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[The MegaMagic Dude]

Map building tools (by @sueythelaw)

From the very beginning of Megamagic we aimed to build the maps using tiles, since we use Unity3D (and it doesn’t provide native support with tiles) we had to figure how to do that. We started using a plugin from the Unity3d Asset Store called: Uni Tile Engine (

) from Mudloop, it was a pure 2D tile engine, it was not enough to us…, so we where aiming to build an isometric game with full map exploration.



So... we started adding several features to the engine:

• Tools to make easier the job of building levels to our level designers.
• Multilayer support to simulate the 3D world.
• New tools to paint the tiles in faster ways.
• Improvements to cut/erase/copy of painted tiles.
• A lot of debug options to assure everything is painted correctly.
• Automatisation tools to: build the physics of the level, paint large zones of terrain with some kind of a bucket painting tool.
• The feature of undo/redo to the level (making mistakes is easy!).
• Several optimizations for the CPU side using the plugin.
• Several optimizations to the draw calls generated by the meshes of the level.

Thanks for reading!,

[Griffith]

Looks really good mate, sorry I missed this in one of your posts but how many of you are working on this and for how long have you been developing it? It's coming along really nicely.

[Lilou84x]

Map building tools (by @sueythelaw)

From the very beginning of Megamagic we aimed to build the maps using tiles, since we use Unity3D (and it doesn’t provide native support with tiles) we had to figure how to do that. We started using a plugin from the Unity3d Asset Store called: Uni Tile Engine (

) from Mudloop, it was a pure 2D tile engine, it was not enough to us…, so we where aiming to build an isometric game with full map exploration.



So... we started adding several features to the engine:

• Tools to make easier the job of building levels to our level designers.
• Multilayer support to simulate the 3D world.
• New tools to paint the tiles in faster ways.
• Improvements to cut/erase/copy of painted tiles.
• A lot of debug options to assure everything is painted correctly.
• Automatisation tools to: build the physics of the level, paint large zones of terrain with some kind of a bucket painting tool.
• The feature of undo/redo to the level (making mistakes is easy!).
• Several optimizations for the CPU side using the plugin.
• Several optimizations to the draw calls generated by the meshes of the level.

Thanks for reading!,

Wow! It seems to me very useful for designers and artists who doens't know the tricks unity has. The engine is not well equiped for 2D desing yet.

keep it up!

[The MegaMagic Dude]

Looks really good mate, sorry I missed this in one of your posts but how many of you are working on this and for how long have you been developing it? It's coming along really nicely.

The team has changed quite a bit in the last year, but now we have a pretty solid team of 8 people + collaborators. The project really started some years ago. To be honest, at the beginning it was kinda harsh and the project didn't progressed that much.

Some changes were made and finally we can say that we started to go full speed around March/April 2015. It was then when we were finally capable of establishing clear goals and deadlines.  Before that we were advancing, but like surrounded by fog.

That's an unvaluable lesson: one of most important parts to develop a game is to firstly develop the right system behind the gamedev!

[The MegaMagic Dude]

Map building tools (by @sueythelaw)

From the very beginning of Megamagic we aimed to build the maps using tiles, since we use Unity3D (and it doesn’t provide native support with tiles) we had to figure how to do that. We started using a plugin from the Unity3d Asset Store called: Uni Tile Engine (

) from Mudloop, it was a pure 2D tile engine, it was not enough to us…, so we where aiming to build an isometric game with full map exploration.



So... we started adding several features to the engine:

• Tools to make easier the job of building levels to our level designers.
• Multilayer support to simulate the 3D world.
• New tools to paint the tiles in faster ways.
• Improvements to cut/erase/copy of painted tiles.
• A lot of debug options to assure everything is painted correctly.
• Automatisation tools to: build the physics of the level, paint large zones of terrain with some kind of a bucket painting tool.
• The feature of undo/redo to the level (making mistakes is easy!).
• Several optimizations for the CPU side using the plugin.
• Several optimizations to the draw calls generated by the meshes of the level.

Thanks for reading!,

Wow! It seems to me very useful for designers and artists who doens't know the tricks unity has. The engine is not well equiped for 2D desing yet.

keep it up!

Hi! Sorry for the delay answering! We have had some pretty hectic weeks lately. Production stuff! Let's see: yup, we wanted to help you sharing our little tricks. It's amazing how much you can do with Unity if you know how to use it!

We're glad you find it useful! 

[The MegaMagic Dude]

Creating a map: Camp Miller (part I)

Once the game designer has designed the level mechanics and an initial croquis, the level designer must decide the map structure, always thinking of its needs. Before building the actual map, the level designer makes a paper sketch to establish each zone.  
For instance, here we can see that Camp Miller has different zones: the Grim tournament grounds, the scrap dealer shop, the market, the punk houses and the interior fortress. Here, the main idea is not to explain the size of the map but its distribution:



And here we can see the first steps of the map’s assembling:



Further on, we will see this map finished and a lot more detailed!

[The_Otherworld_Agency]

Oh my god, my childhood!      TAKE MY MONEY NOW.

Seriously looking shmicko, MegaMagic Dude! I would love to be involved in a project like this (I run an audio agency and do music supervision) - an entire 80s/90s cartoon intro-style soundtrack! The idea gets me way too excited haha.

[The MegaMagic Dude]

Oh my god, my childhood!      TAKE MY MONEY NOW.

Seriously looking shmicko, MegaMagic Dude! I would love to be involved in a project like this (I run an audio agency and do music supervision) - an entire 80s/90s cartoon intro-style soundtrack! The idea gets me way too excited haha.

Hey! We're glad you like the project so much! Now we're working with Mitch Murder (https://soundcloud.com/daataa). But we will keep your contact in case we need more help later! (:

[TammiDev]

This is a very detailed devlog and I'm sure contains a lot of useful information for other developers of like-minded games in Unity (I'm not on a programming level yet to be able to achieve this). I love the art and wish you all the best on garnering attention and fighting Unity

[The MegaMagic Dude]

This is a very detailed devlog and I'm sure contains a lot of useful information for other developers of like-minded games in Unity (I'm not on a programming level yet to be able to achieve this). I love the art and wish you all the best on garnering attention and fighting Unity

We hope it contains useful info for other devs! (:
We have taken a lot of care preparing each devlog post! And there's a lot of work behind the art too (:

[The_Otherworld_Agency]

Oh my god, my childhood!      TAKE MY MONEY NOW.

Seriously looking shmicko, MegaMagic Dude! I would love to be involved in a project like this (I run an audio agency and do music supervision) - an entire 80s/90s cartoon intro-style soundtrack! The idea gets me way too excited haha.

Hey! We're glad you like the project so much! Now we're working with Mitch Murder (https://soundcloud.com/daataa). But we will keep your contact in case we need more help later! (:

NICE! The dude's great haha! :D If you need sound design, get in touch We did the sfx for Pac-Man 256 and are doing the sfx for a couple dozen other games, including Eitr and Tiny Wizard, etc.

[The MegaMagic Dude]

Sure thing! We will keep your contact

[The MegaMagic Dude]

We’ve launched our Kickstarter!

http://www.bit.ly/megamagic

We need your help! First 24h are crucial and we need to get to 100 backers! Can you help us? Your pledge will be a blessing! (:

At least we hope you like the project! All feedback will be amazing

[The MegaMagic Dude]

We're now not only in KS but also on Greenlight! Help us get greenlit! (: