Organizing isometric tiles into fixed-sized grids using the TileSet resource

In this recipe, we are going to download an isometric tileset. We will add a new TileMap, set up the tiles, and paint the tiles onto the new TileMap.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we are going to continue from where we left off in the last recipe.

How to do it…

We are going to download an isometric tileset and add a new TileMap to the Scene tab. You can create a new scene and add the new TileMap if you want to keep the TileMaps separate:

1. Go to https://opengameart.org/content/towers-of-defense and download towers of defense.png.
2. From your Downloads folder, move or copy/paste the file into the FileSystem tab or your Chapter 8 project folder and left-click on No in the pop-up window.
3. Left-click on the Node2D node and then + in the Scene tab. In the Create New Node window, type tile in the search box and then select TileMap to create the node in the scene. Left-click on the...