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Kateřina Šumová

Kateřina Šumová

Senior Lighting Artist
Warhorse Studios
Senior Lighting Artist at Warhorse Studios with over seven years of experience crafting atmosphere and visual storytelling through light. Specializing in open-world and narrative-driven games, Katerina works across gameplay, cinematics, and technical pipelines. Her credits include Until Dawn 2024, Ranger's Path, and most notably Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming new Divinity entry.

Talks & sessions

Bright Ideas: Mistakes in videogame lighting

Have you ever gotten lost in a level? Were you not able to see in the dark areas? Did you think there was treasure where there wasn't? Lighting is one of the last elements of videogame production, being able to make or break your gameplay and storytelling. In this talk we will look at various examples of common mistakes in game lighting and how you and your team can avoid them before it is too late.