Game Editor
To develop a game in LuaG Console, you can use an integrated editor. It consists of a map editor and a sprite editor. To open it, you have to be in dev mode and use the command edit.
The editor has a menu with buttons used for moving from one editor to another. The first of them closes the editor and opens the shell (remember to save before doing this!).
The button in the right saves the game files.
IMPORTANT: switching from an editor to another will not cancel the edits, but the go-to-shell button will.
The map editor is composed of 3 components:
- editing area
- map's size panel
- sprite atlas
In the editing area, you can move the map using WASD keys and setting a tile using left click.
The map's size panel is used to modify the map size (press ENTER to modify it).
The sprite atlas is used to select the tile you want to set. It can be scrolled up and down using mouse wheel.
The sprite editor is used to create and edit game sprites.
It has a toolbar in the left with 5 tools:
- pencil
- fill bucket
- color picker
- undo
- redo
The sprite atlas in the bottom, like the one in Map Editor, is used to select the tile. Switching from a tile to another will not cancel the edits on the previous tile.
You can use the big and small squares to adjust editing scale.