bevy_map_editor

Visual map editor for Bevy 0.17 games. Create tilemaps, place entities, design dialogue trees, and define animations.

Part of bevy_map_editor.

Features

• Project management (new, open, save, recent projects)
• Preferences with auto-save (persisted to user config directory)
• Auto-open last project on startup
• Multi-level support with hierarchical view
• Layer system (tile and object layers)
• Tileset management with multi-image support
• Terrain painting with autotiling
• Entity placement and property editing
• Dialogue tree editor with visual node graph
• Animation/sprite sheet editor
• Undo/redo support
• Keyboard shortcuts

Run Game & Live Editing

Launch and test your game directly from the editor:

• Run Game - Build and launch your game with one click
• Live editing - Edit maps while the game runs (non-blocking)
• Auto-sync - Save (Ctrl+S) automatically syncs to running game
• Hot-reload - Changes appear instantly via Bevy's file watcher
• Game Settings - Configure game project path and starting level

Tile Flipping

• Press X to toggle horizontal flip while painting
• Press Y to toggle vertical flip while painting
• Tiled-compatible flip flags exported in map files

Stamps

• Ctrl+Shift+S - Create reusable stamp from tile selection
• Access saved stamps from Stamp Library panel

Installation (Standalone Binary)

From crates.io

cargo install bevy_map_editor

From source

git clone https://github.com/jbuehler23/bevy_map_editor
cd bevy_map_editor
cargo install --path crates/bevy_map_editor

Run the editor

bevy_map_editor

Usage (As a Library)

use bevy::prelude::*;
use bevy_map_editor::EditorPlugin;

fn main() {
    App::new()
        .add_plugins(DefaultPlugins)
        .add_plugins(EditorPlugin)
        .run();
}

Feature Flags

[dependencies]
bevy_map_editor = { version = "0.1", features = ["runtime"] }

UI Panels

Keyboard Shortcuts

License

MIT OR Apache-2.0