Lighting Research

[SimoneRizzuto]

Godot's 2D internal lighting system doesn't achieve what I want.

e.g. I want a shadow emitted on the ground from the top of a swingset. Instead, implementing lighting on that will act as a wall blocking light.

• [ ] ~Ask Godot Discord for any ideas on how to achieve this effect~
• [x] Look for Asset Libraries that may address this issue
• [x] Look into what I would need to do for custom lighting to be implemented
• [x] Let go of using shadows in non dark scenes, and only use lights for things like fireflies
• [x] Research normal maps (done by Dom)

[SimoneRizzuto]

We seem to have exhausted our options. We will stick with using simple lighting with simple shapes, & normal maps sparingly when it will help.