Looking for level editor

[Firenibbler]

Hi, I am looking for a level editor, not one like tiled that edits per grid, but one that uses sprites, like drag and drop. Something like the level editor in construct 2. It needs to be able to output json format.

 

[RaphaelStary]

Hi,
I looked around a time ago, and in my opinion it's hard to find an editor which fits your needs, if you have the resources, you should maybe build your own tools, but beware, it's easy to drift into a world where you are solving tech problems and not making games anymore (or at least i can happen sometimes).

you could use photoshop and export the data with a script or the new generator feature. or spine can also be used for UI purposes.
btw. tiled also works with pixel coordinates not only the grid thing (look at the coins on the 2nd pic http://www.mapeditor.org/ " Rectangle, ellipse, polygon and image objects can be placed with pixel precision")

my editor journey goes like this: i used tiled, then I started to write my own canvas based editor ( https://github.com/raphaelstary/highfive ) , then I stopped because of the workload and did something very easy with google docs and a custom export script (more for level items) (simpler than tiled https://github.com/raphaelstary/google-sheets-json-export ), and now I tried to do it with photoshop and wrote again my own custom exporter (more for UI stuff and less for real level structure) ( https://github.com/raphaelstary/json-photoshop-generator )
.... every solution costs time & I haven't found a perfect one ...

[Eric Mulvihill]

I think I am looking for the same thing. Raphael, I'll check out your scripts, thanks.