Pathos wrote:Is it a client? Server? What does "editor" mean? What does it edit?
Ultimately, the project will include a server, a client and an editor. In the current state, it's only an editor. By "editor", I mean a tool that allows you to create creative content for TeeUniverse, TeeWorlds and TeeWorlds mods (DDNet, InfClass, foot, FNG2, ...), including of course maps. Once again, in the current state, you should mainly use it to create maps.
Pathos wrote:What is the purpose of this project? What problems does this solve? What becomes more efficient by using this?
Lets talk only about what is done, the editor. The TeeUniverse editor lets you create maps in the TeeUniverse map format (it include a lot a stuff that doesn't exists in TeeWorlds). I've made it so its more simple to map with it (undo, quad manipulation, dependencies, dilate/border_add directly in the editor, description of entities, support of different mod at the same time, you can open multiple maps at the same time, ...). Then, you can "export" your map from the TeeUniverse map format to the TeeWorlds map format and enjoy it like usual. If something is not compatible with TeeWorlds, it will be converted (for exemple in a soup of quads) so you will not notice the difference.
As an example, InfClass maps are made using this editor, with characteristic elements that you just can't do with the vanilla map editor (curved ribbons for examples).
Here is a list of screenshot highlighting features:
Entities (spwaw, weapons, flags, ...) are more visible at all zoom level, and zones (solid/unhook/death) are delimited with a specific border
Curved elements in maps, stylized by editable materials (grass, warning lines, purple ribbons, pipes, ...)
For mods that support it, you can create polygonal death-zones (it's compatible with all TeeWorlds clients)
You can change the size of the tile layer with the mouse, and in all directions
Easier quad manipulation: create them like tiles, and manipulate them in a intuitive way
