WIP Starbound Toolset / Dungeon Editor

New Thread: http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/starbound-toolset.51473/




Current Build Screenshots
http://i.imgur.com/1PbtVtl.png
http://i.imgur.com/KtiOjtE.png

I've been working on this project for a few of days now, and I've decided to post a quick sneak preview detailing some of my core features. The editor will probably be released within the week, but it would be great to get some feedback on the initial plan from dungeon designers early on. I'd love to know what you designers would like included in this tool.

Features

• WYSIWYG dungeon editor
• Automatically generates a project from any given .dungeon file.
• Abstracts editing JSON files from the developer.
• Abstracts the RGBA -> Object mapping from the developer. The editor handles the colour map for you, behind the scenes.
  
• Import new tiles by dragging and dropping any game object into the editor, and link your parts together through an intuitive interface.
• Edit all available attributes for your dungeon without touching a JSON file.
• Automatically generate a key file (key.png and key with grid.png) to maintain standards of the stock dungeons.
• Click on the transitions between parts to see a list of possible connectors to that part.
  
• Design your dungeon parts by drawing tiles (represented by game graphics) in the dungeon editor.
• Preview your finished dungeon inside the editor with game graphics.
  
• Generate combinations of your dungeon for inspection inside the editor. The amount of possible combinations depends on how you have set up your modular parts.

Here are some possible future features I've been considering:

• Visual flowchart system showing how parts link together. Link your parts together by connecting them with lines.
• Edit non-dungeon JSON files, for example, loot tables, game objects, etc., from within the editor
• Support for animated tile display within the editor

Old Build Screenshots
http://i.imgur.com/ITlB1Py.png
http://i.imgur.com/KOLQRzr.png
http://i.imgur.com/1CW0v49.png
http://i.imgur.com/LM69kxv.png

 

Was hoping for something like this! Good job man

 

Do one for ships.

 

:O Mind blowing.

 

Should be trivial to extend this to work with ships, actually. Good idea.

 

bartwe tweeted bout this. Great job. Looking rly nice

 

Whoa, this looks amazing. Mods for games are one thing, but tools to allow for easier modding? That's just awesome. *thumbs up*

Quick question... What is it written in?

 

Why not use this mod to make the community improve the game more and more ?

 

This looks really cool! I've fired you off a message, but please let me know if there's anything I can do to help with this! It'd make my life a lot easier with a proper toolset like this one.

 

Thumbs up for this tool! I had something similar on my mind, but it was by far not as awesome as this.

 

So in theory, this means i can make an entire planet a dungeon? ,

 

I love it. I mean, wow, I was hoping something like this would happen, and it did and I am ever so thankful.

 

Awesome. Another example of developer-community interaction helping to make a game that much better!

 

I can't seem to find the functionality on the GUI where I can select what exactly I want to draw on the dungeon, or any key associated with said function. If the feature is there, could you perhaps add it to the main right toolbar (unless I'm blind)?

Also the ability to import/create/export your own color associations for the dungeon's .png and interpreter file would be nice.

 

The first picture was just an early WIP/proof of concept for the tool. Here's a more recent image.



You can click on the files to display a preview image (seen to the right of the Tiles List label), and after that it'll be a simple case of drawing what you want on the screen. There will be three toggleable modes - drag (to move the view around), draw (draws currently tile), and erase (removes the tile(s) under the cursor).

C#. I'm mostly a C++ coder but the easy interface creation was too much for me to pass up.

 

Loving it,
Curious though how one would test this in game (actually find the dungeon and see how it looks in game)

 

Hang a mo. What have you been doing until now? I was actually wondering. Building it in-game, then exporting it somehow?

 

Ah, cool. Thanks for the response. That's the answer I was hoping for... It means there's a chance it might work with mono then.

Also, the updated image looks awesome. Can't wait to see this tool put to use!

 

How did you actually draw it in C# ?! I'm a C#-Coder myself but not that experienced. I would like to learn stuff like this.

 

Could this be adapted/have a plugin so that you can design ships in it also?