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Level editor

The Level Editor is a feature that allows you to create and edit levels manually and have a theme applied to them automatically.

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Getting started​

To use the level editor, go to Create -> Frigga -> Level Editor. This will create a level editor prefab that you need to open. Once inside the prefab, make sure you open the "Frigga Level Editor" which is used to control the editor.

When you first open the prefab, examine the "Level Editor" component attached to the root of the prefab. You need to assign a theme to that component and then click the "Initialize Output" button.

Getting started

Controls​

The level editor is controlled via the "Frigga Level Editor" overlay, so make sure you have that open.

Overlay

Basics​

The entire editor is built on top of the Unity tilemap system, so you can use many of the existing shortcuts:

  • "B" for painting a tile
  • "U" for painting a rectangle
  • "Shift + U" for erasing a rectangle
  • "D" for deleting a tile

If you're not familiar with the shortcuts, you can always open the "Tile Palette" window and use the buttons there.

Int grid tiles​

The "Int Grid Tiles" section of the overlay allows you to paint int grid tiles for which the theme will be applied automatically. Click on one of the tiles to start painting with it. Make sure you're in paint mode by pressing "B" or using one of the other shortcuts.

After you paint some tiles, you can use the "Toggle Int Grid" button to see how the int grid looks.

Int grid

Fixed tiles​

By default, when drawing int grid tiles, there's no way to customize the output because the theme is applied automatically to all tiles in the level. If you want to draw something that is not covered by the theme, you need to mark those tiles as "Fixed Tiles".

First, click on the "Fixed Tiles" button and mark the area that you don't want to be affected by the theme. Again, you can use the usual tile palette shortcuts to control the fixed tiles.

Fixed tiles

Now you can manually draw tiles onto that section of the level. For this, you can use the "Active Tilemap" section to quickly switch between different tilemaps.

Fixed tiles

Now, no matter what int grid tiles you paint in the level, the fixed tiles will remain unchanged.

Fixed tiles