Autotiles

McAnlis, Colt; Lubbers, Petter; Jones, Brandon; Tebbs, Duncan; Manzur, Andrzej; Bennett, Sean; d’Erfurth, Florian; Garcia, Bruno; Lin, Shun; Popelyshev, Ivan; Gauci, Jason; Howard, Jon; Ballantyne, Ian; Freeman, Jesse; Kihira, Takuo; Smith, Tyler; Olmstead, Don; McCutchan, John; Austin, Chad; Pagella, Andres

doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-6698-3_6

Colt McAnlis¹,
Petter Lubbers¹,
Brandon Jones¹,
Duncan Tebbs¹,
Andrzej Manzur¹,
Sean Bennett¹,
Florian d’Erfurth¹,
Bruno Garcia¹,
Shun Lin¹,
Ivan Popelyshev¹,
Jason Gauci¹,
Jon Howard¹,
Ian Ballantyne¹,
Jesse Freeman¹,
Takuo Kihira¹,
Tyler Smith¹,
Don Olmstead¹,
John McCutchan¹,
Chad Austin¹ &
…
Andres Pagella¹

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Tile-based maps are the easiest way to construct dynamic worlds for 2D games. Such maps are described by a grid, where each cell belongs to one possible type. Most map formats allow the concept of layers in their rendering engine. A single cell can have multiple graphics that render to the same location of the map. In this chapter, I will discuss and solve the following common problems:

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Colt McAnlis, Petter Lubbers, Brandon Jones, Duncan Tebbs, Andrzej Manzur, Sean Bennett, Florian d’Erfurth, Bruno Garcia, Shun Lin, Ivan Popelyshev, Jason Gauci, Jon Howard, Ian Ballantyne, Jesse Freeman, Takuo Kihira, Tyler Smith, Don Olmstead, John McCutchan, Chad Austin & Andres Pagella

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McAnlis, C. et al. (2014). Autotiles. In: HTML5 Game Development Insights. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6698-3_6

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Published: 12 April 2014
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