Supaplex level editor

An open and multi platform level editor for Supaplex

I've always loved this little Boulder Dash clone from 1991. Ofcourse level editors for this game already exist, but this does not include modern implementations with readily available source code. The goal of this project is to develop a modern multi platform free and open source Supaplex level editor, and of course as a tribute to the original game.

features

• Ability to load,save and export level collections (LEVELS.DAT) and individual levels (*.SP)
• Pencil, line, rect and fill tool to help you create your levels.
• Multi language support. English, Dutch and French (Thanks to Raphaël G.)

Code Example

The editor is made of 2 packages. mokyu.libsupaplex and mokyu.libsupaplexLevelEditor. The latter is an easy to use API for interacting with existing and creating new Supaplex levels from scratch. While the former is the level editor itself.

// create an empty level collection with 111 empty levels
Supaplex supaplex = new Supaplex(); 

// load an existing level collection
try {
 supaplex.loadLevelPackFromFile("C:\dosbox\supaplex\MYLEVELS.DAT")
} catch (IOException e) {
 // handle IO error
} catch (Exception e) {
 // handle incorrect LEVELS.DAT file
}

// save a level collection to file
try {
 supaplex.saveLevelPackToFile("C:\dosbox\supaplex\MYLEVELS.DAT")
} catch (IOException e) {
 // handle IO error
}

// grab an idividual level

Level level = supaplex.getLevel(0);

// get level name
System.out.Println(level.getName()); // "------DONT PANIC-------"

// get a specific Tile from the level
System.out.Println(level.getTile(new Point(17,12)).getNiceName()); // "Hardware (Standard)" 

For more info on libsupaplex you can clone the project and generate a javadoc.

Installation

• Install JDK8

• Download the latest level editor release from the releases section.

• unzip and open editor.jar

License

GPLv3 © (Mokyu)

2019