Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 2.9
Scene from the classic platformer
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
, which uses tile
maps for its levels.
Even though squares are by far the most popular type of tile used in tile maps, this
is not an absolute requirement. Some games choose to instead use hexagons, and
others still might use parallelograms. It will solely depend on the type of view that
is desired.
In any event, tile maps provide a great way to save memory and make life much
easier for the artists and designers. And 2D games with procedurally generated
content, such as
Spelunky
, would be difficult to implement without tile maps.
