[Feature Request]: Lanterns with different light shapes

[Frostwithasideofsalt]

Feature Details

the different lanterns could be as simple as having the light radius be larger or smaller, or giving it a weirder shape, like having it only shine upwards, having it not shine light close to the lantern so the light makes a donut shape, or anything you could think of. the way this could be done is by using a system similar to the lit object, where you can select a light sprite to become the shape.

Feature Purpose

Having more lanterns that have different light shapes would be nice to give more options for how to use light block

Concept Screenshots

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[tobbi]

Oh yeah, let's have a Mandelbrot shape.

[tobbi]

In all seriousness: Light cones and their collision detection code is already the source of a major slowdown of the game. I can see different light shapes exacerbating the problem.

[Alasdairbugs]

To start, the lanterns would just be shaped like this: =, |_|, [=, or =], where the openings are where the light would shine out (so a triangle ig like the spotlight)?

More inventive shapes really could be left up to more discussion I think. Idk what donut shape means for example :)

[Frostwithasideofsalt]

by donut shape i mean something like this

[tobbi]

Homer Simpson approves!

[Frostwithasideofsalt]

In all seriousness: Light cones and their collision detection code is already the source of a major slowdown of the game. I can see different light shapes exacerbating the problem.

i feel like making the lighting system less laggy in general should probably be a priority issue in 0.8

[rttyg46305Unj]

Homer Simpson approves!

Yes.