bevy_simple_tilemap

Refreshingly simple tilemap implementation for Bevy Engine.

Why another tilemap?

The main reason I started this was because I felt the existing tilemap implementations for Bevy were needlessly complicated to use when all you want to do is to as quickly and simply as possible render a grid of tiles to the screen, often exposing internal implementation details such as chunks to the user.

Goals:

• Allow the user to render a grid of rectangular tiles to the screen
• Make this as simple and intuitive as possible

Non-goals:

• Supporting every imaginable shape of tile
• 3D tilemaps
• Assisting with non-rendering-related game-logic

How to use:

Spawning:

fn setup(
  asset_server: Res<AssetServer>,
  mut commands: Commands,
  mut texture_atlases: ResMut<Assets<TextureAtlas>>,
) {
    // Load tilesheet texture and make a texture atlas from it
    let image = asset_server.load("textures/tilesheet.png");
    let atlas = TextureAtlasLayout::from_grid(uvec2(16, 16), 4, 1, Some(uvec2(1, 1)), None);
    let atlas_handle = texture_atlases.add(atlas);

    // Spawn tilemap
    commands.spawn(TileMap::new(image, atlas_handle));
}

Updating (or inserting) single tile:

tilemap.set_tile(ivec3(0, 0, 0), Some(Tile { sprite_index: 0, color: Color::WHITE }));

Updating (or inserting) multiple tiles:

// List to store set tile operations
let mut tiles: Vec<(IVec3, Option<Tile>)> = Vec::new();
tiles.push((ivec3(0, 0, 0), Some(Tile { sprite_index: 0, color: Color::WHITE })));
tiles.push((ivec3(1, 0, 0), Some(Tile { sprite_index: 1, color: Color::WHITE })));

// Perform tile update
tilemap.set_tiles(tiles);