Tiled for 2D level design
In this chapter, we are going to finish the game that we started in the previous chapters. To begin, let's start by designing an even cooler level!
Tip
Before we start creating our level, it's good practice to design our level on paper, even if it's some sketches of different ideas.
We will be using a third-party tool named Tiled for this purpose. Tiled is a free 2D map editor that will save you a lot of time working on your levels. It is a tool that makes it much easier to create a 2D level, instead of doing it within Unity by duplicating game objects. Here is the download link for it: http://www.mapeditor.org/download.html.
Lastly, in order to use what you will create in Tiled, you also need to download another program called Tiled2Unity. It is a utility that allows us to import levels that have been created in Tiled, as prefabs into Unity. Here is the link to download Tiled2Unity: http://www.seanba.com/tiled2unity.
After installing both programs, we can start by opening...
