Curated List of 2D Map Editors

Last Update: 09.01.2010. By azarai in game development | python

From time to time i stumble across map editors for 2D games, sometimes useable, sometimes just demos and of course the occasional jewel. I finally decided to maintain a list post of my findings.

• GLEED2D Non tilebased map editor; Win only, requires XNA 3.1
• D2D Map Editor Tilebased; Win .net
• Tile Studio Tilebased; Windows
• Mappy Tile Map Editor Tilebased; Windows
• Tile Up - Map Editor Tilebased; Windows
• simple-map-editor Tilebased; Java
• Tiled, a generic tile map editor Tilebased; Old version in Java, newer QT/C++ with Support of Windows, Mac supports Hex and Iso maps
• Tile Mapper - Tile Map Editor Tilebased; Windows

And when you made a map you sure need to load it in your python powered game:

• Tiled TMX Map Loader for Pygame
• Mappy Exporter I wrote a Mappy Export some years ago. Exports the Map to an own xml format and theres some loader in trollshit engine

You found others? Or even published your own? Made your own loader too? Leave a comment and i’ll add it to the list :-)