= LEVEL FORMAT =
-The level format used to be pretty easy to understand, but it
-is now more complex.
-Anyway, should be pretty usefull to know a bit of it, when you
-want to do stuff just as to just change the author's name or
-something small.
+Since the level editor does not support anything, you might have
+to edit a couple of things directly from the level file, so it
+might be a better idea to read this.
-It uses the Lisp syntax and is pretty intuitive. Here have a
-look at a quotation:
-(Comments can be made using ';')
+Level format should be pretty straight forward. The syntax is the
+Scheme one. But even if you have no idea about it, no worry,
+it is pretty intuitive.
+
+Attention: this describes the new level format. But current levels
+still use the old one, since the engine still supports it and also
+level editors still use it.
+
+To explain a bit of the level format, there is nothing better than
+really looking at it. So here goes a quote of it. The comments
+prefix-ed by a ';', describe what everything is about.
; This is a comment!
+; Level made using SuperTux's built-in Level Editor
(supertux-level
-; a few level's info: version, author and level's name
- (version 1)
+; version higher than 1 means that it follows the new level format (CVS)
+ (version 2)
+; Level's title and author name
+ (name "The Castle of Nolok")
(author "Ingo Ruhnke")
- (name "Night Chill")
-; number of tiles used (currently the height has to be 15)
- (width 515)
- (height 15)
-; Tux starts position
- (start_pos_x 100)
- (start_pos_y 170)
-; Background image, if any is specified, the color below will be used
- (background "")
-; Music file
- (music "Mortimers_chipdisko.mod")
-; Colors, as you can see you can have different colors in the top
-; and in the bottom, thus creating a gradient
- (bkgd_red_top 0)
- (bkgd_green_top 0)
- (bkgd_blue_top 0)
- (bkgd_red_bottom 120)
- (bkgd_green_bottom 120)
- (bkgd_blue_bottom 0)
-; Time (it is not in seconds!)
- (time 300)
-; Gravity to be used (you should let it stay in 10 for ordinary levels)
- (gravity 10)
-; The particle system allows that images can be displaying simulating weather
-; In the writing of this text, both "snow" and "clouds" are supported
- (particle_system "snow")
-; Theme is the tiles look that are used
- (theme "antarctica")
- (interactive-tm
-; here goes a lot of numbers that are the tiles places
+; Time the player has to finish the level (it is not in seconds!)
+ (time 300)
+; Each level has one or more sectors. Sectors can be seen as levels inside this
+; level. Their use is for swapping.
+ (sector
+; Naming sectors is usefull to for swapping
+; "main" sectors are the ones that the player will start in
+ (name "main")
+; Setup an end sequence animation (blank for nothing).
+; Currently supported is fireworks that displays fireworks on exit.
+ (end-sequence-animation "fireworks")
+; Level's gravity (better let it 10)
+ (gravity 10)
+; We can have one or more playerspawn that can be used by doors.
+; "main" is the default one for this sector.
+ (playerspawn
+ (name "main")
+ (x 100)
+ (y 170)
)
-; Reset points, there can be more than one
-; Reset points are positions where the player passes through and
-; if he dies, he will be back to there. They are invisible
- (reset-points
- (point (x 6988) (y 222))
- )
-; Objects include enemies, may include more stuff in the future
-; just as moving plataforms...
- (objects
- (mriceblock (x 13919) (y 384))
- (mriceblock (x 14258) (y 366))
- (mriceblock (x 12996) (y 248))
- (mriceblock (x 13058) (y 250))
- (mriceblock (x 12933) (y 245))
+; Level's music file from data/music
+ (music "fortress.mod")
+; This level will use a vertical background
+; You can also set a background image by using:
+; (background "arctis.jpg")
+ (background
+ (top_red 0)
+ (top_green 0)
+ (top_blue 0)
+ (bottom_red 150)
+ (bottom_green 0)
+ (bottom_blue 0)
+ )
+; Now let's go for tilemaps. Tilemaps are the tiles field. We can have more
+; than one. Each one has the following properites:
+; layer - can be foreground (drawn above player), interactive (interacts with player,
+; (solid #t) has to be set, as well), background (drawn below the player).
+; speed - this can be used for parallax effects. Better use a level editor (though
+; there is not yet one that supports it) to edit this.
+ (tilemap
+ (layer "interactive")
+ (solid #t)
+ (speed 1)
+; width and height of the tilemap. Has to be specified.
+ (width 525)
+ (height 15)
+; Here goes the tilemap :
+ (tiles 64 64 69 68 68 ...
+ ....
+ ....)
+ )
+; Another tilemap, this is the background one
+ (tilemap
+ (layer "background")
+ (solid #f)
+ (speed 1)
+ (width 525)
+ (height 15)
+ (tiles 0 0 ...
+ ... )
+ )
+; Yet another one. Normally there are only three.
+ (tilemap
+ (layer "foreground")
+ (solid #f)
+ (speed 1)
+ (width 525)
+ (height 15)
+ (tiles 0 0 0 0 ...
+ ...)
+ )
+; Let's setup a few bad guys.
+ (jumpy
+ (x 1277)
+ (y 388)
+; stay-on-platform is a flag to tell them not to fall from
+; their platforms.
+ (stay-on-platform #f)
+ )
+ (mriceblock
+ (x 4345)
+ (y 380)
+ (stay-on-platform #f)
+ )
+ (stalactite
+ (x 790)
+ (y 96)
+ (stay-on-platform #f)
+ )
+; At last, but not least, the camera:
+; (Order doesn't matter for Lisp, so camera could be on top or the middle)
+ (camera
+; This is the ordinary mode, but we can also have an auto one.
+; "auto" can be used to create a path to the camera.
+; Here is an example of an auto camera:
+; (camera
+; (mode "autoscroll")
+; (path
+; (point (x 0) (y 0) (speed 0.5))
+; (point (x 500) (y 0) (speed 2))
+; (point (x 1200) (y 0) (speed 1))
+; (point (x 3000) (y 0) (speed 1))
+; (point (x 1500) (y 0) (speed 1.4))
+; (point (x 99999) (y 0))
+; )
+; )
+ (mode "normal")
+; backscrolling is only set for normal. It says if player can back
+; scroll or not (just go to the front).
+ (backscrolling #t)
+ )
+; We could also setup other objects, like trampolins, doors (to swap),
+; and moving platform. Please check another level (ie. in test/) that
+; uses them to learn more about them.
)
- )
-
+)
= LEVEL EDITORS =
USING THE BUILT-IN LEVEL EDITOR:
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-When opening the leveleditor, a menu will appear. This
-menu can be used to select or add level subsets.
-A level subset is a collection of levels. Subsets can be chose
-during gameplay when starting a game.
+When opening the leveleditor, a menu will appear. This menu
+can be used to select or add level subsets. A level subset is
+a collection of levels. Subsets can be chose during gameplay
+when starting a game.
After selecting the subset, have a look at the level editor.
The button bar in the right is the place where you can control
the actions related with editing. You can select levels and add
throught there.
+
To select tiles (foreground or background) and enemies, the button
bar is the right place. There you can also save, test and setup
the level. It is also possible between two selection cursors! Give
-a try to both.
-A right click in a button bar button will give you a description
-and a shortcut for it.
+a try to both. A right click in a button bar button will give you
+a description and a shortcut for it.
To change a tile, just press the tile you want to change with a
-mouse left click. The current tile will be used. Depending
+left mouse click. The current tile will be used. Depending
on the selection behavior, you can or not select more
than one tiles.
+
To scroll, you just have to point over the two arrow buttons, or
use the right button click.
The levels are saved under a .supertux/levels directory in
your home directory.
-FIXME: this description of the built-in level editor are
-out dated. Anyway, it is yet being developed.
USING FLEXLAY:
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that is developed by Ingo Ruhnke and supports a lot of different
games, including SuperTux (or else we wouldn't mention it :) ).
-Anyway, it is pretty easy to use and a lot more advanced than
-the internal one. So, if you are considering in doing a few levels
-for us, it may be a good idea to check this out.
+Anyway, it is pretty easy to use and is a lot more advanced than
+the internal one. So, if you are considering doing a few levels
+for us, it would be a good idea to check this out.
+
+Its webpage is located at:
+http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/flexlay/
-There isn't currently any webpage for it, just go to our webpage and
-you should find a download of this program.
+It needs ClanLib and a few odd libraries... Anyway, it worths
+it ;)
The only cons it has is that you have to have an accelerated
-videocard (with the drivers working, obviously). Anyway shouldn't
-be a problem nowadays.
-For linux, we advise nvidia videocards with the use of nvidia's closed
+videocard (with the drivers working, obviously). For linux,
+we advise nvidia videocards with the use of nvidia's closed
drivers. ATI drivers should be enough to run this game though.
= CONCLUSION =
-To sum up, go and do lots of levels and HAVE FUN!!
+To sum up, go build lots of levels and HAVE FUN!!
-Please, send your levels or any art you created to the SuperTux's
-mailinglist or to the maintainer (look at AUTHORS).
+Please, send your levels or any art, including sketches, you
+have created to the SuperTux mailing list.
-- SuperTux developers
+ - SuperTux developers
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