Light effects
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Hi folks!
What would be the best way to make light effects to a platformer?
What I’m after is something simple like a light on the ceiling illuminating one part of the level and the surrounding area is darker.
Doesn’t need to be anything dynamic or fancy. Is there a tool for that kind of thing or can I use transparent graphics without making the game too heavy? -
Excuse me for my English, I'm french. The easiest way I can tell you to make a Light effect is by playing around with the Blending Mode, especially the Dodge one. You just need some Extra Blurred white graphics as graphics for the lights :) And notice that the Dodge Blending Mode will increase the brightness of graphics, so make the graphics a bit more darker or put down the opacity of your light ;)
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Well I’m from Finland so no worries about the english.
Your idea sounds worth trying. I was thinking either that or making the shadows transparent graphics, but I think it will be easier to create the lights. Then they can be easily turned on or off too!
I guess I was secretly hoping there would be some ”light source” mechanics, but maybe this is the best way for a simple retro platformer.
