3D lighting in 2D games easily possible soon

Sprite DLight is a tool that generates instant normal maps from 2D sprites in one click.

This way, you could create a game featuring dynamic lighting on pixel art characters and objects, simply by processing the existing game art and using the normal maps in combination with a shader.

Sprite DLight only needs a standard sprite as the input image, and it generates a voluminous normal map, which takes the overall shape and the details of the subject into account.

For games with lots of assets and animations, a developer without any artistic skills will be able to batch process all sprites and sprite sheets in a matter of seconds, without any additional work.

The tool is currently running a very successful Kickstarter and it is also on Steam Greenlight.