Hi, I'm making a top down RPG and am wanting to place my enemies, characters, items, etc. via the map instead of programmatically. The issue I'm having is finding a way to then move/animate/update those sprites.

Currently my solution is: "scan" the map (iterate through each tile on the screen) and catalog the different types of sprites and their placement. Then I use mset to clear the tile and draw a new sprite of the same type in that same location and do the animations and movement from there.

It works ok but seems like there's no way that's the best solution. Also it doesn't make it easy to have each element act in a unique way (different enemy movement patterns, etc.)

Anyway, hope this makes sense. Let me know if you all have some tips and tricks to accomplishing something like this. Or if programmatically placing items is a better way to go.

Thanks!