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<title>Choose map - WorkAdventu.re</title>
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<< BACK TO HOMEPAGE
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<h1 class="text-center pixel-title">CREATE YOUR MAP !</h1>
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<p>Learn how to create your own map! If you want to go the easy route, you can instead <a href="choose-map.html">PICK A PREBUILT MAP</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="tools-you-will-need" class="pixel-title">Tools you will need</h2>
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<p>In order to build your own map for WorkAdventure, you need:</p>
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<li>the <a href="https://www.mapeditor.org/">Tiled editor</a> software</li>
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<li>"tiles" (i.e. images) to create your map (this starter kit provides a good default tileset for offices)</li>
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<li>a web-server to serve your map (this starter kit proposes to use Github static pages as a web-server which is both free and performant)</li>
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<p>WorkAdventure comes with a "map starter kit" that we recommend using to start designing your map quickly.</p>
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<h2 id="getting-started" class="pixel-title">Getting started</h2>
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<p>Start by <a href="https://github.com/join">creating a GitHub account</a> if you don't already have one.</p>
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<p>Then, go to the <a href="https://github.com/thecodingmachine/workadventure-map-starter-kit">Github map starter kit repository page</a>
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and click the <strong>"Use this template"</strong> button.</p>
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<p class="text-center"><img src="docs/use_this_template.png" alt="" style="width: 70%"></p>
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<p>You will be prompted to enter a repository name for your map.</p>
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<p class="text-center"><img src="docs/create_repo.png" alt="" style="width: 70%"></p>
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<p>Be sure to keep the repository "Public".</p>
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<p>In your newly created repository, click on the <strong>Settings tab</strong> and scroll down to the <strong>GitHub Pages</strong> section.
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Then select the <strong>gh-pages</strong> branch. It might already be selected, but please be sure to click on it nonetheless (otherwise
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GitHub will not enable GitHub pages that we use to host your map.</p>
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<p class="text-center"><img src="docs/github_pages.png" alt="" style="width: 70%"></p>
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<p>Wait a few minutes a Github will deploy a new website with the content of the repository.
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The address of the website is visible in the "GitHub Pages" section.</p>
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<p class="text-center"><img src="docs/website_address.png" alt="" style="width: 70%"></p>
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<p>Click on the link. You should be redirected directly to WorkAdventure, on your map!</p>
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<h2 id="customizing-your-map" class="pixel-title">Customizing your map</h2>
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<p>Your map is now up and online, but this is still the demo map from the starter kit. You need to customize it.</p>
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<h3 id="cloning-the-map" class="pixel-title">Cloning the map</h3>
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<p>Start by cloning the map. If you are used to Git and GitHub, simply clone the map
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to your computer using your preferred tool and <a href="#loading-the-map-in-tiled">jump to the next chapter</a>.</p>
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<p>If you are new to Git, cloning the map means downloading the map to your computer.
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To do this, you will need Git, or a Git compatible tool. Our advice is to use
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<a href="https://desktop.github.com/">GitHub Desktop</a>. We recommend you take some time mastering
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the notion of pull / commit / push as this will make uploading your maps really easier.</p>
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<p>As an (easier) alternative, you can simply use the "Export" button to download the code of the map in a big Zip file.
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When you want to upload your work again, you will simply drag'n'drop your files in the GitHub website.</p>
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<h3 id="loading-the-map-in-tiled" class="pixel-title">Loading the map in Tiled</h3>
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<p>The sample map is in the file <code>map.json</code>.
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You can load this file in <a href="https://www.mapeditor.org/">Tiled</a>.</p>
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<p>Now, it's up to you to edit the map and write your own map.</p>
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<p>Some resources regarding Tiled:</p>
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<li><a href="https://doc.mapeditor.org/en/stable/manual/introduction/" target="_blank">Tiled documentation</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2015/10/14/Tiled-Map-Editor-Tutorial-Series.aspx" target="_blank">Tiled video tutorials</a></li>
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<h2 id="about-workadventu-re-maps" class="pixel-title">About WorkAdventure maps</h2>
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<p>In order to design a map that will be readable by WorkAdventure, you will have to respect some constraints.</p>
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<p>In particular, you will need to:</p>
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<li>set a start position for the players</li>
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<li>configure the "floor layer" (so that WorkAdventure can correctly display characters above the floor, but under the ceiling)</li>
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<li>eventually, you can place exits that link to other maps</li>
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<h3 id="workadventure-maps-rules" class="pixel-title">WorkAdventure Map Rules</h3>
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<p>A few things to notice:</p>
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<li>your map can have as many layers as you want</li>
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<li>your map MUST contain a layer named "floorLayer" of type "objectgroup" that represents the layer on which characters will be drawn.
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Every layer above the "floorLayer" will be displayed on top of the characters.</li>
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<li>the tilesets in your map MUST be embedded. You cannot refer to an external typeset in a TSX file. Click the "embed tileset" button in the tileset tab to embed tileset data.</li>
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<li>your map MUST be exported in JSON format. You need to use a recent version of Tiled to get JSON format export (1.3+)</li>
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<li>WorkAdventure doesn't support object layers and will ignore them</li>
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<li>If you are starting from a blank map, your map MUST be orthogonal and tiles size should be 32x32. </li>
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<p class="text-center"><img src="docs/tiled_screenshot_1.png" alt="" style="width: 70%"></p>
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<h3 id="defining-a-default-entry-point" class="pixel-title">Defining a default entry point</h3>
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<p>In order to define a default start position, you MUST create a layer named "start" on your map.
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This layer MUST contain at least one tile. The players will start on the tile of this layer.
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If the layer contains many tiles selected, the players will start randomly on one of those tiles.</p>
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<p class="text-center"><img src="docs/start_layer.png" alt="Start layer screenshot" style="width: 70%"></p>
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<p>In the screenshot above, the start layer is made of the 2 white tiles. These tiles are
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not visible to the end user because they are hidden below the "bottom" layer that displays the floor
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of the map.</p>
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<h3 id="defining-exits" class="pixel-title">Defining exits</h3>
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<p>In order to place an exit on your scene that leads to another scene:</p>
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<li>You must create a specific layer. When a character reaches ANY tile of that layer, it will exit the scene.</li>
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<li>In layer properties, you MUST add "exitUrl" property. It represents the URL of the next scene. You can put relative or absolute URLs.</li>
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<li>If you want to have multiple exits, you can create many layers with name "exit". Each layer has a different key <code>exitUrl</code> and have tiles that represent exits to another scene.</li>
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<strong>Understanding map URLs in WorkAdventure:</strong><br/>
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There are 2 kinds of URLs in WorkAdventure:
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<li>Public URLs are in the form https://play.workadventu.re/_/[instance]/[server]/[path to map]</li>
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<li>Private URLs (used in paid accounts) are in the form https://play.workadventu.re/@/[organization]/[world]/[map]</li>
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Assuming your JSON map is hosted at "https://example.com/my/map.json", then you can browse your map at "https://play.workadventu.re/_/global/example.com/my/map.json".
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Here, "global" is a name of an "instance" of your map. You can put anything instead of "global" here. People on the same instance of the map can see each others.
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If 2 users use 2 different instances, they are on the same map, but in 2 parallel universes. They cannot see each other.
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<p class="text-center"><img src="docs/exit_layer_map.png" alt="" style="width: 90%"></p>
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<p>Note: in older releases of WorkAdventure, you could link to a map file directly using properties "exitSceneUrl" and "exitInstance". Those properties are now deprecated. Use "exitUrl" instead.</p>
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<h3 id="defining-several-entry-points" class="pixel-title">Defining several entry points</h3>
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<p>Often your map will have several exits, and therefore, several entry points. For instance, if there
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is an exit by a door that leads to the garden map, when you come back from the garden you expect to
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come back by the same door. Therefore, a map can have several entry points.
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Those entry points are "named" (they have a name).</p>
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<p>In order to create a named entry point:</p>
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<li>You must create a specific layer. When a character enters the map by this entry point, it will enter the map randomly on ANY tile of that layer.</li>
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<li>In layer properties, you MUST add a boolean "startLayer" property. It should be set to true.</li>
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<li>The name of the entry point is the name of the layer</li>
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<li>To enter via this entry point, simply add a hash with the entry point name to the URL ("#[<em>startLayerName</em>]"). For instance: "https://workadventu.re/_/global/mymap.com/path/map.json#my-entry-point".</li>
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<li>You can of course use the "#" notation in an exit scene URL (so an exit scene URL will point to a given entry scene URL)</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="opening-a-website-when-walking-on-the-map" class="pixel-title">Opening a website when walking on the map</h3>
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<p>On your map, you can define special zones. When a player will pass over these zones, a website will open
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(as an iframe on the right side of the screen)</p>
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<p>In order to create a zone that opens websites:</p>
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<li>You must create a specific layer.</li>
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<li>In layer properties, you MUST add a "openWebsite" property (of type "string"). The value of the property is the URL of the website to open (the URL must start with "https://")</li>
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</ul>
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<h3 id="opening-a-jitsi-meet-when-walking-on-the-map" class="pixel-title">Opening a Jitsi meet when walking on the map</h3>
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<p>On your map, you can define special zones (meeting rooms) that will trigger the opening of a Jitsi meet. When a player will pass over these zones, a Jitsi meet will open
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(as an iframe on the right side of the screen)</p>
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<p>In order to create Jitsi meet zones:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>You must create a specific layer.</li>
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<li>In layer properties, you MUST add a boolean "jitsiRoom" property (of type "string"). The value of the property is the name of the room in Jitsi. Note: the name of the room will be prepended with the name of the instance of the map (so that different instances of the map have different rooms)</li>
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<h3 id="making-a-silent-zone" class="pixel-title">Making a "silent" zone</h3>
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<p>On your map, you can define special silent zones where nobody is allowed to talk.
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In these zones, users will not speak to each others, even if they are next to each others.</p>
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<p>In order to create a silent zone:</p>
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<li>You must create a specific layer.</li>
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<li>In layer properties, you MUST add a boolean "silent" property. If the silent property is checked, the users are entering the silent zone when they walk on any tile of the layer.</li>
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<h3 id="pushing-the-map" class="pixel-title">Pushing the map</h3>
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<p>When your changes are ready, you need to "commit" and "push" (i.e. "upload") the changes back to GitHub.
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Just wait a few minutes, and your map will be propagated automatically to the GitHub pages web-server.</p>
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<h3 id="need-some-help" class="pixel-title">Need some help?</h3>
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<p>WorkAdventure is a young project and much needs to be said / written regarding map editing.</p>
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<p>If you are facing any troubles, do not hesitate to open an "issue" in the
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<a href="https://github.com/thecodingmachine/workadventure/issues" target="_blank">GitHub WorkAdventure account</a>.</p>
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