Day/Night Art Assets

sonnyjune

I am trying to decide how to best go about creating artwork for 2D day/night scenes. It would not be an automatic timer, just a change in colors during "chapters" of a story at the player's pace. Would I need to create 2 versions of every background/art asset and toggle between the day and night versions, or would shaders be capable of adjusting to nighttime when needed?

Thanks!

sonnyjune

I should probably note that most assets I would just want to make darker by adding more navy blue, or add some moonlight reflections/shadows. Adding lights in windows or fires.

Calinou

Using the Light2D and CanvasModulate nodes, you can effectively tint 2D art without having to modify it manually. However, you may still want to use nighttime versions for certain sprites such as lamps, lightbulbs, etc. You don't want those to be powered on during daytime :)

sonnyjune

That makes sense - I will make separate backgrounds for day and night, add light sprites, but use nodes for tinting the rest of my assets. Thanks for the tips!