Tomb Engine Beginners Tutorial

Join LeesPlay on a tutorial series going through the basics of creating a new level with Tomb Editor and Tomb Engine. He will take you from the very basics to more advanced concepts with the outcome being to create your very own Lost Valley! Watch out for the king of the dinosaurs!

Installation/Getting Started #

Learn the fundamentals about what Tomb Engine and Tomb Editor is and how to properly install the open-sourced software needed to begin creating your adventure.

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Level Textures

Part One: Building your first rooms. #

In the very first lesson, we will be building an underground Waterfall Cave based off “The Lost Valley” of Tomb Raider (1996) and texturing the room with basic techniques.

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Part Two: Connecting Rooms & Better Texturing #

In this second tutorial, we will be a variety of tunnels, caverns for Lara to platform and do some climbing and bouldering, before she makes her way outside into The Lost Valley. We’ll look at how to connect rooms together using a “Door” or a “Portal” and more intermediate texturing techniques to make your level look better!

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Part Three: Building exterior locations #

In the next part you will be shown how to build outside exterior environments for Lara to run around in and we build our first Temple as we re-create The Lost Valley!

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Creating large outdoor environments,
Automating terrain manipulation using Tomb Editor,
Introduction to moving rooms on the y-axis.
Intermediate to advanced texturing with Temples and Tombs.

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Part Four: Aha! Let’s go for a swim! #

Following on from part 3: I will be showing you how to build swimming pools and water filled rooms for Lara Croft to swim around in, along with more complex tunnels and secret caves. We also learn more about stacking rooms vertically so we can build temple roof tops for Lara to explore.

Topics covered #

Rooms with Multiple Doors/Portals,
Making Swimming Pool Rooms
Stacking Rooms vertically on top of each other, and how to connect them.
Advanced use of the Tomb Editor 2D Map
Advanced use of doors and portals.

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Part Five: Final lesson. #

In the 5th tutorial, I finish building The Lost Valley as I show you the last building and texturing tricks and tidbits.

Topics covered #

Apply textures on portals and doors (with water example),
Animate textures, add sounds to textures and bumpmapping.
Introduction to Corner Walls and corner steps and triangles.
Build out the caves using Monkey Swing, Crawl and Ladders to show off Lara Crofts’ moves.
Rooms with Multiple Doors/Portals,
Making Swimming Pool Rooms
Stacking Rooms vertically on top of each other, and how to connect them.
Advanced use of the Tomb Editor 2D Map
Advanced use of doors and portals.