Anyone know how to make custom levels?

[jagree]

Hotline miami 2's level editor is half-baked to be honest, you can't even add your own music, you have to open the WAD file yourself and replace the music. Which is something I don't want to do.

a friend told me that Hotline miami 1 is the most moddable game that you can even add your own guns, is this true?

So does anyone know how to make custom levels?

[Skymirrh]

Yes, there are mods: https://hotlinemiami.fandom.com/wiki/Modifications_(Hotline_Miami_1)

Basically, the creators use a GameMaker decompiler to decompile the Original version of the game and then modify it using GameMaker. This means the mods WILL NOT work with Updated version (which uses PhyreEngine), only with Original (which uses GameMaker).

There are no modding tools readily available that I know of. You'd have to do it the hard way, either by decompilation like above, or creating your own tools first.

If you still wish to mod Original, you can follow the rough steps here: https://hotlinemiami.fandom.com/wiki/Modding_Hotline_Miami

If you'd rather mod within a framework, head over to HM2, which includes a custom level editor :)