level editor

Stage design tool

A level editor is software for designing and building playable environments in video games—placing terrain, objects, enemies, and triggers that determine how a stage plays.

Many games ship with built-in level editors, letting players create and share custom content: The game's level editor spawned thousands of user-made maps.

Professional game developers use more sophisticated versions of the same tools.

Related

brushes · snap to grid · grid · spawn points · triggers · placeable · assets · toolbox · drag and drop · undo redo · layers · collision · scripting · workshop · Steam · platformer · publish · share

Categories
Opposites
creation vs. consumption

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Interactive elements of gaming

playing the game · let's play · game streaming · playtesting · playthrough

tool vs. product

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Final production-ready software copy

user-generated vs. developer-controlled content

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Exchange-free bounded region

walled garden

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G