Dune II - The Maker Map Editor vs Remere's Map Editor

Dune II – The Maker Map Editor is an in-game tool for creating and editing skirmish maps in the open-source Dune II remake. Players can build maps without leaving the game and then play them immediately. Editing tools include terrain painting, spice placement, player starting positions, zoom, pan and symmetry. Grid and axis overlays help with placement, while undo, redo, copy and paste support revisions. Edited maps are saved in the skirmish folder and appear in the skirmish map selection screen. The editor is described as an initial version focused on essential playable skirmish maps, with plans to expand it for campaign maps. Version 0.8.5 also includes minimap move orders, camera tracking for selected units, configurable key bindings, improved pathfinding and a random-game option for skirmishes. It is free and open source, with Linux, macOS and Windows listed. The release page offers a stable download as d2tm.zip and source code. Feedback and issue reports can go through Discord, forums or GitHub tickets.

Remere's Map Editor is a free map editor for OpenTibia, an open-source implementation of the MMORPG Tibia. It provides tools for creating and managing maps, including tile and entity placement, terrain flood fill, waypoint tools, and animation previews. Search tools can locate items and find unique IDs, action IDs, containers, and writable items in a selected area. Users can import and export zones and export a minimap for a selected area. Version 4.0 adds compatibility with the Canary and Assets Clients repositories, reads assets from client 11 or higher, and includes Lua scripting and a real-time monitor for FPS, CPU, and RAM. The project supports Windows, Linux, and macOS and provides compilation guidance for each; compiling requires wxWidgets 3.0 or later and Boost 1.55.0 or later. The project is licensed under GPLv2. Its README points to the official website for releases and provides a separate download link for version 3.X until it is added to that site. The free plan costs nothing; redistribution is allowed only in unmodified form.