Thread: Maps :)

Hey everyone, I am currently making a 2D game (again), but currently my guy can only jump around in the empty 640X480 screen. I don't want to hard-code a map into the game (which would really suck), but I don't want just a few rectangles for obstacles or something. So for a map format, I was thinking of how I might be able to easily edit a map and add miniscule details, and I thought of creating a 640X480 monochrome bitmap and using the "colors" to define which areas (pixels) are obstacles, i.e. you can't go through them. That way I could edit a map using Paint, and I wouldn't have to make a level editor or anything.

Is this a good idea, or should I think of something else?

More details, please?

What you suggest would be great for a maze type thing, but horrible for trying to program Super Mario World.

great for a maze type thing, but horrible for trying to program Super Mario World.

9999 GB map!

Well, I'm aiming for a Liero-style game (ever played it? It's like a real-time Worms). So I need to be able to have the disappear-when-blown-up terrain, like in any decent Tank Wars etc. game. Everything stays on 1 screen, the 640X480 window. A couple of really small characters jump around/grapplehook/shoot, and basically try to kill each other. So it's not exactly a maze, which would be more like tiles, but it's not a side-scrolling storyline-driven game either.

Is that detailed enough?

Ah, right! That makes sense. Although currently, I'm just using FillRect() to make a black background. But to remove and check if pixels are movable, should I be using SetPixelV()/GetPixel()? Or is there some better way of accessing the whole screen's pixels?