Level editing - Basics

Level editing only supported on desktop currently. You will need a coolfox.exe and a coolfox-x.x.x.jar. The JAR file contains all the files needed to run the game. It is basically a zip file, you can unzip it with 7-Zip.

Extract the data folder next to the jar file, the important folders and files are the following:

data/
├── levels/
│   ├── objects/
│   │   └── *.png   
│   ├── world1/
│   │   ├── level1.tmx
│   │   ├── level2.tmx
│   │   ├── levelN.tmx
│   │   ├── ...
│   │   ├── rule1.tmx   
│   │   ├── rule2.tmx   
│   │   ├── rule3.tmx   
│   │   └── rules.txt   
│   ├── world2/
│   │   └── ...   
│   ├── worldN/
│   │   └── ...   
│   ├── blocks.tsx
│   ├── objects.tsx
│   ├── tileset1.tsx
│   ├── tileset2.tsx
│   └── tilesetN.tsx
├── scripts/
│   ├── cutscenes/
│   │   └── *.json   
│   └── *.json
└── resources.json

  • levels: Tileset tsx, Tilemap tmx and Rules tmx and txt files

    • objects.tsx: the Objects that can be placed on the Objects layer.

    • blocks.tsx: the Tiles that can be used on the Blocks layer.

    • tilesetN.tsx: the Tiles that can be used for drawing on any other layer (no functionality).

    • rule1.tmx: Rules for automapping the Ground layer

    • rule2.tmx: Rules for automapping the Grass layer

    • rule3.tmx: Rules for automapping the Water layer

    • rules.txt: List of the rules that will be applied on Ctrl + M (automapping)

  • scripts: contains the json files for the cutscene scripts and scripts that run in-game.

    • cutscenes: contains the cutscene scripts, this folder is only for separation from the in-game scripts.

  • resources.json: this file contains all the information about the resources used in the game in JSON format, like worlds, levels, textures, sounds, etc.