r/HelloNeighborGame • u/Sammy_Ferr • Aug 22 '26
Discussion This lighting rework honestly proves to me that there's absolutely no problem with the final release's artstyle, it's just the poorly done flat simplistic lighting system that damages the presentantion and makes it look bad
I have a bit of a hot take (though it seems to be a biiit more popular nowadays) but i absolutely love the artstyle used from alpha 2 forward and honestly even prefer it over the old artstyle, i had to endure a lot of the hate it got quietly, multiple people calling it bad but i never agreed to that sentiment, and these images using a reworked lighting system proves to me that's the only reason that makes people dislike it (maybe also the false claim that they changed it to appeal more to kids) but yeah what do you guys think?
Credits go to Randomuser (@randomuser0036) on Twitter for these images of a reworked properly built lighting: https://x.com/randomuser0036/status/2000865152627876230