load tilemap from file

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/createmap.py b/createmap.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import sys
+
+outfile = "map.tiles"
+
+WIDTH = 500
+HEIGHT = 100
+# number of bytes each tile needs to represent
+TILEBYTES = 25
+
+HEADER = "TILEFILEv1"
+
+with open(outfile, "wb") as file:
+    file.write(bytes(HEADER, "ascii"))
+    file.write(WIDTH.to_bytes(4, 'big'));
+    file.write(HEIGHT.to_bytes(4, 'big'));
+    file.write(TILEBYTES.to_bytes(4, 'big'));
+
+    for y in range(HEIGHT):
+        for x in range(WIDTH):
+            index = (x + y) % 5
+            file.write(index.to_bytes(TILEBYTES, 'big'));
+