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Hi!

Not so long ago, I did a post about the sprirte editor tool - SPReD-SMS. In continuation, I adapted the mapping tool for the SMS.
The MAPeD-SMS is a tool for building a game levels for the SMS games from scratch.
The tool can be run on Windows and Linux.

The main features are:

NES <=> SMS

* Smart import of images with checking of duplicate CHRs/blocks/tiles and flipped CHRs with automatic palette applying for both the SMS/NES tools.
** You can load a NES project into SMS editor and vice versa.

Examples of tiles and maps images from real games: ./data/tiles-maps
Example projects (.mapedsms): ./data

Also there are some WLA-DX samples of various tilemap renderes: ./samples/sms
Here you can find sources and binaries of multidirectional / bidirectional scrollers and static screens switching samples.

p.s.: <F1> - Quick Guide
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The tool sources and additional info you can find here:
https://github.com/0x8BitDev/MAPeD-SPReD

Compiled executables & samples:
https://github.com/0x8BitDev/MAPeD-SPReD/releases

[The latest development build can be found here]

MAPeD-SMS_v060b_01.png (513.22 KB)

MAPeD-SMS_v060b_02.png (168.19 KB)

MAPeD-SMS_v060b_03.png (103.93 KB)

That really looks excellent. Thanks for sharing.

I'm currently still having some difficulties getting to grips with the huge amount of options, not least because I have to adapt to all the NES terminology that's prevalent in both the program itself and the quick guide, but I'll try to wrap my head around it.

@Kagesan Thanks! Feel free to ask any questions.

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0x8BitDev Joined: 12 Jul 2020 Posts: 10	Game Maps Editor: MAPeD-SMS (win/linux) Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:49 am
0x8BitDev Joined: 12 Jul 2020 Posts: 10	Hi! Not so long ago, I did a post about the sprirte editor tool - SPReD-SMS. In continuation, I adapted the mapping tool for the SMS. The MAPeD-SMS is a tool for building a game levels for the SMS games from scratch. The tool can be run on Windows and Linux. The main features are: - tiles drawing/composing tools - building a game map using 2x2 or/and 4x4 tiles - tiles patterns manager - data optimization tool - several game maps in one project - detachable UI - entities editor - tile properties editing ( can be used as collisions data etc ) - import of tiles and game maps from images* - export to WLA-DX with wide variety of options: - 2x2/4x4 tiles - column/row data order - RLE compression - modes: multidirectional / bidirectional scrolling, static screens switching - tiles properties per 1x1/2x2 tile - level topology options - entities - export to SjASMPlus ( ZX Spectrum assembler ) - export to JSON format - built-in Python script editor for writing custom data export scripts - NES <=> SMS data conversion** * Smart import of images with checking of duplicate CHRs/blocks/tiles and flipped CHRs with automatic palette applying for both the SMS/NES tools. You can load a NES project into SMS editor and vice versa. Examples of tiles and maps images from real games: ./data/tiles-maps Example projects (.mapedsms): ./data Also there are some WLA-DX samples of various tilemap renderes: ./samples/sms Here you can find sources and binaries of multidirectional / bidirectional scrollers and static screens switching samples. p.s.: <F1>** - Quick Guide ---------------------------------------- The tool sources and additional info you can find here: https://github.com/0x8BitDev/MAPeD-SPReD Compiled executables & samples: https://github.com/0x8BitDev/MAPeD-SPReD/releases [The latest development build can be found here] MAPeD-SMS_v060b_01.png (513.22 KB) MAPeD-SMS_v060b_02.png (168.19 KB) MAPeD-SMS_v060b_03.png (103.93 KB)

Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 572	Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 10:38 am
Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 572	That really looks excellent. Thanks for sharing. I'm currently still having some difficulties getting to grips with the huge amount of options, not least because I have to adapt to all the NES terminology that's prevalent in both the program itself and the quick guide, but I'll try to wrap my head around it.

0x8BitDev Joined: 12 Jul 2020 Posts: 10	Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:04 am
0x8BitDev Joined: 12 Jul 2020 Posts: 10	@Kagesan Thanks! Feel free to ask any questions.

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