{"id":5401,"date":"2015-11-18T19:43:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T03:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=5401"},"modified":"2016-05-26T14:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T22:27:45","slug":"whats-coming-up-next-tom-bluewater-introducing-tileobject-chopper-for-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=5401","title":{"rendered":"What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Coming Up Next? \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tom Bluewater Introducing TileObject Chopper for Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTOKYO (MacHouse) – I’ve spent the last four weeks developing a new platform game with Sprite Kit<\/strong>. Game development is quite tiring as you probably know if you do it all by yourself. And it can take weeks or even months. So I’ve decided to quickly release a desktop application. I have already submitted it to Mac App Store<\/strong>. This new release is called TileObject Chopper<\/strong>.
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\nTileObject Chopper is a derivative of an existing desktop application called TileObject<\/strong>, which is already available at Mac App Store. The sole purpose of using the former is to chop a large platform game map (like 6,400 px times 128 px) into smaller square tiles. The beauty of using this application is that it will generate a file containing lines of Objective-C code so that you can read your texture altas fairly easily with Sprite Kit.  
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  1. Let the application chop a vast platform map into hundreds or even thousands of tiles.<\/li>\n
  2. Let the application generate a code file so that you can easily read your texture atlas with Sprite Kit.<\/li>\n
  3. Resize tiles by 50%, if necessary.<\/li>\n
  4. The application does NOT support the fullScreen mode.<\/li>\n
  5. The application supports the retina screen. (tested with 2014 2.6 GHz 13″ MacBook Pro)<\/li>\n
  6. Languages: English only.<\/li>\n
  7. Application file size: 17.8 MB.<\/li>\n
  8. The application comes with a built-in 14-page user guide. Choose Show Quick Tour under TileObject Chopper whenever you need to see it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \nSystem requirements<\/u><\/p>\n

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    1. 10.9 (not tested), 10.10 (tested with 10.10.5), 10.11 (tested with 10.11.1)<\/li>\n
    2. 64-bit system<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      \nLimitations<\/u><\/p>\n

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      1. Each tile is a square, and its side must be an integer (a counting number).<\/li>\n
      2. The code file that the application generates in reading a texture atlas is written in Objective-C only.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        \nTrial\/Demo version<\/u><\/p>\n

        Click here<\/a> to download a trial version. This trial version will remain fully functional for 7 days, starting from the very moment you first launch it.
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        \nTileObject Chopper is a product of Tom Bluewater.
        \nApple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Mac App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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