Vector4 in my own custom Vertex declaration deciding what texture each of the tiles should be. This is working ...
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AABB for a tile based world
I'm on my way with a tiled based game. I have correctly implemented scrolling, position handling etc.
I have (before) had a simple collision system that is a really bad one, and now I'm going to ...
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Moving players simultaneously?
Consider a 2 x 2 grid of squares. A player can move onto a square if:
no other player wants to move into the square next turn
no other player has waited and is still occupying the square ...
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Rendering tiles on 3/4 perspective
Using a 3/4th perspective, I'm trying to create a way to render cliffs where nothing is overlapped, and it creates an accurate representation of the elevation.
This is a rough mockup of how it might ...
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2d very large tile based game, zoom and pan considerations
what's a sensible way of implementing zoom and panning for my game?
each tile is very large, 100,000 x 100,000 pixels, with some objects possibly being only a single pixel at maximum zoom (small ...
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How should I represent a tile in OpenGL-es
Let me start with I am currently learning OpenGl-es using Android.
I have been having the hardest time trying to design a simple and logical way of making tiles (2d flat polygons). The tutorials tell ...
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How to prevent fleeing monster from backing himself into a dead end?
I've been building a rogue-like for more than a year now, and so far I've only ever implemented very simple monster behaviour - such as moving toward the player when he's in the line of sight, and ...
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Scrolling tile system
I know this is a common question, but I can't find an answer to it that isn't written using a huge game library sadly.
I'm trying to write a scrollable tile system, which allows the user to move ...
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Are there any good tilesets for hex-based maps that are available for free use?
Does anyone know of any good tilesets for hex-based maps that are available for free use? The tiles from Battle for Wesnoth seem to be under a license that would allow others to use them in their ...
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Tile based game engine for WP7?
I showed my friend a demo of what I was doing with the farseer physics engine on the windows phone and he wanted to know if farseer would be good for a game he wants to develop. It's a tile based game ...
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What would be the best way to find an open space in a level?
I'm working on a 2D game where you use paint to add tiles to a level and right now I'm working to add warp tiles. I have it set up so certain direction-oriented paints use two points (a start and end) ...
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Which platform and what strategies can I use
There's this game, that I've been wanting to make for quite some time. It's a project that I've started and had to abandon in the middle a couple of times. However, this time I'm determined to finish ...
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hexagon tiles to square tiled map
in a previous question asked here:how-to-create-a-hexagon-world-map @Tim Holt has provided code that does the job that i'm wanted to do, the only difference I would like is to have it as squares ...
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Hexagonal grid/tiles tutorials
Are there any platform or language agnostic (preferably step by step) tutorials regarding creating hexagonal grid based maps/games? I'm mainly interested in grid/tiles basics and not advanced game ...
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Random seed function for map generation?
I am looking for a function to generate a random tile-based map as the visual boundaries of the map change (by going through the map). I want the map to be infinitely large, and have maze-like ...
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Making walls in tile-based games: what am I missing?
After spending time today to jot down some notes regarding the implementation of walls into my tile-based game, I've suddenly realized it's not going to be as simple as I imagined before. While the ...
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Container classes in tile-based games.
I've recently begun working on a tile-based tactical game, and I have questions regarding a couple of key moments.
Is it feasible to organize the tilemap as an array of containers, which can hold the ...
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Best method for 2 layer tile based map scrolling
What is the best general approach to implement scrolling for a 2D tile based game?
I need to scroll the map with a constant speed, lets say 2 pixels every frame (like in a top down shooter).
The ...
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create a simple tilemap programatically
i am working on a tile roguelike
i got some of the basics working using this tutorial
http://www.raywenderlich.com/1163/how-to-make-a-tile-based-game-with-cocos2d
but i want to be able to create a ...
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How do you handle uneven tiles while rendering a tile map?
Here is what I want to do with my tile map that I am unsure of. As you can see the top walls are way larger then the bottom and side ones (this is also an issue with my corners which are odd shapes ...
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Java tilemap not working, Think it has something to do with my image rendering
Hey can someone help me out, I've been trying to fix this for about 2 hours now, and I'm a noob when it comes to game programming and Java(only been reading and programming with it for a week now, ...
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Tile based map and collision; getting stuck
I'm trying to make my character move around a tile map with collisions. Everything works fine except for one thing. I show you a picture with the problem:
http://i.stack.imgur.com/ZWI7x.jpg
That is, ...
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Stitch a collection of images into a tileset
I have a number of tiles as standalone files that I would like to stitch together into a single tileset. Are there any tools that can quickly do this?
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Tile-wide extent tracing on a grid
I'm currently working on A* pathfinding on a grid and I'm looking to smooth the generated path, while also considering the extent of the character moving along it. I'm using a grid for the ...
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How do I get the distance between 2 points on an isometric grid?
How do I get the distance between 2 points on an isometric grid? I'm creating a facebook isometric game (in as3), and when I move around a particular type of building, I need to know if it comes ...
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Finding out which tile a mouse click landed in
I am working on an isometric grid based game and im having an issue trying to link a mouse click from the user to a tile. I have been able to split the problem into 2 parts :
Finding a rectangle ...
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What is a good technique for 2D tile-based terrain generation meeting these requirements?
As a summer project I decided it would be fun to make a Flash game. Right now I'm going for something like the look of Terraria. It's been a lot of fun, but today I've hit a snag. I need a way to ...
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Level Creating Help
I am making a little 2d overhead RPG type game just for fun. I have almost all the basic stuff set up, but I just need a little help on level creation. I can already make a level and place each tile ...
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tile based isometric depth sorting on different size objects
i am creating a tile based isometric game..
problem we are having is with depth sorting, we tried a lot of methods but none work. They all do a great job but its not perfect, they seem to bug ...
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Path finding in grid for objects that occupy more than one tile
In a grid-based game I am working on, I want to add objects that occupy more than one tile of the grid. Are there any algorithms or techniques to find paths for this kind of objects?
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How should one handle positions in a tile-based world?
I have a simple Tower Defense game using a tiled world. Creep and towers are on a tile at all times.
How should I represent the position of creeps in code? (Do creeps know their current tile and ...
