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Hey folks - I'm Nick, the creator of Luminids. Decided to just post up some raw footage rather than a curated video, so I’d love feedback on whether the world feels alive, readable, and cozy to you as yet. For now only Astra is in these videos, none of her friends yet!

This is a shorter night video and the other is a longer 10 minute video (at the bottom)

Just recently made a migration to TextureArray which has been fun, and some new music from our composer in this video.

Playtest coming very soon - feel free to sign up on Steam for that.

Hope you enjoy!

Other video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlAUBNdpACc&t=1s
Main website: www.luminids.com

Hey folks - I'm Nick, the creator of Luminids. Decided to just post up some raw footage rather than a curated video, so I’d love feedback on whether the world feels alive, readable, and cozy to you as yet. For now only Astra is in these videos, none of her friends yet!

Just recently made a migration to TextureArray which has been fun, and some new music from our composer in this video.

Playtest coming very soon - feel free to sign up on Steam for that.

Hope you enjoy!

Other video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=migeVPT8nxU
Main website: www.luminids.com

Hey everyone,

The pre-launch Kickstarter page for Luminids is now live! Luminids is a calm colony-building game where you guide a growing community of small beings of light.

The idea behind Luminids:
I wanted to make a game that feels peaceful, alive, and meaningful. It's about emotional first gameplay (taking care of the little guys), wellness and stillness. A world where you shape the land, care for your Luminids, watch them build, explore, learn, and slowly grow into a little civilisation of their own. The Luminids are built on an emotion-first decision making system which means if they're feeling lazy or busy with their friends; they'll tell you to bugger off. ^^

It sits somewhere between cozy colony sim, world-building sandbox, and gentle adventure. Inspired by Creatures, Chao and my love of Nintendo games.

You can switch between a top-down colony view, first-person and third person cameras, so you’re not just managing the world from above: you can step into it, walk among the Luminids, and experience the place you’re helping them create.

The Kickstarter is here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/luminids/luminids-a-calm-colony-building-journey

The main goal right now is to build early support, get more people following the project, and hopefully give Luminids the best chance of becoming the full game I believe it can be.

If it resonates with you, even just following the campaign helps a lot.

Happy to answer any questions, and I’d love feedback from anyone who enjoys cozy games, colony sims, or strange little worlds with heart.

Website: www.luminids.com

Hmm.. I ran through my GPT Pro credits this week for the first time ever. Familiar story I guess as I've seen a lot of posts on here about it.

I decided to buy £40 worth of credit top up - thinking it would last at least a few days.. it lasted 30 minutes.

I was running 2 threads of GPT 5.5 Extra High - coding against an organized, mature codebase.

I'm guessing they're tweaking the costs of everything at our expense as consumers, but wow, there's no way I'd ever hand over more money for a credit top up if the cost is £80 an hour to run 2 agents.