Mixed-Initiative Tile-Based Designer is a highly customizable framework for producing procedurally generated 2D maps. It does not require programming knowledge to produce levels with, although building a game on top of the framework does.

The framework uses a multi-layered approach to procedural content generation. First it produces a mission layout. This mission layout is an abstract representation of the tasks that the player may encounter throughout the level. On top of that is the space layer. This is yet another abstract layer. The purpose of this layer is to translate the mission layout into a 2D tile-based overview of the final map. Finally, the overview in the space layer is transformed into the final level. The final level is built out of macro-templates which may in turn be built out of micro-templates. After the final level has been constructed out of the macro-templates, the level is finished.

Every layer is customizable. The user designs:

• Mission grammar rules from which the mission structure is derived
• Shape grammar rules from which the space structure is derived
• Macro-templates from which the level is derived
• Micro-templates from which macro-templates may be partially derived
• Probabilistic tiles which may randomize into any other tiles

This video gives a brief overview of this generation process.

Please note that while the procedural generation process uses randomization, it can be partially or completely deterministic if the user wishes to design it that way.

Originally developed as part of Rafael Dolfe’s research at KTH, the Mixed-Initiative Tile-Based Designer has since been adopted in academic work and cited in IEEE research (2025).

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• Inventory management
• Character levels and stats
• Customizable scenarios and randomized outcomes
• Graph-based procedural generation
• Terrain procedural generation
• Fog of war
• Serialization for saving/loading at any time

In tactical combat, we have systems, including but not limited to

• Enemy artificial intelligence
• Combat system based on stats and abilities, critical hits, dodges, misses, etc.
• Pathfinding algorithms
• Fog of war
• Serialization for saving/loading at any time

Last but not least, we have the editor side of things. The game is developed in Unity3D and in Unity3D it is possible to develop tools to allow those without any coding knowledge to work on your game via editor tools. The project features the following editor tools

• Creation and modification of levels, scenarios, units, items, difficulties and terrains.
• Debug tools for accelerated playtesting

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The final picture shows the usage of the plague button to attempt to disease the evil rabbits on the left side.

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