Useful links

Here is an unordered list of useful resources that may help when working on a 2D tile-base game.

Feel free to suggest any other link!

Notable crates

• bevy: the Bevy engine
• bevy_ecs_tilemap: the crate we use for rendering our tiles
• rs-tiled: official Tiled rust bindings
• bevy_ecs_ldtk: an equivalent of bevy_ecs_tiled but for the LDTK map editor
• hexx: an hexagonal tools lib for stuff like path-finding or hex coordinates manipulation
• bevy_mod_picking: a flexible set of plugins that add picking functionality to your bevy app
• bevy_picking_tilemap: provides a bevy_mod_picking backend to add integration with bevy_ecs_tilemap, enabling individual Tile entities to receive the picking events
• avian: Avian physic backend
• bevy_rapier: Rapier physic backend
• bevy_northstar: A 2D/3D pathfinding crate, with a concrete usage example with bevy_ecs_tiled

Notable resources

• Bevy official website: lots of examples and learning materials
• Bevy API reference
• Unofficial Bevy Cheat Book: one the best resource to learn Bevy
• Tiled official website: to get the latest Tiled version and read associated documentation
• Red Blob Games: collections of tutorials on various gamedev topics, especially the hexagonal grids reference
• Some maths regarding isometric tiles