The videos are history.

Here's a couple of tech demo videos for my new dynamic lightning system. This isn't meant to represent the final effect, but you'll hopefully see where I'm headed. Once I get replace the placeholders with proper art and balance/finalize everything, it will be much more effective than simply strobing a dynamic light.

Lightning test - 264KB(10 seconds)
Lightning test 2 - 132KB(8 seconds)

When it's finished...the effect will be something like this, only in my own style:

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Here's a quick sneak peek of something new I've been working on. The fan rotates and there's another above the camera:

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I'm still tweaking lights and will add some kind of non-plain texture(s) to the floor, as well as, wall hangings of some sort. Bar specific models will be scattered about, as well.

This is mainly a cutscene set, but I may allow gameplay at its conclusion. If not, this is about 50% complete(give or take). There's also an exterior and a bit more behind the camera, but it is still in need of work.

Nice bar.

You'll find a lot of bars will light the bottles on the shelves behind the bar, and just over the actual bar itself. Sometimes there will be lighting from under the bar on the cusomers side (handy for finding dropped change or looking at ladies' legs). A lot of bars are lit like that, just lighting up key areas and keeping the rest comfortably dim. At your bar I think it would be hard to see what you are drinking.

Here's my old bar/apartment and my previous apartment. Notice the lighting around the bar area. Check some bars in your area, you'll find it common to light the drinking area like this.

Keep in mind the project is set in the 1940s, so the lighting isn't going to necessarily reflect today's standards. In a lot of films from the time(even dark Noir), the bars are usually very brightly lit with little if any darkness. If anyone has some nice reference photos from the time, I'd appreciate a heads up. I have a few dozen films from the time, so it's time to do some research:

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This is stupendously awesome! Keep it up!

Thanks. I was thinking about introducing textures similar to those found in my major influence: http://www.conitecserver.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=421753 but I've always been terrible with coming up with something interesting and tileable. Even if I do pursue that, I want to keep them stylized. Semi-cartoony, but not too much so.

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So are you working on this yourself?

Yes, I've worked on it in one form or another since early 2000.