Hello everyone,

because it's not easy to make a 2d game (correctly I mean 2.5D game) with 3dgs I am working on a 2d game development tool.
So it will be much more easier to develope 2d RTS games or 2d adventures or else.
I want to include following features (some is already working):

* A map editor -> you can create your own 2d maps with textures, trees, water etc. It will be like an map editor from 2d RTS games. You can also insert your own bmaps.
* A Pathfinding system to make people finding their way to go, and to set fields blocked. ( A* Pathfinding )
* A sort system to set all bmaps in the right layer.
* Animated water
* A tool to take pics of your 3d figure. -> you have to insert your 3d figure with or without animation. the tool will generate automatic images and set the alpha channel with shadow( I put a screen down)
* The maximum size of one map will be 128x256 Fields.
* A "camera code"
* A code to run animations

Everyone who is interested should write here, because if not many people want to have this tool I can't develope it.
And because I don't have money I want to set a price for this tool, but not high.
What is your mind about this?


many regards Benni

I'm interested, but only in path finding. What algorithm you are planning to use? And what about the price?

He already said that he wants to use A* for pathfinding

OK, I missed that one I was observing this from my cell phone ^^ Anyway, I'm interested in pathfinding.

i'm interested

hmm, not many are interested in this.

would be cool

I would be especially interested in the 3D->2D tool, but only if it would support also perspectives in a hemisphere around the object, plus animations. What is important is also antialiasing, so you would have to render the object 4x times bigger and scale it down, so that you have no sharp edges.

Antialiasing should be an option though!