Layout sandbox

The best way to explain Boardzilla's layout engine is to experiement. This sandbox lets you adjust the parameters and add/remove items into a layout for an imaginary space with a square aspect ratio. See the results, and copy the resultant code to use the layout in your game. Of course, always refer to the documentation to understand everything that's going on, as well as a few more options that are not pictured here.

The area is treated here as the entire square box. In reality you may set area or margin to restrict the layout to a portion of the given space.

# of pieces

rows

leave blank for no limit

min:
max:

columns

leave blank for no limit

min:
max:

spacing

gap

gap size is absolute to board size

X:
10%

Y: 0%

aspect ratio

1

scaling

alignment

centertopbottomleftrighttop leftbottom lefttop rightbottom right

direction

squareltrrtlrtl-bttltr-bttttbttb-rtlbttbtt-rtl

max overlap

100%

haphazardly

example presets

Piece 1

Piece 2

Piece 3

Piece 4