README.md

Ember Editor

Ember - a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire.

Real-time 2D level editor written in C++ using my previously developed Pyro engine.

How to build code

• Clone the repository using git clone --recurse-submodules -j8
  • recurse-submodules will automatically initialize and update each submodule.
  • j8 tells git to use different jobs to download and updated the submodules, hence makes it faster.
• Generate the solution running scripts/generate_solution_*.bat [double-click or run from cmd].
• Open pyro.sln solution just generated and build usin Visual Studio [other build systems are not supported yet].
• Run the solution (press F5). [WARNING: if you want to run the application from the output folder you'll need to copy the assets folder from the project directory and paste in the same folder of the executable]

How to build the installer

Requirements

• Install NSIS: Nullsoft Scriptable Install System to its default location C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS
• Add the install directory to your system path like so:

• Run the create_installer.bat, thie will generate the installer in the bin directory.
• go to bin\Release-windows-x86_64\installers and run LevelEditorSetup.exe.

Key Bindings

The keybinginds are predefined and not personalizable yet.

Camera movements

• W - move camera up
• A - move camera left
• S - move camera down
• D - move camera right
• MOUSE WHEEL - zoom in/out

General

• ESC - Quit application