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About
A prototype map renderer, with more features on the roadmap, for use with Fenris Punk.
License
Copyright 2020 vaeringjar.
Distributed under the AGPLv3+.
Acknowledgments
Tiles and icon copyright Hyptosis and Zabin used via the CC BY 3.0 license.
https://opengameart.org/content/lots-of-free-2d-tiles-and-sprites-by-hyptosis
Developer users
See also the Makefile.
For better or worse, this project uses the following jargon:
- grid
- The plain text, human-more-friendly representation of the image.
- tile
- A single square for use as a reusable image file.
- sprite
- The rendered image from a grid(s) and tile(s).
- image_data
- The RGB data used to generate the tile(s).
And I want to migrate to use these terms, without using the word "map" or "tile" because they have many meanings:
- sprite
- A 2d array of pixels, default to 8x8.
- pallet
- The colour key for each pixel.
- sheet
- The available, reusable graphics.
- grid
- Commonly referred to as ascii art.
- key
- A hardcoded translation from the grid to the appropriate location on the sheet.
- image
- The rendering of a grid using the sheet.
In addtion to that, each graphic will have three stages:
- ascii art
- RGB
- rendered image
For sprite_lengths greater than 8x8, currently 32x32 in the game, there will need to be an intermediate step to render based on lower res sprites and/or some validation when rendering so sprite lengths match the ascii input.