Is there a faster way to do this glow circle effect?

[SMcNeill]

Cool!  You guys posted some great methods.   I'll be tinker with these.  Thank you!

I'm attempting to make an 'Escape the room' type of game, needed a flashlight kind of effect like this - until the player finds/turns on the room light switch.

- Dav

With the method I shared, I'd create a couple of static circle images, of various widths.   Then a SELECT CASE down at the end of that SUB where you can choose which one to use with the black screen...  One for a small candle flame.  A larger one for a lantern.  An even larger one for an industrial flashlight..  Then the player can acquire larger lightsources to make the darkness less intimidating over time.