Note: Due to the imminent shotdown of CodePlex, tIDE and xTile have been moved toGitHub.

Project Description

Tile IDE (tIDE) and xTile are an integrated solution for building tile-based games for Windows, Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 using MicrosoftXNA 3.1 and 4.0 technology. This software is licensed under theMicrosoft Public License (Ms-PL) open source agreement.

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tIDE Tile Map Editor

tIDE is a fully-featured, .NET-based tile editor that allows level designers to easily create content for tile-based games. tIDE supports a custom XML-based map format, a custom binary format (tbin),Tiled TMX,Mappy FMP andFlixel. Additional formats may be included via the .NET-based plugin system within tIDE.

Features

Intuitive user interface
Support for multiple tile layers to facilitate the design of games featuring parallax scrolling
Automatic tile transitioning (autotiles)
Animated tiles
Full-featured drawing toolbox to facilitate level design
Layer ordering and visibility
Support for an extensive range of display sizes to facilitate alignment when designing multi-layer maps
Support for arbitrary tile sizes and multiple tile sheets
Brushes to facilitate reuse of common composite elements
Multiple file formats (currently tIDE, tBIN, Tiled TMX, Mappy FMP and Flixel formats)
Full undo/redo capabilities
Support for custom properties at every level of the map structure
Full-screen editing mode
Zooming capabilities
Map structure navigation and manipulation via the Map Explorer panel
Intuitive tile picker
Auto-scrolling capabilities
Dockable editor components
Tile sheet auto-update feature to streamline content creation pipeline
Painless tile sheet rearrangement
Tile guides and layer viewing options
Statistics on dimensions and tile usage
Extensive potential for customisation via a plugin management system
Built-in help system

xTile Tile Rendering Engine

xTile is a multi-platform tile rendering engine component for XNA-based games.

Tutorial
An easy 14-step tutorial to get you started using the xTile rendering engine is available

Features

Available for PC, Xbox 360, Windows Phone 7 andZune*
Parallax layer support
Tile animation
Custom property support at map, layer, tile sheet and tile level
XNA Content Pipeline Support for tIDE map files
Automatic validation and asset building of tile sheet image source dependencies in content pipeline
Customisable XNA content processor
Map loading interface for multiple file formats
Native XML-based file format
Integration with tIDE
Abstract display device to facilitate platform extensibility