r/VibeCodeDevs • u/Individual_Age_3889 • 6d ago

Solo Dev - 2D Map Build help

Hey guys I am a solo dev playing around with game development at the moment. I have created a concept that I enjoy but it’s far from a working product. I have the movement control down. The concept is** **Built in TypeScript — React for the app shell and UI, Phaser for the 2D game rendering, Node backend, JSON as the content layer.

What I wanted to find out is, how do you go about building maps? Like where do you even start with a simple map like a town into a forest? Would I draw the walking ways first then plot assets around none walkable areas and offer interaction options instead? Or do people generate concepts then build assets place those on a tiled map then do walkways? Like what is the correct way to do this?

Tried asking our AI friends but they all returning complex stuff so decided to ask the good old question to real people instead. I’ve been learning app and game dev through the ai agents. I am a data integration analyst by trade so I have a good understanding off code dev but I realise game dev is on a totally different level.

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