After the first version of the Hovertank mod manager and mod override system was completed, I shifted my focus from the game itself to the map editor, which still needed to be created. The editor is now finished and will be released alongside the game as freeware under the name Hovertank Editor (HVE).

I used the Shadow Knights Editor (SKE) as a starting point, since both games share the same map format. However, unlike SKE, HVE uses uniform 16x16 pixel tiles for each layer, as it doesn't display the original game sprites.

Here's a screenshot of the first version of the editor: