Game Developer August Hkansson, who previously demonstrated shader magic he created for his current project Beyond The Plastic Wall, featuring some innovative visual rendering techniques to create a unique look, has now unveiled how to handle lighting using a standard sprite shader. As he explained, for static lights and objects, its essentially a helper script that sets the correct properties in the editor and saves them. For dynamic lights, theres a script that updates whenever the light changes.As August admitted, this post was mostly just a joke, getting soft penumbra shadows with a smooth falloff is pretty challenging without relying on GI.Another developer who shared his light-faking techniques is Jussi Kemppainen, Principal VFX Artist at Remedy and solo developer of the vehicle combat game Drivers of the Apocalypse.As he explained, the shadows at the beginning of this video are created using simple line renderers, with the line traced from the sole of the foot for the start and from the knee for the end. The latter part of the video focuses on screen space point lights and spotlights based on buffer data. The point lights counterpoints are generated by a particle system, while the spotlights are represented by a camera-facing quad mesh.August Hkansson frequently shares development updates on his X/Twitter page, so followhim and wishlist Beyond The Plastic Wall, an atmospheric narrative puzzler where youll embark on a journey across a mysterious continent, making your way to the last city at the end of the world.Dont forget to join our80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads, where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post Faking Global Illumination With Sprite Shadows In Unity appeared first on CG SHARES.