NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Level editor

A level editor (also known as a map, campaign or scenario editor) is a software application used to design levels, maps or campaigns for a computer or video game. In some cases the creator of a video game releases an official level editor for a game, but other times the community of fans steps in to fill the void. Image File history File links Flowgraph_vegetation. ... Image File history File links Flowgraph_vegetation. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 249 KB)UnrealEd 3. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 249 KB)UnrealEd 3. ... viewing the Unreal Tournament 2004 map Facing Worlds 3. UnrealEd (UEd for short) is the easy to use level design software used to create levels for Unreal, other games in the Unreal series, and games based on the Unreal engine, such as Deus Ex, although it has changed along with... Epic Games, also known as Epic and formerly as Epic MegaGames, is a computer game development company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... Unreal is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and published by GT Interactive (now owned by Atari) on May 22, 1998. ... Doom is considered a landmark in the first-person shooter genre. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x713, 53 KB) Summary This is a screenshot of the Level editor Lunar Magic made by FuSoYa. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x713, 53 KB) Summary This is a screenshot of the Level editor Lunar Magic made by FuSoYa. ... Screenshot of Lunar Magic Lunar Magic is a level editor for Super Mario World (SNES) created by FuSoYa. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Computer program. ... In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, episode, round, world, map, wave, board, phase, or landscape) is a separate area in a games virtual world, in modern games typically representing a specific location such as a building or a city. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ...

Sometimes a level editor is integrated in the game, and is an integral part of the game. Other times (and most often), it is a separate part of the game. The latter is almost always the case for fan-released level editors.

An individual involved with the creation of game levels is a level designer or mapper. A level designer is a person who creates levels, challenges or missions for computer and/or video games using a specific set of programs. ...

Some level editors include:

Mission EDitor Map Editor for "Delta Force: Black Hawk Down and Delta Force Xtreme
Crysis Sandbox Editor Map editor for Crysis
FarCry Editor Map Editor for Far Cry
SimPE, level and content editor for The Sims 2
Star Wars Battlefront BFBuilder for Star Wars Battlefront
StarEdit Editor for StarCraft
Tomb Raider Level Editor
UnrealEd, level editor for Epic's Unreal series of first-person shooters
Valve Hammer Editor for Half-Life 2 (and related Steam games)
Warcraft III World Editor
JCS,Editor for Jazz Jackrabbit 2

In the early years of video-gaming, some games came with a utility called a Construction set. This was similar in many ways to a level-editor. Some games used them to create extra levels, whereas others (like the Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit) used them as a means to create a game rather than be a game in itself. Some examples of games with Construction sets include: Mission EDitor is a map editing tool for most NovaLogic games, which is in your game folder, and every game has a different MED (short of Mission EDitor). ... Delta Force Xtreme is intended to be a remake of the original Delta Force series. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Far Cry is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Crytek Studios from Germany and published by Ubisoft on March 23, 2004 for Windows. ... Far Cry is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Crytek Studios from Germany and published by Ubisoft on March 23, 2004 for Windows. ... SimPE or Simple Package Editor is a package editor for The Sims 2. ... [1][2] For other games titles beginning with Sim, see List of Sim games. ... Star Wars: Battlefront BFBuilder is an editing tool which allows the user to create their own units, weapons, vehicles and maps for the PC version of Star Wars: Battlefront and Star Wars: Battlefront II. // New maps have been created, as well as units, ranging from the BARC Trooper to Commander... Star Wars: Battlefront is a first-person shooter/third-person shooter (interchangeable) video game based around battles featured in the Star Wars movies. ... StarEdit is Blizzard Entertainments official level editor for StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War. ... The Tomb Raider Level editor is a tool released by Eidos with the game Tomb Raider Chronicles in late 2000. ... viewing the Unreal Tournament 2004 map Facing Worlds 3. UnrealEd (UEd for short) is the easy to use level design software used to create levels for Unreal, other games in the Unreal series, and games based on the Unreal engine, such as Deus Ex, although it has changed along with... Epic Games, also known as Epic and formerly as Epic MegaGames, is a computer game development company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... Unreal is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and published by GT Interactive (now owned by Atari) on May 22, 1998. ... Doom is considered a landmark in the first-person shooter genre. ... VHE is provided as part of the Source SDK. Valve Hammer Editor, formerly known as Worldcraft and now commonly called Hammer, is Valve Softwares map creation program for their first-person shooter computer game Half-Life and for all of its mods, sequels, and expansions. ... Steam is a content delivery, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications service and platform developed by Valve Corporation for digital entertainment. ... The Warcraft III World Editor is the official level editor for Blizzard Entertainments game Warcraft III. It is similar to StarEdit, the StarCraft level editor that preceded it; however, the Warcraft III editor is significantly more powerful than its predecessor. ... The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a panel comprising the highest-ranking members of each major branch of the armed services in any particular country. ... Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is a platform game produced by Epic MegaGames, now known as Epic Games. ...

The box cover for 1983s Pinball Construction Set. ... Screenshot from the Rivers of Light adventure in Adventure Construction Set Adventure Construction Set (ACS) is a program used to construct Ultima_type games, written by Stuart Smith and published in 1984 (or 1985) by Electronic Arts. ... ShootEm-Up Construction Kit (aka SEUCK) was a construction kit for the Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST published by Sensible Software in 1987. ... Split-screen racing action in Racing Destruction Set Racing Destruction Set is a racing computer game written by Rick Koenig, Connie Goldman, and David Warhol and published in 1985 by Electronic Arts. ...

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