Sprite Lamp - dinamic light

[erico]

Here is a project to bring dinamic light to 2d sprites.
Quite nice idea.
http://snakehillgames.com/spritelamp/

[Kitty Hello]

As I see you need 4 light maps per sprite insread of ohe heightmap? If so... why!? It'd be easier to generate them from a height map imo.

[Kitty Hello]

...but yeah, great concept!

[Wampus]

I wonder what performance would be like on mobile devices. Could conceivably do lighting similar to The Swapper? Will be curious to see how this develops.

[mentalthink]

Very very interesting...

[erico]

Yep, nice concept. Could be achieved in GLB.
But one wonder about the ´at least 2 extra images per frame' situation and how/where exactly to use this.

I think it could be done with alpha blendings and we are probably looking into expensive use.?
Maybe not for a low res game without close background.

[mentalthink]

I think in a first Step, use the Ligthmap image reduced twice timer or 4 , beause the lighting don't need the resolutión of the diffuse...

But know thinking in this cool trick, perhaps it's possible add another chanel like >Specular, and them really the flat image will be a very good fake 3D.

[fuzzy70]

I just wish I had the pixeling skills to draw just the diffuse map let alone 4 shaded one 

Cool looking result though I have to admit 

Lee

[mentalthink]

For the images I can do a simple Image and getout the normal map... the blue and pink Image it's normal map in 3D, I think have to works fine...
And someone test the Code...

This night I try to make some figure in Cinema, we look whats' happend. 

[mentalthink]

HI guys I never mind I have in my HD...
If anyone want make a test I leave attach 2 images , SCI-FI, normal and diffuse map (normal map it's only one image)
I bought some textures for the Black SUn, if you want use for you project or anything , no problem.

I think the trick can works if we put the neutral color in 4 images using this normal map, but modifing parts in top botoom left and rigth, then we mix with alpha... I suppose doing this have to works, playing with the 4 values of alphamode perhaos we get a cool FX...