The first bigger task that I worked on was the  Map Builder. The game uses isometric view and players can only see one room at all times. Hence the map was composed of a grid of separated rooms between which players teleport using doors. Obviously, building big maps by hand was a big hassle because it involved correctly connecting all doors – making a map as small as 5×5 would require connecting 80 doors by hand.

The Map Builder sped up building maps in multiple ways. Firstly, it automatically spawns all rooms based on specified map dimensions. Secondly, it connects all doors and allows doors to be removed or added again with a click of a button. Thirdly, making all types of rooms as separate blueprints enabled them to be swapped in and out easily.