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New LDtk plugin for Excalibur.js has just been released! `npm install @excaliburjs/plugin-ldtk` Use integer layers to layers for solid tiles, build and place custom entities with entity factories, and use LDtk's levels to build huge environments! #gamedev cc @deepnightfr

ALT Example of LDtk level running in excalibur

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Here is the LDtk level, you can also specify things like camera position and zoom by adding entity fields!
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Also @HugoDuprez is awesome, so you should check out the SpriteFusion discord!
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🔮 Wizardry made with the Sprite Fusion web editor and @excaliburjs Simply import your map in Excalibur.js :D Web technologies for game dev are underrated, let's fix that! @browsermage @__sleepingpanda @Jonnotie
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Brand new Excalibur SpriteFusion plugin!!! It's a brand new Tile map editor that is super awesome and easy to use spritefusion.com/editor `npm install @excaliburjs/plugin-spritefusion` Here is a sample repo: github.com/excaliburjs/sampl… #gamedev #typescript
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The new doc site is now live at excaliburjs.com/ ! Updates: 📃 Docs now in the main repo! 🧩 New Tiled Plugin docs excaliburjs.com/docs/tiled-p… ☀️🌙 LIght/Dark mode UI 🪩 Discord Link 🔍 Algolia Search Updates 🦖 Docusaurus v3 👷Premium Excalibur Support Offering #gamedev
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@kamranicus put together this update, bravo! 👏 Many thanks to the community members that were part of the feedback and update process. And for fixing grammar and typos! @cjadelstad @chrisk_7777 @jyoung424242
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⚔️🔥Excalibur v0.28.6 has been released! Big thanks to @mattjennings44 who has been MVP this released testing all the new stuff! WE HAVE BEEN ON FIRE, cool things are coming on the horizon so stay tuned! #gamedev
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Does anyone use nuget for frontend dev still? I want to here from you because I see you in my analytics. What are your use cases!? #typescript #webdev
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Excalibur v0.28.5 is released! A few bug fixes and some features. * Scenes can now have their own background color! * Actions emit events on start and complete! Thanks @mattjennings44 * Collision lifecycle methods on Actor! (Thanks again @mattjennings44) This is huge!
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Brand new Excalibur Tiled plugin! Redone to make it easier to use! ⚔️ Works on: * Normal & Isometric Tiled Maps * Infinite Maps * All file types! Features: * Entity factories to place actors * Camera support * Solid layers & custom colliders * Query all data #gamedev
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