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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Creating a basic platformer in AGK (C++)?

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PaulTR
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Posted: 15th Jan 2013 20:41
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Hello!

I'm playing around with the idea of trying a platformer, but I'm really not sure how to begin with the level creation. I've read a couple articles, and I get that I will need to have a 2D array with values for the type of tile, probably another for any physics related to the tile, and that the amount of tiles that should be displayed is based on screen size/tile size. I'm also assuming each tile should be represented by its own object. What I'm not sure about is if the tiles should all be generated at the beginning of the level, or if they're created and destroyed as the character moves around. So far I've only made single screen games without a lot of world movement, so this is a completely new concept for me Thanks!
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Cliff Mellangard 3DEGS
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Posted: 15th Jan 2013 22:31
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My recomendation is that you start simpel.

Make your level by creating the tiles and place them in the begining.

Now when you have an working sample to start to optimize and test various options for how to draw the tile map at runtime.

Cheers.

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DVader
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Posted: 17th Jan 2013 18:38
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A method I use when dealing with tile based graphics is to use individual sprites for each tile, and one image that contains all the possible tiles on it. Then you can place down the amount of sprites needed just to cover the screen, and change the sprite frames as you scroll about. This limits your animation possibilities a little, but generally is a good method to get huge maps and not use too much memory.

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7RS
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Posted: 21st Jan 2013 06:56
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We have based our games using "Tiled" a free and nice tile map editor. We made a parser to read the map files, you can found a parser here in the forum i remember someone wrote it, our is a bit different because we use our own version of Tiled. If you understand how Tiled work it will be easy to start make your own game.

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