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TileFoundery: A Powerful 2D Map Editing Tool for Unity

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Create, edit, and export detailed tile and sprite–based maps effortlessly.

📜 Get the Tool: TileFoundery on GitHub

Recording of TileFoundery editor in use
TileFoundery in action

🧭 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.
TileFoundery auto‑creates its Resources folders
Auto‑create Resources subfolders on first run

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.

Initial TileFoundery editor preview
Your blank canvas on first launch

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.
Initial TileFoundery editor preview
Saveing/save preview

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