Just saw a Youtube thumbnail that said "Improve your 2D indie game INSTANTLY with normal maps!" as if normal map lighting is better 100% of the time and also not a huge amount of time and effort

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Just saw a Youtube thumbnail that said "Improve your 2D indie game INSTANTLY with normal maps!" as if normal map lighting is better 100% of the time and also not a huge amount of time and effort
🦨I read "normal maps" in this context as in like, the map layout is normal, a regular map
me: no I'm gonna make a map that's weird as shit, let the player get lost, they can find a strategy guide