{"author_name":"Jezzamon","cat":"LD #23","comments":[{"author_name":"huhwhozat","time":"April 16, 2012 7:32 pm","epoch":1334622720,"text":"Nifty.  I usually write my own in-game editor, but I&#8217;ve been known to use DAME as well.  There are a couple of other options on the tools page (check the sidebar).  I can vouch for TileEd as a decent package.  I&#8217;ve heard good things about Ogmo too.  Sometimes though, notepad or somesuch is just easier because you don&#8217;t have to deal with strange formats other programs output.  I&#8217;ve heard a number of people create a level from a bitmap, and draw that in paint, too.","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1334617500,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"59432","p_author":"Jezzamon","p_authorkey":"10217","p_urlkey":"95183","p_title":"Have a free level editor","p_cat":"LD #23","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1334617500","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10217","us_name":"Jezzamon","us_username":"\/author\/jezzamon\/","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"<p><a title=\"SWF\" href=\"http:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/download\/296508173\/grid_maker_by_jezzamon-d4wj765.swf\" target=\"_blank\">SWF<\/a> \u2022\u00a0<a title=\"DeviantArt\" href=\"http:\/\/jezzamon.deviantart.com\/art\/Grid-Maker-296508173\" target=\"_blank\">Description on DeviantArt<\/a><\/p>\n <p>I made a little level editor a while ago, and now I polished up and released it as a SWF. It&#8217;s not super amazing, but it&#8217;s completely free and very simple and quick to use.<\/p>\n <p>I remember someone posting about using Note Pad to design levels on a previous Ludum Dare, and I remembered how tedious it is to design anything worthwhile within a text editor, so I&#8217;m mainly releasing this so that no-one ever has to do that.<\/p>\n <p>So if you know anyone that&#8217;s likely to use a Note Pad or any other basic text program for designing graphical 2D\u00a0levels, show them this!<\/p>","time":"April 16th, 2012 6:05 pm","title":"Have a free level editor"}