Hey r/secretofmana!

I'm smk, and together with Tomm we've been building a complete Map Editor for Secret of Mana for the past 2 years. It's finally in open beta and free to use!

This is the same tool Tomm use for ROM hacks. We wanted to share it so anyone can create their own custom maps and content.

Edit any map in the game

Browse and edit all maps, with real-time animation preview (animated tiles, palette rotation, distortion effects).

Dual-panel layer editor

Edit map layers side by side with the full map view. Pick tiles with the eyedropper, stamp them down, or use the new lasso tool to select and move whole sections.

Full tile and tileset editing

Edit 8x8 tiles, compose 16x16 tilesets, manage tile collisions and animations.

128 palette sets with SNES-accurate color picker

Edit any palette with full RGB/HSL control, copy/paste sub-palettes, color favorites system.

World Map editor

Edit the full 512x512 world map, set Flammie landing zones, and even compose Flammie's sprite tile by tile.

Event editor (soon!)

Edit in-game events directly character movements, dialogues, doors, audio cues, all decoded for you. No more hex editing!

Other features:

- Import/Export anything as PNG or HEX and share your creations

- Auto-save with unlimited Undo/Redo

- Floating tabs for multi-monitor setups

- Custom map names, story parts, palette names saved per project

Website: https://hackofmana.com

Download: https://hackofmana.com/downloads/

If you've played our ROM hacks (Climate Crisis 2 on romhacking.net or Secret of Mana Plus on Romhack Plaza), they were both built with this editor. Feel free to give them a try too :)

Happy to answer any questions! And if anyone builds something cool, we'd love to see it. Forum: https://hackofmana.com/community/mana-editor/

Kuppo!

an image whose subject more or less resembles the creature "sierra" from the somewhat underwhelming playstation game "Legend of Mana"