Defold

Tiled can export to Defold using one of the two supplied plugins. Both are disabled by default.

defold

This plugin exports a map to a Defold Tile Map (*.tilemap). It only supports tile layers and only a single tileset may be used.

New in Tiled 1.9.2

Custom Properties

The tile_set property of the Tile Map can be set by adding a custom string property to the map named “tile_set” (case sensitive). If left empty, it will need to be set up in Defold after each export.

A custom float property named “z” can be added to set the z value for each tile layer. By default, the layers will be exported with incrementing z values, so you only need to set this property in case you need to customize the rendering order.

Since Tiled 1.3

defoldcollection

This plugin exports a map to a Defold Collection (*.collection), while also creating multiple .tilemap files.

It supports:

  • Group layers (only top-level group layers are supported, not nested ones!)

  • Multiple Tilesets per Tilemap

The plugin automatically assigns a Z-index to each layer ranging between 0 and 0.1. It supports the use of 9999 Group Layers and 9999 Tile Layers per Group Layer.

When any additional information from the map is needed, the map can be exported in Lua format and loaded as Defold script.

Custom Properties

  • The tile_set property of each tilemap may need to be set up manually in Defold after each export. However, Tiled will attempt to find the .tilesource file corresponding with the name your Tileset in Tiled in your project’s /tilesources/ directory. If one is found, manual adjustments won’t be necessary.

    Alternatively, a custom string property called “tilesource” (case-sensitive) can be added to the tileset, which will then be used instead (since Tiled 1.9.2).

  • If you create custom properties on your map called x-offset and y-offset, these values will be used as coordinates for your top-level GameObject in the Collection. This is useful when working with Worlds.

New in Tiled 1.10
  • A custom float property named “z” can be added to tile layers to manually specify their z value.