About

L-Ed is a modern, lightweight and open-source 2D level editor.

Links: Official website | Haxe API (on GitHub)

Building from source

Requirements

• Haxe compiler: you need an up-to-date and working Haxe install to build L-Ed.
• NPM: this package manager is used for various install and packaging scripts

Installing Haxe libs

Install required haxe libs:

haxelib git heaps https://github.com/HeapsIO/heaps.git

haxelib git hxnodejs https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/hxnodejs.git

haxelib git electron https://github.com/tong/hxelectron.git

haxelib git deepnightLibs https://github.com/deepnight/deepnightLibs.git

haxelib git castle https://github.com/ncannasse/castle.git

Installing Node dependencies

Run the following command in the app folder:

npm i

Compiling

First, from the root of the repo, build the electron Main:

haxe main.debug.hxml

This should create a app/assets/main.js file.

Then, build the electron Renderer:

haxe renderer.debug.hxml

This should create app/assets/js/renderer.js.

Running

From a command line in the app folder, run:

npm run start

Related tools & licences

• Tileset images: see README in samples
• Haxe: https://haxe.org/
• Heaps.io: https://heaps.io/
• Electron: https://www.electronjs.org/
• JQuery: https://jquery.com
• MarkedJS: https://github.com/markedjs/marked
• SVG icons from https://material.io