Open-Terrarium/map.lua

--the map library
maplib = {}


--create tiles
mapheight = 48
mapwidth  = 30
tiles = {}

--generates tile blocks
function maplib.createmap()
	
	local dir = love.filesystem.getAppdataDirectory()
	
	love.filesystem.createDirectory(dir.."map")
	
	files = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems( love.filesystem.getAppdataDirectory() )
	
	file = love.filesystem.newFile( "map.txt" )
	
	
	
	print(files["map"])
	
	
	for x = 1,mapwidth do
		tiles[x] = {}
		for y = 1,mapheight do
			local value = love.math.noise( x/mapwidth, y/mapheight )
			tiles[x][y] =  {}
			if value > 0.5 then
				tiles[x][y]["block"] = 1--love.math.random(0,1)
			else
				tiles[x][y]["block"] = 0
			end
				
		end
	end
end

--executed in love.draw to draw map
function maplib.draw()
	love.graphics.setFont(font)
	love.graphics.setColor(255,255,255,255)
	for x = 1,mapwidth do
		for y = 1,mapheight do
			local graphic
			if tiles[x][y]["block"] == 0 then
				graphic = "" --air
			elseif tiles[x][y]["block"] == 1 then
				graphic = "#" --stone
			elseif tiles[x][y]["block"] == 2 then
				graphic = "/" --stairs
			end
			love.graphics.print(graphic, x*scale, y*scale)
		end
	end
end

--[[ a test
for x = 1,10 do
	local line = ""
	for y = 1,10 do
		line = line..tiles.x.y
	end
	print(line.."\n")
end

]]--