Via Twitter, @tjgillis asked his followers for any links on building game maps. I’m still planning to do a more in-depth article on programming game maps for browser based games but for now I’m sharing these bookmarks. This list is only about a few aspects of programming game maps so if you have any questions please leave a comment, I’ll be happy to answer it.

Definitely check this out:

// Tile Based Games

// Pathfinding

// Isometric and Tile-based Games

If you need more:

// Drawing isometric game worlds

// ISOMETRIC GAME – PART 1

// Isometric ‘n’ Hexagonal Maps

// Implementing Iso and Iso Hex Grids

// Moving sprites between tiles in an Isometric world

// MoveableMap

// Javascript Programming

// Path Finding on Tile based Maps

// Game Boards

// Traversing an Isometric Ground Map

// There’s some stuff on maps at Amit’s

// Mouse Maps for Isometric Height Maps

Hey everyone,

For this week’s post I’m just going to share some resources and websites. You have probably heard of some of them already, but perhaps there’s still some interesting stuff to check out.
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