LDtk (short for Level Designer toolkit, formerly called LEd) is a free and open-source 2D level editor for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, developed by deepnight (Sébastien Bénard) from France, who are the former director of the well-known indie game Dead Cells, with 20+ years of experience for creating various games.

LDtk started out as just a key part of Sébastien Bénard’s personal game development plan, which aims to be a modern, efficient and above all user-friendly level editor for all kinds of 2D games for his own use, and for his future projects. Along the way, a passionate community of level designers, aspiring game developers, and technology enthusiasts gathered around the project, providing incredible support and lots of valuable feedback.

As a professional 2D level editor, LDtk has a very user-friendly interface, and offers all the important core features. Even better, it also offers a super simple export option. After enabling this feature, you will have access to additional features: one PNG per layer in each level; a composite PNG per level (i.e.: all layers merged together); a very simple, straightforward and optional JSON file per level, if you want to access your Entities data or other information.

// Key Features //

Feature	Description
Easy to use	Every UI details were carefully designed to make the process of creating levels as smooth as possible.
Super Simple Export	For every new tool out there, there is this moment when you need to write the importer for your fav engine. I’ve been there too: so LDtk offers a Super Simple Export option. And by “simple”, I mean it.
Auto-rendering	Define some simple rules in a visual editor and let LDtk do the boring part of the skinning job for you.
World editor	Choose your world layout among “Grid-vania”, “linear”, or “free” and reorganize all your levels using plain old simple drag-n-drop.
Entities	Create your own game entities, with any custom (typed) properties, like “hit points”, a patrol path or an inventory of items.
Aseprite support	LDtk can load “*.aseprite” files directly, without any whatsoever intermediate PNG conversion. And with live-reloading support, you paint your tiles, save and LDtk updates everything accordingly, including image resizing.
Side & top-downs	LDtk focuses on these perspectives to make sure the user experience feels just right. Sorry, no isometric here!
JSON	The app outputs a well documented JSON format that you can easily parse in your favorite game engine.
Tiled export	Tiled (TMX) optional export to try it out before implementing your own importer.
Backups	We know bad things can happen. LDtk offers a strong backup system and can even restore unsaved changes if the app crashes. Which shouldn’t happen, but we don’t live in a perfect world.
Pay what you want!	LDtk can be used for free without any limitation. But if you want to support my work, please consider buying it, or becoming a direct sponsor.
Optional Haxe API	If you are a Haxe user, you can benefit from a powerful and fully typed Haxe API, generated by macros as you type.

// Fan Made Demo Videos //

// System Requirements //

• Haxe compiler: you need an up-to-date and working Haxe install to build LDtk.
• NPM: this package manager is used for various install and packaging scripts. It is packaged with NodeJS.

// Related Links //

• LDtk Documentation
• LDtk Showcase

// Download URLs //

License	Version	Download	Size
Freeware	Latest	(mir1 | mir2)	n/a

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