2D Map Editor

A small SDL2-based tilemap editor. Use the menu to view or edit maps, navigate with the arrow keys, open the palette (P) and paint tiles with the mouse.

Build & Run (Windows / PowerShell)

Prerequisites:

• A working g++ toolchain (MinGW or similar) available in PATH.
• SDL2 development files placed in the sdl2 folder of the project. This repository includes sdl2/include and sdl2/lib and a sdl2/bin folder with DLLs.

Steps:

1. Create the build folder (if it doesn't already exist):

mkdir build

2. Copy the runtime DLLs and any helper files from sdl2/bin into build so the executable can find SDL at runtime:

3. Copy the map files into the build folder so the editor can find them (maps in this repo are named like map*.txt):

Copy-Item -Path .\map*.txt -Destination .\build

4. Build the application from the project root (this compiles the main sources and links against SDL2, SDL2_image and SDL2_ttf):

g++ main.cpp mainView.cpp menu.cpp error.cpp -o build/main.exe -I sdl2/include -L sdl2/lib -lSDL2 -lSDL2main -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_ttf

5. Run the built executable from the build folder:

.\build\main.exe

After the build step the application binary will be in the build folder along with the SDL runtime DLLs and the map files.