@city41/ardumap

ardumap

This is a small node program that takes maps from the Tiled Map Editor and converts them into data for ArduBoy games.

how to use

1. npm install -g @city41/ardumap
2. Export your map from Tiled as JSON
3. ardumap -s <path to the JSON map file> -o <path to write the header file to>

ie: ardumap -s ../myGame/myMap.json -o ../myGame/myMap.h

The resulting data file

It's just a uint8 array containing the Tiled data, something like:

#ifndef mymap_h
#define mymap_h

const uint8_t PROGMEM mymap_map[] {
    // map width, map height (in rooms)
    4, 4,
    8, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 8,
    ...
};

#endif

The array starts with a small two byte "header" of the map size in rooms. Currently this is hardcoded for my game, but I can make this generic if anyone else uses this tool.