GLEED2D (Generic LEvel EDitor 2D) is a general purpose, non tile-based Level Editor for 2D games of any genre
that allows arbitrary placement of textures and other primitive items in 2D space.
Custom Properties can be added to the items in order to represent game-logic-specific data/events/associations between items etc.
It saves its level data in pure XML files which can be used by any game development library/platform/language.
Check the video tutorials below to get an idea of its powerful features.
GLEED2D is free software and is written in C# and XNA Game Studio.
added: Snapped grid position is shown when adding items
bugfix: Several bugfixes with "Snap to Grid" and Primitive Items.
bugfix: Got rid of "Paths do not have a common base"-Exception (when textures were on a different drive than the level's ContentRootFolder)
2009-07-16 - GLEED2D 1.1.0 released
Added: New Menu "View": Grid and World Origin
Added: Grid and World Origin Appearance fully customizable in Settings Dialog (Snap to grid, Color, etc.)
Added: New Setting "DefaultTextureOriginMethod": TextureCenter or Centroid
(useful if you plan to use a physics engine like Farseer and have the physics engine create the collision polygons from the texture -> the origin is then calculated as the center of mass = Centroid)
Added: New Tool: Link selected Items by a Custom Property
Minor Bugfixes
IMPORTANT! Level.cs has been changed, replace it in your project in case you used it!
2009-07-09 - GLEED2D 1.0.3 released
bugfix: log.txt now is always saved in the editor's working directory
bugfix: no exception if texture doesn't exist on level loading, but error message instead
bugfix: JPG and BMP textures can now be selected/moved
since GIF format is not supported by the internal texture loading function (see this thread), GIF textures are not shown in the Texture Browser
added: Colorkeying for loading textures. The transparent color can be changed in the Settings Dialog (Default: Magenta).
2009-07-08 - GLEED2D 1.0.2 released
Minor bugfix.
2009-07-08 - GLEED2D 1.0.1 released
Added logging to log.txt in working directory
2009-07-07 - GLEED2D 1.0 released
initial version
Download
The current version is 1.1.1. Get it from here:
GLEED2D_v1.1.1.zip
(extract anywhere and run gleed2d.exe)
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Requirements
Since it's written with XNA Game Studio 3.1, you need the XNA Framework Redistributable 3.1 to run it.
If you don't have the XNA Framework Redistributable installed, you can download it
from the Microsoft website.
Example Application using XNA Game Studio
You can download an example solution for GLEED2D v1.1.0 for Visual Studio 2008 from
here
, which shows how to load and use a level created with the editor in an XNA Game Studio game project. The projects contained in the solution are:
Example01_simple = shows the minimal code needed to load a level
Example02_advanced = adds camera movement, parallax scrolling and handling of Custom Properties
