Eldiron – classical RPG creator

Eldiron is a cross-platform creator for classic retro role-playing games (RPGs). Its primary goal is to enable the creation of RPGs reminiscent of the 1980s and 1990s while incorporating modern features such as multiplayer support, procedural content generation, and more.

Eldiron natively supports 2D (like Ultima 4/5), isometric, and first-person RPGs, allowing developers to craft a variety of experiences effortlessly.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

• Design 2D maps in a Doom-style editor using vertices, linedefs, and sectors to create textured polygons.
• Quickly paint with tiles using the Rect tool, which automatically generates the necessary geometry as you work.
• Import your tilesets, define animations and metadata, and expand your tile collection. You can easily set tile properties—such as whether a tile is blocking—at any time. Visit our Patreon Shop for a growing collection of tilesets; supporting us there helps the project.
• Access all commands in Eldiron Creator through the Action list. Available actions update automatically based on your geometry selection or UI state, so you always know which commands are ready to use.
• Program character and item behaviors, as well as advanced shaders, with intuitive visual node editors.
• Eldiron Creator is cross-platform, available for Windows, Linux, and macOS in the download section of the GitHub repo. Each release includes builds for all clients, including the Web. An Xcode project is also provided for specialized iOS, macOS, and iPadOS builds.
• 3D:
  • 3D editing is seamlessly integrated into the editor, allowing you to create new geometry or extrude and edit surface profiles non-destructively.
  • The Action system is fully integrated with the geometry workflow, showing all available actions for your current selection.
  • Edit and extrude surfaces non-destructively, including carving holes for windows, recesses, and reliefs.
  • Choose from isometric, first-person, or orbit cameras for flexible editing views.
  • Gizmos, visual helpers, and a new GPU-based renderer are in active development.

Website: github.com/markusmoenig/Eldiron
Support:
Developer: Markus Moenig
License: MIT License

Eldiron is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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