Tiles is a surface rendering grid for Processing, similar to first versions of SimCity, based on an external variable input

Tiles are defined as JSON objects in a file, with all properties including texture and color code.

{
	"id": 0,
	"name": "LAND",
	"aspect": {"render": "TEXTURE", "texture": "textures/land.png" },
	"colors":["WHITE", "WHITE", "WHITE", "WHITE"]
}

Colors are also defined as JSON object in a file. Colors file must be shared both this sketch and reader sketch

{
	"id": 0,
	"name": "WHITE",
	"value": {"original": "#FFF2F3FF", "adjusted": "#FFF2F3FF"},
	"binary": true
} 

Create a Tiles grid, specifying the settings files beforehand created. If no settings files are given, it will retrieve "colors.json" and "tiles.json" as default

Tableau tableau = new Tableau("colors.json", "tiles.json");

Load input data whenever needed/desired (p.e. periodically or after a specific key press)

tableau.update(msg);

Draw Tiles at given location and tileSize

tableau.draw(width/2, height/2, 80);

msg is a JSON object containing the grid structure and an array with every tile properties

{
	"properties": {
		"columns": 3,
		"rows": 3
	},
	"tiles": [
		{
			"x": 0,
			"y": 0,
			"name": "LAND",
			"rotation": 0
		},
		{
			"x": 1,
			"y": 0,
			"name": "ROAD_X",
			"rotation": 0
		},
		...
	]
}

Tiles is released under the MIT License.