Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="lmbarns" data-source="post: 5906003" data-attributes="member: 6693597">Tiled is what 2d and 2.5d video game developers use for making levels and maps visually. <a href="http://www.mapeditor.org/" target="_blank">Tiled Map Editor</a> free and very easy to use.To find assets to use in Tiled you want to search for "sprite sheets" and you'll find many for personal use.I think what you get by packages like you describe is the content, it takes a lot of time to search the web finding sprite sheets for buildings and stuff, and most of the free stuff out there you can't use commercially, where a package you get the rights to use the stuff in your games. With Tiled you can define how many tiles wide and high your map is, either square/rectangle or isometric, then fill vast areas with a base terrain and go back through adding details and buildings. Painting objects on with a brush.</blockquote>