MAP FOR AN RPG GAME

Game Play & Game Design
#1

Hello!!!
I’m currently trying to build an RPG game in JAVA… I would like to make a really good map… Can anyone tell me which program can I use to make one?

Thanks

#2

Campaign Cartographer is pretty good. (http://www.profantasy.com/)

Kev

#3

http://www.blitzbase.de/_mapeditor/usa_home.htm

this program comes with java source for using the maps, I haven’t tried it in Java but I really like the editor.

#4

Am I the only person who creates my own map editor and file formats? :confused:
I feel like I’ve been wasting my time.

Thanks for the link, maybe I can save some time by using a pre-made editor.

#5

You’re not alone, I’ve made my own game editor a year ago and whenever I needed one I just used that one and build some features on it.
Though that was in C++, I guess I’ll have to write an editor for Java from scratch :frowning:

#6

[quote]I guess I’ll have to write an editor for Java from scratch
[/quote]
Why not use the c++ editor to create data to load into your java game? If your working with binary files then you have to convert values due to endianess, but this is a couple of #define’s. Try googling for ‘network byte order’.

#7

Free. Quality. Programmable output. Tutorial. Image editing. Perfect. :slight_smile:

http://tilestudio.sourceforge.net/