Simple 2D Lighting - GameMaker Tutorial
"Hole punching" is an extremely popular trick to implement simple 2D lighting in GameMaker games. It only takes a few minutes to set up and all you need is a surface and some blend mode magic!
Example on Github:
https://github.com/DragoniteSpam-Game...
Surfaces:
• Introduction to Surfaces - GameMaker ...
The application surface:
• The Application Surface - Advanced Dr...
Blend modes:
• Blend Modes - Simple Visual Effects i...
GameMaker Studio 2.3 playlist:
• GameMaker: New & Beta Features
GameMaker 3D playlist:
• 3D in Game Maker Studio 2
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Project setup
1:49 Preliminary knowledge
2:59 Setting up the surfaces
4:39 The different Draw Events
6:08 Filling the lighting surfaces
8:58 Punching holes with bm_subtract
14:40 Fine-tuning the lighting effects
22:17 A bit of subtractive blending math
23:50 That's all
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