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Gridmap Maker

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Gridmap Maker is a powerful tool for dynamically creating and managing small to large grid-based maps. Create your own shapes and customize them with textures, sprites, and materials as your see fit.

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About this asset

Unlock the Full Potential of Your Unity Projects with GridMap Maker

GridMap Maker is the ultimate tool for dynamically creating customizable grid-based maps.

Elevate your map creation experience with a suite of powerful features designed to streamline and enhance your workflow.

● Who Is This For?

GridMap Maker is perfect for developers who want to create maps dynamically without relying heavily on editor support. If you find Unity's built-in Tilemap system limiting, cumbersome or complex, this tool is for you. Whether you're working on a strategy game, RPG, making a procedurally generated map, or any project requiring intricate grid layouts, GridMap Maker provides the flexibility and efficiency you need to bring your vision to life.

Key Features

● Intuitive Grid Creation:

Easily and quickly create dynamic grid maps.

Customize grid dimensions, cell sizes, map orientation and more to fit your project needs.

Create your own custom shapes and UV layouts to fit your needs

● GridChunk Management:

Utilize an innovative chunk system to divide your map into smaller, manageable sections.

Activate or deactivate chunks in a flash to boost performance and save resources.

Say goodbye to sluggish maps—our chunk system revolutionizes map management, enabling dynamic, scalable environments that keep pace with your ambitious Unity projects.

● Advanced Visual Data Management:

No longer are you limited to just sprites!. Our intricate Visual Data system supports textures, sprites, and materials/shaders.

Seamlessly integrate your custom made visual data into your grid cells.

Quick dynamic insertion and retrieval and modifcation of a cell visual data.

● Layered Map Support:

Effortlessly organize your maps using multiple layers, enabling you to overlay various visuals on the same cell.

For instance, you can designate one layer for terrain and another for roads, all within a single map.

Dynamically manage layers with ease, adding, removing, and modifying them to achieve intricate and detailed map designs efficiently and effortlessly.

● Optimized Performance:

Efficiently handle small, medium, and large maps with high-performance algorithms.

Support for parallel processing for faster map generation and data management.

● Integration with Unity:

Fully compatible with Unity's environment.

Easy to integrate into existing projects with minimal setup.

● Save and Load Functionality:

Save and load your maps with extreme ease.

Save your grid maps and configurations for later use.

Load previously saved maps to continue editing or integrate into your game.

● Why Choose GridMap Maker?

Boost Productivity: Simplify the process of grid map creation, allowing you to focus on what matters most—creating amazing gameplay experiences.

Flexibility and Customization: Tailor every aspect of your grid maps to suit your specific project requirements.

Reliability and Performance: Built with efficiency in mind, ensuring your projects run smoothly even with large and complex maps.

Get ready to elevate your Unity projects with GridMap Maker, the definitive tool for all your grid-based mapping needs.

● Future Support

At GridMap Maker, we're committed to continuous improvement and support for our users. Expect ongoing updates and enhancements to further empower your map creation experience. We're dedicated to expanding compatibility, adding new features, and refining existing ones based on your feedback.

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Technical details

  • Easily create your own custom shapes to suit your needs.
  • With my VisualData class, you can customize your shapes with sprites, colors, textures, or materials.
  • A grid chunk system allows you to break your map into small separate pieces.
  • A robust layering syastem allows you to overlay multiple cells on top of one another easily.
  • Extremely fast map creation and modification.
  • Built-in save and load system.
  • Includes detailed documentation.
  • The code is easy to understand and modify as needed.
  • Ready-made shapes, VisualData objects, and shaders to get you started quickly.
  • Includes a tutorial scene to explain usage.

Compatibility

Render pipelines supported in each Unity version
Unity version Built-in URP HDRP Custom
2022.3.10f1 Compatible Compatible Compatible Compatible

This should work with any pipeline, where it is yours or Unity so as long as you create your shaders/materials appropriately.

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