---
title: "Animated Sprite Sheet with Lighting"
description: "Demonstrates how to apply 2D lighting to animated spritesheets by loading and using normal maps for sprite frames."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/sprite-sheet-light
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Animated Sprite Sheet with Lighting

Demonstrates how to apply 2D lighting to animated spritesheets by loading and using normal maps for sprite frames.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Game Objects / Lights](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/sprite-sheet-light.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### sprite sheet light.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('bg', [ 'assets/textures/gold.png', 'assets/textures/gold-n.png' ]);
        this.load.spritesheet('face', [ 'assets/sprites/metalface78x92.png', 'assets/sprites/metalface78x92-n.png' ], { frameWidth: 78, frameHeight: 92 });
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.lights.enable();
        this.lights.setAmbientColor(0x555555);

        this.add.sprite(400, 300, 'bg').setLighting(true).setAlpha(0.5);

        this.anims.create({
            key: 'eyes',
            frames: this.anims.generateFrameNumbers('face', { start: 0, end: 3 }),
            frameRate: 14,
            repeat: -1
        });

        for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++)
        {
            const x = Phaser.Math.Between(100, 700);
            const y = Phaser.Math.Between(100, 500);

            const face = this.physics.add.sprite(x, y, 'face');

            face.setLighting(true);
            face.play('eyes');
            face.setVelocity(Phaser.Math.Between(-100, 100), Phaser.Math.Between(-100, 100));
            face.setBounce(1, 1);
            face.setCollideWorldBounds(true);
        }

        const light = this.lights.addLight(400, 300, 200).setIntensity(2);

        this.input.on('pointermove', pointer =>
        {
            light.x = pointer.x;
            light.y = pointer.y;
        });
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.WEBGL,
    parent: 'game-container',
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    physics: {
        default: 'arcade'
    },
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Lights

- [Bitmap Text with Lighting](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/bitmap-text-light.md): Demonstrates how to apply dynamic 2D lighting to Bitmap Text using normal maps, allowing text to react to moving light sources and color changes.
- [Blitter Lighting](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/blitter-light.md): Demonstrates how to apply the 2D lighting system to a Blitter object using normal maps and a dynamic point light that follows the cursor.
- [Changing Maximum Lights](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/change-max-lights.md): Learn how to configure the maximum number of concurrent lights available in a scene using the maxLights property in the Game Config object.
- [Create Point Light](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/create-point-light.md): Demonstrates how to add and interactively modify 2D point lights by adjusting properties such as color, radius, and attenuation.
- [Drawing with Point Lights](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/draw-light.md): Demonstrates how to add and manipulate point lights dynamically. Move the pointer to reposition a light, and click to spawn new lights with colors pulled from a spectrum.
- [Graveyard Lighting with Normal Maps](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/graveyard.md): Demonstrates the 2D lighting system using normal maps for depth effects. It features multiple point lights, moving lights via tweens, and a flickering candle effect achieved by randomizing light positions within an ellipse.
- [Light Culling](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/light-culling.md): Demonstrates how the light system automatically culls lights that fall outside the camera's viewport to optimize performance.
- [Light Follow Pointer](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/light-follow-pointer.md): An example of Phaser's 2D lighting system using normal maps. It features a light source that follows the mouse pointer, multiple moving colored lights, and a toggle to enable or disable lighting effects.
- [Lighting on Tilemap Layer](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/tilemap-layer.md): Demonstrates how to apply dynamic 2D lighting and normal maps to a tilemap layer, including a player-attached light source and moving colored lights.
- [Lights and Scene Switching](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/change-scene.md): Demonstrates switching between different scenes while using the 2D lighting system, showing how light sources and lighting states are specific to each scene.
- [Particle Emitter Lighting](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/particles-light.md): Demonstrates how to apply 2D lighting and normal maps to a Particle Emitter, allowing emitted particles to react to dynamic light sources.
- [Point Light with Camera Zoom](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights/view/zoom-point-light.md): Demonstrates how to maintain a consistent Point Light visual size during camera zooming and movement, featuring interactive color cycling, attenuation controls, and pointer tracking.
- [All 20 examples in Lights](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/game%20objects/lights.md)

---

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