KSLC

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Not actually a game, rather this is an editor extension to a great game, Knytt Stories, by Nifflas . The original editor, in my opinion, lacks a few crucial features, so why not try and improve it? And since I'm not into MMF apps, I started from scratch in Delphi.

At first, this program was created to look for "wallswims," situations in the game where the character would end up inside a wall by walking from one screen to another. A very crude algorithm has been cooked up and serves its purpose quite well since. Several other features have been added consequently, such as multi-room duplication, powerup and key search etc. In version 0.3 editing the tile and object layers is finally possible. In the finale I'd like this program to fully replace the current KS editor, though time for such an act is yet very far ahead.

So what is this new MAP file?

If the program fails, it generates an error report. This supporting file enables a higher-quality report direct with linenumbers and function names. It basically contains information about how the program was compiled, what code was what line in the source; and the program itself can read it when debugging.

For normal usage, this file is not needed. However, if the program crashes, there is only little information that can be salvaged from the log so there's smaller chance of fixing the bug than with the MAP file.