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Let's make tools!

Inspired by the Mini LD Tool Jams ( Mini LD #3 & Mini LD #51), I want to help this happen again.



The concept is simple: Make a tool, that you or another person can use, that will help them make a game!

The rules are also simple:

A tool can be anything Program Plugin Library Printable drawing templates Work method Really, anything!

can be anything Make it available for others here on Itch.io in any form you like including Unity package Executable Dynamically linked library (.dll) PDFs Video Again, anything!

If someone, somewhere, can fit it into their game making process, then you win!

You are allowed to work on a pre-existing tool (That level generator you wrote for 7DRL? Dust it off and give a polish!)

If you'd like to participate, but don't know what to use, then maybe consider one of these ideas (shamelessly inspired by stolen from Mini LD #3 announcement):

Map Editor (Tiles, Elements, Polygons)

Data Editor (Numeric Data, Points and Polygons)

Menu Editor

Animation/Particle Effect Editor

Font Editor/Builder

Sound Effect Maker, VST Instrument (if sfxr isn't enough)

A File Format (with loader and saver)

A wrapper library, or generalized interface for several libraries (compression, image files, etc)

A process for managing content (graphics, audio, maps, dialog/text/localization, etc)

Write an article

Crash course in a topic (physics, trees, sound synthesis, a programming language, etc)





Take care and have fun!