LDtk
ldtk.ioA modern, user-friendly 2D level editor for indie game developers.
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About
LDtk (Level Designer Toolkit) is an open-source 2D level editor built by the director of Dead Cells, designed with 20+ years of game development experience. It offers features like auto-rendering tile rules, customizable entities, world layouts, and Aseprite support in a carefully crafted UI. The tool exports a well-documented JSON format and supports engines like Unity and Haxe, making it easy to integrate into any game project.
Problem
Creating and managing game levels is tedious and existing tools are hard to integrate into custom game engines.
For
Indie game developers building 2D games
How it works
Developers design levels visually in LDtk, define auto-rendering tile rules, and export levels as PNG images and a simple JSON file for use in any game engine.
Business model
free
Status
launched
Founders
- Sébastien Benard