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[DustyDrake]

B!

[SoHaunted]

I would choose B but add in one more darker shade of gray before the black so it blends in a little smoother.

[wademcgillis]

B or C.

But B needs an extra level of shading before going to the darkest level.

[rek]

The correct answer is D. Because the blockiness of the game is already apparent, it doesn't need an arrow pointing at it saying "look, they're blocks!" when shading is applied.

[namragog]

maybe D but a lot darker...

[IndieGamesDig]

I'd vote C personally, seems like the happy medium, but go with B if that's your fav.

[eigenbom]

Wow, lots of discussion to see when I wake up, thx :D

You've all got some good comments, and @rek I do agree with you about the double blockiness happening with a-c.  The main problem with (d) is its a lot more expensive to do, so if I could find a non-blurred solution then that'd be better. I guess I'm fine with it being blocky, as long as I can blend the shading with the tiles better, so as not to reinforce their blockiness more than necessary.

The main problem I see with (a) and (c) is that you get those annoying banding artifacts from pixel art when you have gradients of pixels/blocks lined up next to each other.. In (c) I tried to reduce it by blurring the lighting together a bit and then re-blocking it, but the diagonals are especially annoying to me.

As long as I can achieve some semblance of Mood and Discovery with the lighting then I'll be happy. I might go with a variant of (b) for now until a better idea comes along.

[peanutbuttershoes]

to B, or not to B, that is the question.

[Evan McClane]

to B, that is the answer

[mokesmoe]

I think having [the darkest colour] pitch black would help for the sake of discovering things.
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[Franklins Ghost]

I'd go B

[kamac]

C. Go C.

[eigenbom]

oh my, its like voices in my head, C! No B! No A! What?! D?! Argh!

[thatshelby]

fuse A and B

B, except with the same values as A. Like, make more colors.

[eigenbom]

Update: more experiments with lighting, this time i'm recording the direction the light comes from so i can attentuate light that travels around corners more.