TileFoundery: A Powerful 2D Map Editing Tool for Unity

📜 Get the Tool: TileFoundery on GitHub

🧭 Overview

TileFoundery is a Unity Editor extension for crafting multi‑layer 2D maps with both Tilemaps and sprite assets. It’s ideal for level design, procedural generation workflows, and runtime loading.

• 🎨 Dynamic Categories: Auto‑organize sprites and tiles into folders.
• 🗃️ Layer Editing: Separate layers for ground, walls, furniture, items, overlays, and nodes.
• 🛠️ JSON Export: Save your layouts for integration into any game system.
• 🔄 Portable: Drop the TileFoundery folder into any project—no fuss.

💡 How It Works

TileFoundery opens a dedicated window with a three‑column layout:

• Left: Load, preview, and manage map layouts.
• Center: Your painting canvas—draw directly on Tilemaps.
• Right: Browse categorized palettes of your assets.

1️⃣ Installation & Setup

1. Clone or download the TileFoundery repo from GitHub.
2. Copy the TileFoundery folder into your Unity project’s Assets/ directory.
3. In Unity, navigate to Tools → TileFoundery to open the editor.

2️⃣ Directory Structure

On first run, TileFoundery will scaffold these folders under Assets/Resources/:

• GroundPalettes/
  • Floors/
• WallPalettes/
  • Walls/
• FurniturePalettes/ … and more
  • Items/
  • OverlayPalettes/
  • NodePalettes/

Simply drop your PNGs or Unity Tiles into the matching folder to populate that palette.

3️⃣ Editing Your Maps

The TileFoundery window gives you:

• Center Grid: Paint, erase, or select cells.
• Left Sidebar: Open, save, or delete layouts with thumbnails.
• Right Sidebar: Browse and pick from asset categories.
• Bottom Bar: Resource inspector highlights missing assets in red.
• Top Toolbar: Choose layer, name layout, select brush, save, and export.

4️⃣ Brush Tools & Features

• 🖌️ Brush: Click or drag to paint.
• 💧 Flood Fill: Fill connected areas instantly.
• 📐 Shape Tools: Draw lines, rectangles, circles, and hex patterns.
• 🔍 Zoom: Slider control for pixel‑perfect editing.

5️⃣ Quick‑Pick

Right‑click any painted tile to instantly select it as your active brush.

🖼️ Visualization & Debugging

🔍 Resource Inspector

Missing or mis‑named assets appear in red. Remember: folder and file names are case‑sensitive.

🌎 Why Choose TileFoundery?

• ⚡ Rapid Workflow: Paint full maps in minutes.
• 🔗 Easy Export: JSON output ready for runtime loading.
• 📁 Organized Assets: Self‑maintaining category folders.

🚀 Get Started Today

TileFoundery is free to use. Download it now and start building memorable levels.

🔗 Download: TileFoundery on GitHub