Level editors with text map files

1. Tiled

   2D tile map editor with XML or JSON maps, CLI export and a JavaScript scripting API.

   • CLI
   • Text
   • Open

   Free15
2. func_godot

   Imports TrenchBroom .map files into Godot scenes, so text levels become playable geometry.

   • Text
   • Open

   Free13
3. LDtk

   Modern 2D level editor from the Dead Cells director; one JSON file with a published schema.

   • Text
   • Open

   Free13
4. TrenchBroom

   Brush-based 3D level editor; Quake .map files are plain text geometry.

   • Text
   • Open

   Free12

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