Simple 2D Lighting - GameMaker Tutorial

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Game:
The Game Maker - The 18th Carol Reed Mystery (2023)
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Tutorial
Duration: 24:57
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"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-GameMaker-Tutorials/TutorialSimple2DLighting

Surfaces:
https://youtu.be/b53tKAzdHkA
The application surface:
https://youtu.be/-fk10vVZIeA
Blend modes:
https://youtu.be/PTL-eKVo7_4

GameMaker Studio 2.3 playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hT--4HOvrfuDcYrTufdpgwoALAczPR2
GameMaker 3D playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hT--4HOvrcML9uqHe4fwBVTm650Vy3V

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

#GameMaker
#GameMakerLighting
#GameMakerBlendModes
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