In the previous chapter, we learned how to draw things to the screen and how to create a basic game loop. This chapter will build on that foundation to assemble a basic dungeon for our roguelike, but before delving into some more coding, it is important to understand a bit more about tilemaps and how they are used to assemble a dungeon.
What are tilemaps?
Tilemaps were initially used to save space and memory in games running in older computers and video game consoles. Instead of having a gigantic image with the whole level for a game, the level graphics could be assembled by combining smaller ...
