Custom properties

Tiled allows you to define custom properties for nearly everything, from properties of entire maps and layers to objects and tileset tiles.

These custom properties have no effect by themselves. However, they can easily be put to good use with KITTY.

TiledProperty attribute

To make KITTY import a custom property to a specific field in a script, you simply decorate that field with the [TiledProperty] attribute; for example like this:

Enemy.cs

public class Enemy : MonoBehaviour {
        [TiledProperty] public int damage;
        [TiledProperty] public float speed;
}

This will read the Damage and Speed custom properties (case-insensitive, ignoring whitespace) from the tile, object, layer, or map, and assign the values defined in Tiled to the respective fields in the C# script.

The [TiledProperty] attribute can take an optional name parameter, in case the property defined in Tiled does not have (roughly) the same name as the corresponding field in C#:

Overriding the Tiled property name

[TiledProperty("Wait")] public float delay;

This will read the Wait custom property from the tile or object, and assign its value defined in Tiled to the delay field in the C# script.

Tile properties

Each tile with a defined Type will instantiate the most relevant prefab from anywhere in the Assets folder named after that type. This is described in more detail in the Prefab instantiation section.

If a field on a MonoBehaviour attached to that prefab (or any children) is decorated with the [TiledProperty] attribute, the value of that field is set based on the tile’s Custom Property of the same name – case-insensitive, ignoring whitespace.

Object properties

Like tiles, objects with a defined Type will instantiate a prefab named after that type. Objects based on tileset tiles are called tile objects.

Unless a tile object explicitly defines a specific property, that property’s value, if any, is inherited from the source tile’s property of the same name.

Map and layer properties

For maps and layers, KITTY will instantiate prefabs based on map and layer names, as described in Map and Layer prefabs.

Fields declared with the [TiledProperty] attribute in MonoBehaviours attached to those prefabs (or any children) will have their values set based on the map or layer’s Custom Property with the same name as that field – case-insensitive, ignoring whitespace.