List of level editors
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This is a list of level editors for video games. Level editors allow for the customization and modification of levels within games. A person who creates levels for games is a level designer.
Official
| Editor | Game(s) | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3D Construction Kit | (no known games) | ||
| 3D Construction Kit II | (no known games) | ||
| (built-in) | A-Train HX | ||
| (built-in) | Act of War: Direct Action | ||
| (built-in) | Act of War: High Treason | ||
| Advance Wars Design Room | Advance Wars Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising Advance Wars: Dual Strike Advance Wars: Days of Ruin | ||
| Adventure Construction Set | (no known games) | ||
| (built-in) | Age of Booty | ||
| (built-in) | Age of Empires | Scenario editor | |
| (built-in) | Age of Mythology | Scenario editor | |
| (built-in) | Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne | Scenario editor | |
| ScenMaker | Airborne Assault: Red Devils Over Arnhem | Scenario editor | |
| (built-in) | Amnesia: The Dark Descent | ||
| Anvil | Marathon 2: Durandal Marathon Infinity | Physics model editor | |
| Arcade Game Construction Kit | (no known games) | ||
| (built-in) | ARMA: Armed Assault ARMA 2 ARMA 3 | Mission editor | |
| Aurora toolset | Neverwinter Nights Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide The Witcher | For the Aurora Engine | |
| AA Toolset | Axis & Allies | ||
| The Bard's Tale Construction Set | The Bard's Quest The Bard's Lore: The Warrior and The Dragon Nutilan | ||
| (built-in) | Battlefield 1942 | ||
| BF2 Editor | Battlefield 2 | ||
| (built-in) | Blast Works | Level, ship, shape, and bullet editor | |
| (built-in) | Boom Blox | ||
| Boulder Dash Construction Kit | Boulder Dash | ||
| (built-in) | Build 'n Race | ||
| Build | Duke Nukem 3D Shadow Warrior Blood | For the Build engine | |
| (built-in) | CarneyVale: Showtime | ||
| (built-in) | CART Precision Racing | ||
| (built-in) | Chaser | ||
| ChromEd | Chrome Call of Juarez | For the Chrome Engine | |
| (built-in) | Civilization II | ||
| (built-in) | Civilization III | ||
| WorldBuilder | Civilization IV | ||
| (built-in) | Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord | Mission editor | |
| Construction mode | Mega Man Powered Up | ||
| Creation Kit | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Based on the previous The Elder Scrolls Construction Set | |
| (built-in) | Company of Heroes | ||
| Commando Level Editor | Command & Conquer: Renegade | ||
| DromEd | Thief: The Dark Project Thief 2: The Metal Age | For the Dark Engine | |
| (built-in) | Dark Reign: The Future of War | ||
| (built-in) | Dark Reign 2 | ||
| (built-in) | Darkstone: Evil Reigns | ||
| (built-in) | Deadly Rooms of Death | ||
| DFBHDMED | Delta Force: Black Hawk Down | ||
| DFXMED | Delta Force Xtreme | ||
| Deus Ex SDK | Deus Ex | UnrealEd | |
| DinkEdit | Dink Smallwood | ||
| (built-in) | Disciples: Sacred Lands | ||
| (built-in) | Disciples II: Dark Prophecy | ||
| Doom Builder | Doom Doom II source ports such as ZDoom | Includes an ACS scripting editor | |
| D3Radiant | Doom 3 | ||
| Dragon Dragon Age Toolset | Dragon Age Origins | [1] | |
| Dynamite Jack editor | Dynamite Jack | [2] | |
| The Elder Scrolls Construction Set | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Oblivion | ||
| (built-in) | Earth 2150: The Moon Project | ||
| (built-in) | Earth 2150: Lost Souls | ||
| (built-in) | Earth 2160 | ||
| (built-in) | Elebits | ||
| (built-in) | Emperor: Battle for Dune | ||
| (built-in) | Empire: Wargame of the Century | ||
| (built-in) | Empire II: The Art of War | ||
| (built-in) | Empire Earth | ||
| (built-in) | Empire Deluxe | ||
| (built-in) | Empire Deluxe Internet Edition | ||
| (built-in) | Empire Deluxe Enhanced Edition | ||
| (built-in) | Essential Sudoku DS | Puzzle editor | |
| (built-in) | Excitebike | ||
| (built-in) | Far Cry Instincts Far Cry Instincts Evolution Far Cry Instincts Predator | ||
| (built-in) | Far Cry 2 | ||
| (built-in) | Far Cry 3 | ||
| (built-in) | Field Commander | ||
| Final Alert | Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 | ||
| Forge | Marathon 2: Durandal Marathon Infinity | ||
| The Foundry | Star Trek Online Neverwinter | ||
| FRED and FRED2 (later FRED2Open) | Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War FreeSpace 2 | ||
| G.E.C.K. | Fallout 3 Fallout: New Vegas | ||
| GMEdit | Get Medieval | ||
| (built-in) | Gish | ||
| GenEd | Ground Control | ||
| XEd | Ground Control II: Operation Exodus | ||
| (built-in) | Gravity Crash | ||
| (built-in) | Halo: Combat Evolved | ||
| (built-in) | Halo 2 | ||
| (built-in) | Halo 3 | ||
| (built-in) | Halo 4 | ||
| (built-in) | Halo Reach | ||
| Hammer | Left 4 Dead 2 Portal and other Valve games | ||
| HereticEd | Heretic II | ||
| (built-in) | Heroes of Might and Magic | ||
| (built-in) | Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe | ||
| (built-in) | Homeworld 2 | ||
| QERadiant | For the id Tech 3 | ||
| IGOR | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | ||
| (built-in) | Infamous 2 | ||
| irrEdit | For the Irrlicht Engine | ||
| Jazz Creation Station | Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Jazz Jackrabbit 2: The Secret Files | ||
| JED | Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II | ||
| (built-in) | Jill of the Jungle | ||
| (built-in) | Joe Danger | ||
| NILE | Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising | ||
| (built-in) | Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns | ||
| (built-in) | Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing | ||
| (built-in) | Legend of Grimrock | ||
| (built-in) | Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues | ||
| (built-in) | Lego Stunt Rally | ||
| (built-in) | Lemmings | Only on PSP | |
| (built-in) | Line Rider | ||
| (built-in) | LittleBigPlanet | ||
| (built-in) | LittleBigPlanet 2 | ||
| (built-in) | LittleBigPlanet Karting | ||
| (built-in) | LittleBigPlanet 3 | ||
| (built-in) | LocoRoco | ||
| (built-in) | Lode Runner | ||
| (built-in) | Lords of EverQuest | ||
| Ludicrous Development Kit | Rise of the Triad | ||
| (built-in) | Re-Volt | ||
| (built-in) | Mach Rider | ||
| (built-in) | Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis | ||
| (built-in) | Massive Assault Massive Assault Network | Scenario editor | |
| Maxed | Max Payne | ||
| Maxed2 | Max Payne 2 | ||
| (built-in) | MechCommander 2 | ||
| (built-in) | MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries | Mission editor | |
| (built-in) | Minecraft | ||
| (built-in) | Mini Motor Racing EVO | ||
| (built-in) | Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins | Mission editor | |
| (built-in) | Shinobido: Way of the Ninja | Mission editor | |
| (built-in) | ModNation Racers | ||
| MohRadiant | Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | ||
| (built-in) | Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine | ||
| (built-in) | Moto Racer 2 | ||
| Armadillo | Motocross Madness Motocross Madness 2 | ||
| Ned | N | ||
| (built-in) | Need for Speed: V-Rally 2 | ||
| Electron toolset | Neverwinter Nights 2 | ||
| (built-in) | Operation Flashpoint | Mission editor | |
| PAIN Editor | Painkiller | For the PAIN Engine | |
| (built-in) | Pariah | ||
| (built-in) | Penny Racers | ||
| (built-in) | Perimeter | ||
| Perpetual Testing Initiative | Portal 2 | ||
| (built-in) | Pharaoh | Mission editor | |
| (built-in) | Picross DS | ||
| Pinball Construction Set | (no known games) | ||
| (built-in) | Planet Minigolf | ||
| Portal 2 Authoring Tools | Portal 2 | ||
| PrismEd | Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project | For Prism3D | |
| QuakeEd | Quake | For NextStep | |
| Q3Radiant | Quake 3 | ||
| Q4Radiant | Quake 4 | ||
| QE4 | Quake II | ||
| Radiant | Call of Duty | ||
| Racing Destruction Set | (no known games) | ||
| Rayman Designer | Rayman Gold | ||
| (built-in) | Re-Volt | ||
| (built-in) | Real War | ||
| RED Editor | Red Faction | ||
| Riot Engine Editor | Drakan: Order of the Flame | For the Riot engine | |
| (built-in) | Rise of Nations | Scenario editor | |
| (built-in) | Rollercoaster Tycoon | ||
| Ryzom Ring Editor | The Saga of Ryzom | ||
| World Builder | Command & Conquer: Generals Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour Battle for Middle-Earth Battle for Middle-Earth 2 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath | For the SAGE engine | |
| Sandbox | Far Cry | ||
| Sandbox 2 | Crysis | ||
| (built-in) | Second Life | ||
| Serious Editor | Serious Sam | For the Serious Engine | |
| Serious Editor 2 | Serious Sam IIFor the Serious Engine 2 | ||
| (built-in) | The Battle for Wesnoth | ||
| (built-in) | The Settlers II | ||
| (built-in) | The Settlers III | ||
| (built-in) | The Settlers IV | ||
| (built-in) | TimeSplitters | ||
| (built-in) | TimeSplitters 2 | ||
| (built-in) | TimeSplitters: Future Perfect | ||
| SEED | The Settlers: Rise Of An Empire | ||
| (built-in) | Severance: Blade of Darkness | ||
| (built-in) | Ship Simulator 2008 | Mission editor | |
| Shoot-'Em-Up Construction Kit | Monster Truck Rally Wielder Of Atoms Mulroney Blast Smurf Hunt Ciuffy Amadeus Revenge | ||
| Siege Editor | Dungeon Siege | ||
| Siege Editor 2 | Dungeon Siege 2 Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna | ||
| (built-in) | Sins of a Solar Empire | Galaxy and particle editors | |
| (built-in) | Soldiers of Anarchy | ||
| Soldat Map Maker | Soldat | ||
| (built-in) | Söldner: Secret Wars | ||
| (built-in) | SpellForce: The Order of Dawn | ||
| StarEdit | StarCraft | ||
| (built-in) | StarCraft II | ||
| (built-in) | Starsiege: Tribes | ||
| Star Trek: Starship Creator | (no known ships) | Ship creator | |
| Star Trek: Starship Creator Warp II | (no known ships) | Ship creator | |
| BFBuilder | Star Wars: Battlefront | ||
| (built-in) | Star Wars: Empire at War | ||
| (built-in) | Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds | Scenario editor | |
| (built-in) | Star Wars: Republic Commando | ||
| (built-in) | Stronghold | ||
| (built-in) | Stronghold 2 | ||
| (built-in) | Stronghold Legends | ||
| (built-in) | Stunts | ||
| (built-in) | Stunt Car Racer | ||
| (built-in) | Sudden Strike | ||
| (built-in) | Sudden Strike 2 | ||
| (built-in) | Sudden Strike 3: Arms for Victory | ||
| (built-in) | Super Mario Bros. X | ||
| (built-in) | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | ||
| (built-in) | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | ||
| (built-in) | Super Stunt Spectacular | ||
| SuperTux Editor | SuperTux | ||
| (built-in) | Supreme Commander | ||
| (built-in) | SWAT 4 | Mission editor | |
| (built-in) | Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins | ||
| V-Rally | Test Drive | ||
| (built-in) | Theatre of War | ||
| UnrealEd 2 | Thief: Deadly Shadows | ||
| Thunder Force Construction | Thunder Force | ||
| (built-in) | Tom Clancy's EndWar | ||
| Tomb Raider Level Editor | Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation | ||
| Total War Editor (TEd) | Total War: Shogun 2 | ||
| (built-in) | Total Annihilation | ||
| (built-in) | Trackmania | ||
| (built-in) | Trials Evolution | ||
| (built-in) | Tribes: Vengeance | ||
| (built-in) | Tzar: The Burden of the Crown | ||
| UnrealEd | Unreal series | ||
| Valve Hammer Editor | Half-Life 2 | For the Source Engine | |
| Vulcan | Marathon | Rewritten and became Forge | |
| (built-in) | VVVVVV | ||
| The War Engine | (no known games) | ||
| War Game Construction Kit | (no known games) | Released by ASCII on FM-7 in 1983 | |
| Warcraft Map Editor | Warcraft | ||
| Warcraft II Map Editor | Warcraft II | ||
| Warcraft III World Editor | Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Warcraft III: Frozen Throne | ||
| (built-in) | Warhammer: Mark of Chaos | ||
| (built-in) | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War | ||
| WarioWare D.I.Y. | (no known microgames, music records or comics) | ||
| Warlords II Scenario Builder | Warlords II Warlords II Deluxe | ||
| Warlords III Scenario Builder | Warlords III: Reign of Heroes Warlords III: Darklords Rising | ||
| (built-in) | Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria | Scenario editor | |
| (built-in) | Warzone 2100 | ||
| (built-in) | Wizard Ultimate Wizard | ||
| Lithtech WorldEdit | Blood 2 No One Lives Forever F.E.A.R. | For the Lithtech engine | |
| (built-in) | World in Conflict | ||
| Worldcraft | Half-Life | ||
| (built-in) | Worms Armageddon | ||
| (built-in) | Worms Revolution | ||
| (built-in) | Wrecking Crew | (Famicom Disk System version can save levels, cartridge version cannot) | |
| X-Ray Level Editor | S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | For the X-Ray Engine |
Generic
- Artifex Terra 3D,[3] freeware 3D terrain, outdoor scene and world editor based on the Ogre3D engine, output in generic formats. Open source scene loader.
- Camoto Studio, an open-source Windows/Linux level, graphics and music editor for a number of early-1990s DOS games[4]
- Gamestudio a commercial level editor for the gamestudio engine
- Goji Editor Game / app editor and IDE, level / UI layout, code editing and debugging
- Grome by Quad Software
- GtkRadiant by id Software, Loki Software, Infinity Ward, and Treyarch
- Future Pinball - A pinball editor.
- QuArK, Quake Army Knife editor, for a variety of engines (such as Quake III Arena, Half-Life, Source engine games, Torque, etc.)
- Quiver (level editor),[5] a level editor for the original Quake engine developed solely for the Classic Macintosh Operating System by Scott Kevill,[6] who is also the developer and administrator of GameRanger
- Tile Studio general purpose sprite/level editor for game programmers
- ToeTag,[7] a level editor for the original Quake engine, natively developed on and for the Apple OS X operating system
- Visual Pinball
- Stencyl includes a Scene Designer module which is used to place tiles, actors, and assign behaviors and settings.
References
- ↑ Dragon Dragon Age Toolset
- ↑ Dynamite Jack editor
- ↑ Artifex Terra 3D's homepage
- ↑ Camoto Studio
- ↑ Quiver homepage, archived from the original on 2007-07-13
- ↑ Kevill, Scott (March 17, 1999). Scott Kevill - Creator of QuakeFinder, Quiver, and soon Quiver II. Interview with Trevor Covert. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ↑ ToeTag project and source code on GitHub