Creating darkness in stairs that lead to a new level/scene

Unity Engine
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I’m trying to create this darkness effect at the top (or bottom) of stairs leading to a new level, as seen in the attached image from Grimrock 2. I’m not sure how to block all the light from the existing sources (ie. torches). Is there a way to force light fade to 100% darkness over a short distance?

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You could try creating white rectangle with fuzzy borders and unlit material with subtractive blending.

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Thanks for the idea @koirat . I’m new to the 3D side of things, could you point me in the right direction for how to implement your suggestion?

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For example in built in rendering. Create material and select shader Particles->SurfaceUnlit.
Now you can do it with simple Transparency/Faded or with color subtraction.

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Awesome, I’m getting good results that way. Thanks @koirat !