{"id":1426,"date":"2011-08-29T19:12:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T18:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2011-08-29T19:12:57","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T18:12:57","slug":"gratuitous-level-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2011\/08\/29\/gratuitous-level-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratuitous Level Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The GSB ship editor sucked, and the custom scenario interface wasn’t a Picasso either, mainly because in both cases, I insanely bodged them at the last minute, actually using mere text files to make the assets during the games production.<\/p>\n

Now I am less insane, I’m using a built-in level editor for GTB from the near-start, which means there is plenty of time to polish it, and indeed it will be a major component of the game. I’m hoping to encourage almost everyone who plays GTB to make their own maps, and share them, LittleBigPlanet style, rather than fencing it off as something only the hardcore modders do.<\/p>\n

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That’s the current (placeholder UI art) level editor. It has a ton of features in it. Today I was working on code that lets you take an existing level from the game, and save it out as a new custom map, whilst editing loads of parameters for that battle, hopefully in a quite straightforward manner.<\/p>\n

Actual level editing, such as setting paths, territory for unit placement, and all the scenery, is already done, although it needs a real usability makeover before it’s considered shippable.<\/p>\n

In other news, I got a new ipad build of GSB today. Definitely making progress, but getting a huge complex PC sim like GSB onto the ipad is no quick and easy port. It still needs some work. As does everything.
\nI have a day off tomorrow, hence my manic working today :D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The GSB ship editor sucked, and the custom scenario interface wasn’t a Picasso either, mainly because in both cases, I insanely bodged them at the last minute, actually using mere text files to make the assets during the games production. Now I am less insane, I’m using a built-in level editor for GTB from the<\/p>\n

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