MonoGame中的简单2D照明

Question

So I have been looking for a way to implement SIMPLE 2D lighting into a top-down game I'm creating in MonoGame. I have searched far and wide, and have found few tutorials that help me little, if any. I simply wish to add a black overlay to my level, and then cut out the areas from the texture in which a light source would be. I am foreign to the concept of .FX files and converting them to be compatible with MonoGame. If there is some sort of way to have a "subtraction" blend mode, that would be perfect, if I only knew how to create/use it.

Answer 1

I've had this same problem forever now. I've searched the stars and back, found a couple of vague tutorials, and even tried to reverse engineer other 2D games to finally find something that is useful.

I wrote up a big 2D lighting tutorial that explains briefly what you need to know about HLSL (.FX) files and creating something simple.

Let me know if you have any questions

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