ArtisticPaintAlt (APA) - Kag mapping tool

Hello, everyone. Robinskie and me are making a map editor. It is called 'APA', for 'Artistic Paint Alternative'.
It is easy to use, fast, and it is full of features! If you keep using Paint, we'll just call you god...

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News :​

- Lavalord joined the Alpha tester group. The alpha tester group is full!
- Kaizokuroof joined the Alpha tester group : ONLY 1 SLOT REMAINING!
- The thread has been redesigned!
- Vanhuek, Link6155, Mazey joined the Alpha testers group.
- Robinskie joined the development group.
- Project was started.

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Planned features :​

- Saving as .PNG, features extended by a .GM file.
- Saving as a .APA file ( The native APA map file )
- Lightning fast .PNG or .APA export.
- Setting water level.
- Adding your own signature at map launch, showed in the chat, instead of the map.
- Adding blobs ( Rooms, kegs, boulders, lanterns, zombies )
- Using 3 tools : The pen, well known, the most of time the only tool on map editors, the rectangle and the circle. Maybe ( REALLY maybe ), in the future, triangles and fill tools.
- Using map modifiers : Tree grower, grass grower, and much more.
- Sharing your maps to the world with a built-in program.
- Free, free, and re-free. No ads.
- ... And much more

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Progress :​

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Alpha version [--------------]​

The private Alpha version will come soon. We did the bigger part of the job. We need just to make a nice GUI and to fix things. And to improve ( a lot ) the performances...

/!\ All alphatesters will be alerted by a conversation when a Alpha version is out. It will be a conversation about bugs, ideas and feedbacks.

Developpers :​

• AsuMagic
• Robinskie

Alpha testers ( 5/5 - Full ) :​

• VanHuek
• Link6155
• Mazey
• Kaizokuroof
• Lavalord

Real time development progress :​

Finished :​

Loading GUI - AsuMagic
Information boxes - Robinskie, some fixes from AsuMagic
Cross-Resolution base script - AsuMagic, some modifications from Robinskie
Main menu - AsuMagic
Water - AsuMagic
Map saving as .APA - Robinskie

In progress :​

Map editing - Robinskie, modifications, optimizations and fixes from AsuMagic
Map loading as .APA - Robinskie
Editor GUI - AsuMagic and Robinskie
Dropdown menu - AsuMagic
Map saving as .PNG - AsuMagic > There is a issue, the .PNG is not exported correctly as a 24bit .PNG :(

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Screenshots :​

Spoiler: Screenshot spoiler

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A archer parkour map​

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A RTDM. You see here a File button is included, and tents.​

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A War map. 1st implantation of water :D​

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A parkour : Exported as PNG (!) Photo was uploaded as JPEG, so you cannot import it. :D​

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A RTDM map. You can import its PNG ( Select it, precisly, and paste it to a file with same dimensions. Then, save it as 24bit (!) PNG )​

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A CTF Map.​

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PNG file :​

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Screenshot + Infos :​

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Better UI. Better editing.​

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And the result in KAG...​

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Light&Dark modes ( For link6155 ).​

Because white on gray was horrible. I had to do it x)​

Also, instead of before, the size is modified with the screen resolution.​

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All our GML scripts are ours, we created them.​

Thanks Geti and MM for KAG GUI parts that we have imported or modified a lot.​

The sounds are imported from KAG too.​

 

Sounds awesome! Keep us posted with updates!

 

Sounds very nice , waiting for it :D

 

Maybe, in some weeks, a OpenBeta should be available.

 

Yay :D

 

Added live informations in the first message.
</br>--- merged: Apr 12, 2013 7:40 PM ---</br>
Robinskie joined the development group :D
Edit : Hey. I'll be absent approx in 10 days. Don't know how much time, but don't worry, we'll continue creating it. :)

 

Inb4 hentai maps <3

 

reupload screenshot?

 

Yes. Robin made a nice editor system ( It works ! )
I'll edit post.

 

Send me a PM to get the private Alpha when it's done.

Alphatesters : ( 5/5 available. Need Windows )
</br>--- merged: Apr 14, 2013 4:52 PM ---</br>
Shad, didn't understood what do you want to say x)
Bad english :(
You wanna say you cannot compare it because it will be really = or because it will be really better?
</br>--- merged: Apr 14, 2013 6:06 PM ---</br>
AsuMagic << The another one is just : Very slow
Robinskie >> The other one is 'done' and it doesn't have saves
AsuMagic << Does not support our future map sharing
AsuMagic << The another one does not support shapes
Robinskie >> No .gm support
AsuMagic << So, it does not support personal signature.
AsuMagic << The another one does not support adding blobs.
AsuMagic << The another one does not support setting water level
AsuMagic << When I tested it, saving a map was extremely slow. And, there was a error in the file, it couldn't open in KAG
AsuMagic << The GUI is really buggy
AsuMagic << Lol, about 15Mb to download, ours needs only 4Mb
Robinskie << The another does not have backup...
AsuMagic << Ours is creating backups every 30 seconds, or 2 minutes, user's choice. He can cancel actions by pressing Undo button, using the backups.
AsuMagic << Our GUI is very similarly to KAG and there is few bugs.
AsuMagic << In the Beta stage or in the final version of this program, you'll can add plugins, custom cave generator, terrain generator.......

You said what shad? :3
</br>--- merged: Apr 15, 2013 9:17 AM ---</br>
VanHuek and Link6155 added in the alphatesters list.

 

Ah x)
Didn't understood
</br>--- merged: Apr 15, 2013 11:30 AM ---</br>
New screenshots, a plenty of new screenshots!
</br>--- merged: Apr 16, 2013 11:18 AM ---</br>
More, more, and always more screenshots!
PNG export is added!
</br>--- merged: Apr 16, 2013 6:02 PM ---</br>
Thread updated.

 

The GUI looks alright, but could be improved. The texts on the buttons should be white, that's one thing that bothers me.

There's other things too, but I can't put them into words right now :/

 

Post update.
Robinskie quitted the developpement group, maybe in some time he will have more time for him and then he can rejoin it.

 

This looks so good :P
Thx to all tester/developpers of this tool :D

 

I don't think you got what I was saying about the white text. You should keep the regular green buttons, but instead of black texts, use white. It's how it mainly is in KAG anyways...


There is a few place that have black text on green, but they are black to show they aren't as important or they are not selected.

 

I think it was me, but when I made black on green, it was horrible.

 

Is this still coming along well? I would love to get into KAG mapping, but I don't want to take 6 years with paint.net.