Easy way to achieve lighting

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

Hi there,

I’m looking for the easiest way to achieve this style of lighting: http://fervir.itch.io/elysis
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I would figure that the best method would be simply having a transparent image that fades to black, similar to that of the example… but I may be wrong.

Thanks!

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#2

You basically described it , change the alpha per level and bam you got it.

#3

So, you can use an image,gradient from transparent to black? Okay, but how could I make it so that the rest of the screen was black? As if there was a dark layer, then the transparent layer allowed you to see through it, which the world would be under it…

Thanks!

#4

Just draw the vignette image over your scene? Transparent in the middle, getting more and more tinted towards the edges.

Or do the same thing implicitly with shaders: https://github.com/mattdesl/lwjgl-basics/wiki/ShaderLesson3

#5

Okay, for the vignette, how would I make it so that I wouldn’t have just a huge dark image with the transparent in the middle? Basically I need something like this:
1.) Black layer on top
2.) Vignette, allowing see through first layer on transparency…
3.) Bottom layer… game.

Thanks!

#6

Step 1. render scene normally.
Step 2. Draw this over top:

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Posterize/etc the image if you want the stepped look.