Resources

Author(s): benevolusgoat
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Communities

• Modding of Isaac
  

  • Description: The largest Discord community dedicated to Isaac modding.
    

• The Binding of Isaac Official Discord
  

  • Description: While not centered around modding, there are two modding-related channels that you can discuss in.
    

Libraries

• StageAPI
  

  • Creators: DeadInfinity
    
  • Description: A way to create custom stages, custom grid entities, and much more. Has little documentation and requires the ability to read its code.
    

• Custom Health API (CHAPI)
  

  • Creators: TaigaTreant
    
  • Description: A complete rewrite of the HP system that allows custom health types and more.

• IsaacSaveManager
  

  • Creators: benevolusgoat, catinsurance
    
  • Description: A robust save manager that requires no other dependencies.

• HudHelper
  

  • Creators: CatWiz, benevolusgoat
    
  • Description: A compact feature-filled HUD rendering tool.

• StatusEffectLibrary
  

  • Creator: benevolusgoat
    
  • Description: Simplies the process for adding status effects to enemies and players.

• JumpLib
  

  • Creator: kerkel
    
  • Description: Enables entities to move along a z-axis, offering extensive customization and functionality while addressing common compatibility issues across mods that implement their own z-positioning systems systems.

• ThrowableItemLib
  

  • Creator: kerkel
    
  • Description: Easily create active items and consumables that follow the lift, hide, and throw behavior of items like Bob's Rotten Head or The Candle.

Videos

• catinsurance's Repentance Modding Tutorials
  
  • Creator: catinsurance
    
  • Description: A video tutorial series on modding The Binding of Isaac: Repentance. Still applicable for Repentance+.

Tools

• REPENTOGON
  

  • Description: A mod which expands the vanilla modding API with hundreds of new or improved functions, new callbacks, and more.

• Basement Renovator
  

  • Creators: budjmt, Zamiel, Tempus
    
  • Description: An unofficial room editor, making it easy to create rooms. It was even used to make all base Repentance rooms.

• Anm2ed
  

  • Creator: ShweetsStuff
    
  • Description: A reimplementation of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's proprietary animation editor. Manipulates the XML-based ".anm2" format, used for in-game tweened animations.

• Binding of Isaac Lua API
  

  • Creators: fillioax, benevolusgoat
    
  • Description: A VSCode Extension to add support and autocomplete for the The Binding of Isaac: Repentance modding API to the Lua Language Server by Sumneko.

• EzItems
  

  • Creators: ddeeddii
  • Description: An easy way to make mods that change an item's name and description without causing incompatibilities.

Websites

• Wofsauge's Community Documentation
  

  • Creator: wofsauge
    
  • Description: A community project centered around documenting the vanilla API, as the official documentation found in the files is outdated and has very few descriptions.

• Vanilla Isaac Wiki
  

  • Description: The official Isaac wiki.

• IsaacGuru's Item Laboratory
  

  • Creator: IsaacGuru
    
  • Description: Contains both vanilla and modded content in a one-page icon-selection format, displaying information in a condensed format for ease-of-access and readability.

• Modding of Isaac Wiki
  

  • Creator: Andre Doruk
    
  • Description: Serves as a "home" for mod creators to create wikis for their own mods.

• Unofficial Repentance API Issue Tracker
  

  • Creator: fly_6
    
  • Description: A comprehensive bug tracker for the modding API that is sometimes checked by Nicalis developers.

Mods

• Cat Mod Tools
  
  • Creator: catinsurance
    
  • Description: A collection of mods created with REPENTOGON's ImGui feature to assist with.

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