I am making a map editor. For 3 tiles I have to make 3 classes:

class cloud:def __init__(self,x,y,height,width,color):self.x = xself.y = yself.height = heightself.width = widthself.color = colorself.image = pygame.image.load("top_left_outer.png").convert_alpha()self.image = pygame.transform.scale(self.image,(self.image.get_width()//4,self.image.get_height()//4))self.rect = pygame.Rect(x,y,height,width)def draw(self):self.rect.topleft = (self.x,self.y)window.blit(self.image,self.rect)class clou:def __init__(self,x,y,height,width,color):self.x = xself.y = yself.height = heightself.width = widthself.color = colorself.image = pygame.image.load("top_variation_02.png").convert_alpha()self.image = pygame.transform.scale(self.image,(self.image.get_width()//4,self.image.get_height()//4))self.rect = pygame.Rect(x,y,height,width)def draw(self):self.rect.topleft = (self.x,self.y)window.blit(self.image,self.rect)class clo:def __init__(self,x,y,height,width,color):self.x = xself.y = yself.height = heightself.width = widthself.color = colorself.image = pygame.image.load("top_right_outer.png").convert_alpha()self.image = pygame.transform.scale(self.image,(self.image.get_width()//4,self.image.get_height()//4))self.rect = pygame.Rect(x,y,height,width)def draw(self):self.rect.topleft = (self.x,self.y)window.blit(self.image,self.rect)

I want an easier way. How do I use my mouse to switch between tiles and place and save them?

clouds = []
clos = []
clay = []
platformGroup = pygame.sprite.Group
level = ["                                                                            ","                                                                            ","                                                        c d     d     d  o          ","                                                                            ","                                                                            ","                            c d     d     d  o                                                ","                                                                            ","                                                                            ","                                                                            ","                                                                            ","                                                    c d     d     d  o                        ","                                                                            ","                                                                            ","                                                                            ","   c d     d     d     d     d     d     d     d     d     d     d     d     d  o","                                                                        ","                                                                          ","                                                                          ","                                                                          ","                                                                          ","                                                                          ","                                                                          ","                                                                          ","                                                                          ","                                                                          ","                                                                          "]
for iy, row in enumerate(level):for ix, col in enumerate(row):if col == "c":new_platforms = cloud(ix*9.9, iy*45, 120,20,(23, 32, 42))clouds.append(new_platforms)for iy, row in enumerate(level):for ix, col in enumerate(row):if col == "d":new_platforms = clou(ix*9.9, iy*45, 120,20,(23, 32, 42))clay.append(new_platforms)for iy, row in enumerate(level):for ix, col in enumerate(row):if col == "o":new_platforms = clo(ix*9.9, iy*45, 120,20,(23, 32, 42))clos.append(new_platforms)

Full code.

The code displays 1 image:

import pygame
pygame.init()window = pygame.display.set_mode((800,700))
pygame.display.set_caption("Level Editor")class cloud:def __init__(self,x,y,height,width,color):self.x = xself.y = yself.height = heightself.width = widthself.color = colorself.image = pygame.image.load("top_left_outer.png").convert_alpha()self.image = pygame.transform.scale(self.image,(self.image.get_width()//4,self.image.get_height()//4))self.rect = pygame.Rect(x,y,height,width)def draw(self):self.rect.topleft = (self.x,self.y)window.blit(self.image,self.rect)white = 155,155,155
cloud1 = cloud(200,200,50,50,white)
fps = 60
clock = pygame.time.Clock()def redraw():cloud1.draw()run = True
while run:for event in pygame.event.get():if event.type == pygame.QUIT:run = Falseredraw()pygame.display.update()pygame.quit()

You failed to continue generalizing the tile properties. You don't make a different class for each position, size, and color; why do it for the image? Just make that another instance parameter:

class cloud:def __init__(self, x, y, height, width, color, image):...self.image = pygame.image.load(image).convert_alpha()...cloud_list = {"top-left"  : cloud(200, 200, 50,  50, white,  "top_left_outer.png"),"top-right" : cloud(400, 200, 50,  50, yellow, "top_rght_outer.png"),"var2"      : cloud(300, 300, 50, 100, purple, "top_variation_02.png"),...
}

This gives you a dict of tiles, indexed by a readable name.

Does that get you moving?