This vfx video tutorial shows you how to make a day and night cycle with two backgrounds in GameMaker Studio 2.
The idea is quite simple. You have a timer that runs up which is used to simulate the day cycle and there you have 2 overlaying background sprites. The top one gets it’s alpha reduced and when it his 0 a cycle is done plus the sprites attached to the background layers are being swapped for the next “line” of background sprites.
Article mentioned:
https://www.programmersought.com/article/14954636768/
0:00 Intro of the effect to clone
0:40 Subscribe
0:56 Concept explained
2:39 Setting up and coding
13:00 Optional: Where to get idea for gradients
13:40 Game shown: Despot’s game
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