Tile Actors & Smart Tiles

Tile Actors are the bridge between painted maps and gameplay objects.

Use them for:

• Doors
• Chests
• Pots
• Signs
• Switches
• Breakable rocks
• Cuttable grass
• Pickups
• Warp points

Design Goal

The map owns grid placement. The actor owns gameplay logic.

That means a map can place an object marker at cell X,Y, while the actor handles interaction, particles, sounds, inventory checks, animation, and level transitions.

Suggested Blueprint Pattern

Create a Blueprint child of TileForgeTileActor, then configure:

• Visual component: sprite, flipbook, mesh, or custom component.
• Interaction tag: Open, Break, Cut, Read, Warp, or your own project tag.
• Replacement tile or replacement actor behavior.
• Sound and particle effects.
• Save key or persistence behavior.

Runtime Flow

1. Player asks the map actor for the current grid cell or targeted grid cell.
2. Player sends an interaction tag to the tile actor or map actor.
3. The tile actor validates the interaction.
4. The tile actor plays effects, changes state, destroys itself, or asks the map actor to replace a tile.

This keeps the system modular: TileForge2D supplies the grid and hooks, while your game supplies the rules.