maps are certainly a very common feature in game development. the
easiest way to trace maps (and the one that i've used in other languages
in tha past) is to use multidimensional arrays. so, a tile-map, can be
stored and worked on as a simple array (or list) that goes like this:
tile_map[x][y] = tile_number
now, probably i'm missing a basic feature of python, but it seems to
lack of a native support for multidimensional arrays. i've seen that
NumPy as an advanced array class, but probably so advanced that i got
lost in the documentation and i could't find a way to get the simple
things i need:
-declare a multidimensional array specifiying the lenght of each
dimension (like, to obtain a 10x20 grid a sort of "a = array(10,20)" or
(9,19) if 0-based)
-easily access the cells for reading / appending / writing data, like in
"a[7][4] = 8" to alter or set the content of a given cell.
how did you solve the problem?
thanks in advance
gustavo
