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Re:LEd: Open-Source 2D Level Editor by koonsolo on Saturday September 26, 2020 @05:08PM (#24602132)
Why would you think it failed? I'm a heavy Haxe user myself since I'm developing https://rpgplayground.com in it.

Since the years I see more and more people using Haxe, including recently Pokemon Sword and Shield (for scripting) and Spellbreak (on top of Unreal Engine)

Re:LEd: Open-Source 2D Level Editor by gavinray on Saturday September 26, 2020 @05:28PM (#24602291)
Wow, that is beautiful. The aesthetics remind me so closely of the original SNES Tales of Phantasia (absolutely stunning art, to this day) but with a warmer/lighter feel, like Chrono Trigger/Harvest Moon.

https://images.148apps.com/2014/1/37154/219974/img-0815-600x...

Thanks for sharing this. Out of curiosity, where does the art/assets for this come from?

Re:LEd: Open-Source 2D Level Editor by koonsolo on Saturday September 26, 2020 @06:09PM (#24602563)
Thanks! :)

The art assets are all free for commercial use. See my credits for all references: https://rpgplayground.com/credits/

Re:LEd: Open-Source 2D Level Editor by darkhorse13 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @02:23PM (#24608906)
This is a really cool tool, but all the example images are using Rpg Maker assets, which is a bit of a turn off to a lot of folks I'm sure. Do you plan on building your own asset set? Kind of like the official RTP packages?
Re:LEd: Open-Source 2D Level Editor by koonsolo on Monday September 28, 2020 @12:59PM (#24618758)
One of the reasons I could bootstrap this project was because there are so many freely available graphics out there. Although I put a lot of effort into making sure not to use anything from RTP.

Unfortunately this has the drawback of being a "rpg maker" clone. Getting traction on Twitter is therefore really hard.

When I ever do custom assets, they will be 3D.

Or give users to use custom graphics and share/sell them.

Re:LEd: Open-Source 2D Level Editor by city41 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @10:36PM (#24603761)
Very cool. I'm building a similar thing for platformers (not in Haxe though) https://jump.club