Laigter is a free and open source automatic map generator for Linux, MacOS and Windows. Using this application you can automatically create maps for dynamic lighting effects in games. you can also create parallax maps for backgrounds and you easily obtain a nice 3D effect in 2D games. You can also extend its features via plugins. It is released under GNU General Public License v3.0.
Install Laigter on Ubuntu Linux
Laigter is available as portable AppImage and flatpak package from flathub. Download Laigter in .AppImage file format from the above download link and save it on your Downloads folder. Here the downloaded file name is “Laigter-1.10.7-x86_64.AppImage” . You can change below command based on your file name.
cd Downloads
sudo chmod +x ~ Laigter-1.10.7-x86_64.AppImage
./Laigter-1.10.7-x86_64.AppImage
Install Laigter via Flatpak:
You need to install flatpak and flathub on your system first and restart it after the installation. Now in your terminal sofware (ctrl+alt+t) run below Laigter flatpak installation command. It will install the latest version of Laigter Automatic Map Generator for Sprites on your system.
flatpak install flathub io.itch.azagaya.Laigter
Now you can open Laigter via applications menu or via below command.
flatpak run io.itch.azagaya.Laigter
Finally if you don’t like it then you can uninstall it via below command.
sudo flatpak uninstall io.itch.azagaya.Laigter
That’s all.
