PS2-era indie dev • Vertex lighting & retro graphics | Bringing back that nostalgic feel

Vertex Lighting Department
Joined March 2025
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Replying to @tramstalker
hi, not at the moment but will soon start working on something
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This is a break down showing how Mk vertex lighting looked like, i managed to show it in realtime by changing the shader: #ps2 #gamedev #vertexLighting #blender #nostalgic #3d
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MK portal animation in blender (ps2 model) with classic vertex lighting: #vertexpainting #gamedev #ps2 #lighting #blender #nostalgic #vertexLighting
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Replying to @WeVennStudios
You can either hand-paint the vertex colors or bake them in Blender. To bake them, you need to use Cycles.
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I've tried here to show different part with text of how this is rendered enjoy :) #vertexpainting #gamedev #ps2 #lighting #blender #nostalgic #vertexLighting
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but it won't be good with such low poly mesh
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Replying to @BlaziumGames
this thing needs some vertex lighting 😀
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This is Art 😀 i'm having fun playing with this scene #vertexpainting #gamedev #ps2 #lighting #blender #nostalgic #vertexLighting
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Replying to @GoldCageStudio
Yeah, i've always liked the atmosphere; it feel more immersive then today games where they heavily use pbr but i think what make old games look that is photo based texturing and vertex lighting or lightmaps (they use low res maps)
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Replying to @WeVennStudios
for the alpha u take the color attribute and take the alpha from it and put in ur shader alpha channel
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Replying to @WeVennStudios
the vertex colors in the shader ? it's basiclly : albedo = VertexColor * Texture the colors u can bake them from a light or hand paint them
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Lighting in playstation 2 games was something, vertex lighting. i've been fascinated by how this things work , i've always tried to understand how they achieved such good atmosphere in games like gow and pop #pop #vertex_lighting #gamedev #ps2 #lighting #blender
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Vertex Painting in #GodotEngine
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I’ve always been fascinated by how lighting was achieved in older PS2-era games. Last year, I spent a few months studying the techniques they used, and I’d like to share some images showcasing what I found. #ps2 #vertex_lighting #lighting
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