Tilemaps

This extension contains advanced APIs for working with tilemaps in blocks.

Usage

createSpritesOnTiles

The ||tiles.createSpritesOnTiles|| block creates an empty sprite on top of each location with the specified tile. Combine this with ||sprites.onCreated|| to initialize the empty sprites with an image, position, etc.

Parameters

• tileKind is the image of the tile where sprites will be created
• spriteKind is the kind of sprite that will be created

Example 1

Create a small green box on each empty tile.

sprites.onCreated(SpriteKind.Enemy, function (sprite) {
    sprite.setImage(img`
        7 7 
        7 7 
        `)
})
tiles.setTilemap(tiles.createTilemap(hex`0400040000000000000000000000000000000000`, img`
. . . . 
. . . . 
. . . . 
. . . . 
`, [myTiles.transparency16], TileScale.Sixteen))

tiles.createSpritesOnTiles(myTiles.transparency16, SpriteKind.Enemy)

Create a project with this extension

This repository can be added as an extension in Microsoft MakeCode.

• open https://arcade.makecode.com/
• click on New Project
• click on Extensions under the gearwheel menu
• search for https://github.com/riknoll/overworld and click import

Edit this extension

To edit this repository in Microsoft MakeCode.

• open https://arcade.makecode.com/
• click on Import then click on Import URL
• paste https://github.com/riknoll/overworld and click import

Supported targets

• for PXT/arcade (The metadata above is needed for package search.)

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