📓 Using LDtk with GDevelop

Learning Target

• Use a map editor to create tile-based levels for a game

Resources

🎥 How to import LDtk into GDevelop 5

Tutorial

Step 1:

• • Create a folder for your map project. 
  • Create a new LDtk project and save it into the folder you created.

Step 2:

• • Find a tileset that you would like to use to create your map.
  • Save the tileset image into the same folder as your LDtk project.

Step 3:

• • Go to the Tilesets tab in LDtk
    
  • Click the add button and choose the tileset image you want to use
  • Give the tileset an identifier
  • Set the tile layout size
    
  • Save your project! (CTRL+S)

Step 4:

• • Go the World View
    
  • Set the size of your level. Be sure it is a multiple of your tile size.
  • Set the background color or image of your layer
  • Save your project

Step 5:

• • Go to the Layers tab in LDtk
    
  • Click the add button
  • Create a new tile layer (or, you can watch the tutorial and learn some more advanced usage)
    
  • I called my first layer "Ground"
  • Add another layer
  • I called my second layer "Buildings"
  • Save your project

Step 6:

• • Choose your bottom layer
  • Add the basic ground and terrain to your level
  • Switch to the upper layer
  • Add the buildings and other structures to your level

Hint: Sometimes, people will place things on the wrong layers accidentally. You can avoid this by turning on Single Layer Mode.

Step 7:

• • Go to the World View
  • Click the button to create a new level
  • Create the next level by clicking on the correct location in the view
  • Pick the desired spot for the new level