One of the best applications to create a tile map is a free app called Tiled created by Thorbjørn Lindeijer. We are going to use the app to create a simple level using the tileset that we have just created. Perform the following steps:
Open the http://www.mapeditor.org/ website and download the Tiled application. You will need Tiled for OS X. When the download completes, open the
.dmg
file and copy theTiled.app
into theApplications
folder on your Mac.Run the
Tiled.app
and create a new project by selecting the New option in the File menu. Set the new project options as follows:Orientation: Select Orthogonal
Layer format: Select Base64 (zlib compressed)
Tile size: Set both Width and Height to
32 px
Map size: Set Width to
64 tiles
and Height to10 tiles
The resulting Map Size should be 2048 x 320 pixels.
Select the New Tileset option from the Map menu. Name the tileset anyway you like, as it is irrelevant (I have named it
Jungle
). Click on the Browse...