2d Map based tile game engine [closed]

Question

I'm wondering if there is any map creator tool out there that can create terrains for 2d isometric games and export them as some form of xml or other open format document.

For eg. You would create how a 100x100 tile map. Use a paint brush to paint colours or textures on the tiles and specific collisions and animation. Then export the textures and xml so i can write my game to read this.

If there is no such program out there. I'd like suggestions to this method in developing 2d maps. I'm the programmer and my friend is the graphics guy whose going to be using the map maker.

Answer 1

Try Tiled, it supports isometric maps and produces XML map files. It's also free software, so you could easily modify it to suit your game.