So I'm making a basic 2D game in C# XNA. I want it so wherever my character is facing there is a cone of light and only that part of the level is visible while the right of the screen is dark. Please excuse my ignorance, I haven't been working with C# too long.
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1\$\begingroup\$ Have you done any reading on 2D lighting in general? That would be a good place to start. \$\endgroup\$– ashes999Dec 13, 2012 at 23:05
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\$\begingroup\$ Take a look at Catalin's Game Development Blog catalinzima.com/samples/dynamic-2d-shadows \$\endgroup\$– Luis EstradaDec 14, 2012 at 16:36
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Well the simplest approach to this would be to simply overlay a dark mask over the right side of the screen. You could do this with a completely opaque black image that covers stuff from view, but I think what would look better is a semi-transparent black image so that you can still see the background and then hide the enemy graphics on that side of the screen.
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3\$\begingroup\$ With the modification of rotating the cone to follow the view of the character, this is going to be the best solution. \$\endgroup\$– House ♦Dec 13, 2012 at 23:36
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\$\begingroup\$ I imagined a solution with multiplication against a lighting map, but this is actually simple and very effective. +1 \$\endgroup\$– ashes999Dec 14, 2012 at 0:54
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\$\begingroup\$ I'm a little confused about what you mean. Are you saying that I should lay a semi transparent black image for the entire screen? How would the cone vision with this method? \$\endgroup\$– AdyDec 14, 2012 at 1:48
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2\$\begingroup\$ @Ady yes, that's what he's saying. The cone would be a transparent area in the black image; rotate and position it to always point from the player to wherever he's looking. \$\endgroup\$– ashes999Dec 14, 2012 at 3:41