Tilemap question

Tilemap size = 100x100

Variable1 = 1

My question: is the variable tied only to the tilemap or is it tied to each frame?

(Been messing with a loop for hours and coming to the conclusion it's only tied to the map itself.)

As an example, I can get the frame by using touch.

However setting them all automatically at the beginning of a layout doesn't work.

Tilemap is a single object, you can't assign any variables to individual tiles, only to the entire tilemap.

You can create an array with the same dimensions as the tilemap to store tile values.

Another unconventional option is to use tile states (rotation/mirroring) as a way to store a few bits of data for every tile.