Well I finally did it and am totally pleased. Though it is bittersweet!
I spent A GREAT DEAL OF TIME, making a really full-featured editor only to wish that it was easier, simpler and faster.
Thus this weekend I’ve been working on that. Though it wasn’t a total waste as I learned a bunch and a lot of those features still exist, but beneath the surface.
One reason I wanted it simpler was so that the editor could be consumer friendly and players could share levels online.
So overall it’s a lot simpler/slightly less pretty(no more parallax), but a lot of the advanced graphical stuff can be skipped while a fun level can still be constructed.
Over and over again, I re-invent the wheel with lots of whistles, only to realize the wheel everyone else has been using is better.
STAY TUNED!