[Library] pixelmap & pixelatlas

[aloisdeniel]

Hi,

I'm new to LÖVE and Lua world, but I made a little library that could help with tilemap loading. For prototyping, I've already been frustrated of editing my map directly from from array of ids or chars : I find it difficult to imagine the final look of the map.



Version 1.1.0

That's why I've developped this little library that "translates" pixel color value to tiles.

So basically you register your colors, and then the library loads your tiles coordinates from pixel information. It is also possible to precise groups for tiles, and all adjacent tiles with same group will generate rectangles (for collision purposes for example).

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local pixelmap = require('pixelmap')

pixelmap.register(0) -- Default tile
pixelmap.register(1, "#86a36bff", { "Ground" })
pixelmap.register(2, "#a47550ff", { "Ground" })
pixelmap.register(3, "#6e5a4aff")

local map = pixelmap.load('map.png')

--[[
{
    tiles= {
        {0,0,0,0,0,0}
        {0,0,1,1,0,3}
        {0,0,2,2,0,3}
    },
    groups = {
        "Ground" = { { x=3,y=2,w=2,h=2} }
    }
}]]

For performance reason, after the first load, the table result will be saved into application local storage, and at next load requests, this file will be loaded instead of the image.

Obviously a "real" map editor is far better, but a lot of work too : this library is intended to speed up my prototyping phases. I've almost no experience with lua and LÔVE so don't hesitate to give me some suggestions to improve the code quality !

The library is available here : https://github.com/aloisdeniel/love-pixelmap



Version 1.0.0

I've also developed a texture atlas loader from pixel information. It basically cut your image into quads from a predefined pixel color separator.

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local pixelatlas = require('pixelatlas')

pixelatlas.register("#86a36bff")

local image, quads = pixelatlas.load('atlas.png')

--[[
{
    <quad 1x1x16x16>,
    <quad 17x1x16x32>,
    ...
}]]

The library is available here : https://github.com/aloisdeniel/love-pixelatlas

[bobbyjones]

You could use Tiled and STI.

[aloisdeniel]

Ow yes, thanks for pointing me out this great tool ! For more ambitious projets it will be perfect. But I kinda like my library, for simplier solutions.

[aloisdeniel]

I updated the library and changed the output format (arrays instead of tables). I've also added a small library that extracts quads from an image that contains separator pixels with a registered color.

[bobbyjones]

I like your logos. They are pretty.