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[project-lumen]

Sketchy Saturday 15/4/2025!

This week's Sketchy Saturday brings to you: Etho sketches by our beautifully talented Etho artist, @saltinegam! Give them some love!

-Pie <3

[v3ronica-que]

@project-lumen @artooftheghosts

WATCHER CHILD AHHHH I LOVE THIS SILLY CREATURE SM ITS SO SKRUNKLY

[nuggeteri]

"WATCHER CHILD--" I scream as they take me back to the writer zone.

rambles under the cut

Working with @project-lumen has been a blast. Everybody is so nice, so creative. Just a joy to be around, really.

I've been working on the script (because video games do need a script, i know. I didnt know either!) and i've just been having so much fun???

Now, i cannot share details otherwise Kori will bite my head off, but the project is coming along really nicely. It's still in the early stages, like. like really early stages. but i can see where it's going and it's gonna be amazing.

All the Artists (especially background artists!!!) i've talked to have been sickingly sweet (seriously! stop being so sweet!) and passionate (how are they as obsessed with Scott Smajor as I am?!)

I do quickly wanna have a word on Background artist, because... I think they're probably one of the most passionate people in this project. Especially Pie, who is just amazing. They keep sharing ideas and all of those are just wonderful.

Kori especially has been a really good help, being the "boss". they're a good point of reference, each time i have a question, they take the time to explain it to me. They're always so excited to hear my ideas.

I love being part of this project. I really, really do. I couldn't be more grateful, really.

[hermithermithermit]

@project-lumen I'm not applying specifically as a character artist, since I'm not confident with being able to do sprites that look consistently similar, but here's an example of my style! I unfortunately don't have any examples of the "smaller things" I mentioned applying for, but this is how I draw (overall this took me about 5 days to do, likely about 18-20 actual hours of work.) Also dw about the image quality, it's just a screenshot, I can get better resolution.

Also, for my application as a writer, I offer thee an example of my work from Ao3

Drowning in the Deep Blue Sea, You're Still There for Me

It's not a rickroll I promise ;)

Also because it almost certainly matters, I have now seen all six seasons from Scott's PoV, so I am caught up on the series

[bluuedraws]

Some watcher child art ehehehe

I already showed the others but I’ll @ everyone anyways X3

@project-lumen!

[kaos-lyrikourai]

RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BOUNCING UP AND DOWN AND ALL AROUND

THE WATCHER CHILD‼️ OUR SILLY THING‼️ FOHFOYFOYFIGFIOHFOYROHFKH

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH KING THIS IS SICKKKKK

Hello again 😼

I have brought you some fanart of WC from project LUMEN!

For you guys @project-lumen

I do this then I go back and either work on the warrior cat stuff I need to do, or I doodle my dnd character

Tough choices gang (Zynko Calls)

[project-lumen]

Today, Team LUMEN brings to you:

The Spirit of Valetine's (part 2)

Health, work, Scar, and Pearl cards drawn by @charlybvnny

Tango card drawn by @kaos-lyrikourai

Lizzie drawn by @farther-north

Happy Valentine's Day guys <3

[project-lumen]

Project LUMEN: This Feels Like Déjà Vu

Right, let's try this again

Please welcome our new recruits!!

Hi hello hello there folks!

The time has come, for real this time, thank you so much to everyone, whether you applied or just have jumped into the bandwagon with us! We have reviewed all applications, so many talented artists and writers, and we are sad we cannot include you all :,]

But after careful consideration, here are all the new members of project LUMEN! Without further ado, let's dive in-

Character Artists!

Pine ( @rand0m-pine ) - Skizz

Yuru ( @yuruink ) - Tango

Mer ( @lemonebar ) - Lizzie

Luke ( @anechoicfluke ) - Mumbo

Puff ( @dragonpuff17 ).- BigB

Pama ( @notpama ).- Bdubs

Saltie ( @saltinegam ) - Etho

Goner ( @shatteredid ).- Scott

Art ( @artpocalypse ) - Joel

Star ( @stvrxstruck ) - Gem

Owl ( @xx-0wl-xx ) - Pearl

Cheetah ( @cheetah-roll ) - Jimmy

Arsenic ( @tasty-arsenic ) - Cleo

Arto ( @artooftheghosts ) - Grian and Scar

Pinkish ( @pinkish29 ) - Ren and Martyn

Kori ( @kaos-lyrikourai ) - Impulse and any additional sprites

Writers!

Teri ( @nuggeteri )

Tay ( @quackethh )

Bradgle ( @bradgle )

Manca ( @seafoamwaffle )

Charlotte ( @featheredcatsquared )

Charly ( @charlybvnny )

Izel ( @izelthewashbear )

Writer ( @capriciouswriter207 )

Lee ( @maru-iru )

Sandy ( @pocketzsandy )

Background artists!

Pie ( @thedoomedpie )

North ( @farther-north )

Blue ( @bluejay-flies )

Pigeon ( @agraypigeon )

Andddddd that's everyone! :D Exactly 30 people, we are so very excited to join efforts with everyone who was selected! It was a very tough process, but we thank all of you for your continued support, LUMEN shall continue developing <3

And we will be contacting the Chosen Ones directly throughout today, so, stay vigilant >:3

-The LUMEN Team

PS: If you are unhappy with who you are drawing/what you are doing, you can always contact us :D

[project-lumen]

i know we haven't posted anything in a while, so here's a little WC to tide you over while we work on some fun extras (coming soon!)

we have a lot planned and it'll all be revealed in due time, expect something just around the corner!

- Charly

(Cue the Permit Office music -Kori)

[cheetah-roll]

Look at this!! We’ve got a YouTube channel now! :D

We watch, and you soon will, too. It is a pipedream we all live in. It starts with you and ends with us. Perhaps you'll listen the first whispers of those who speak.

...

Presenting to you: the super secret [R̶͓͚̼̳̠̥̰̫̳͂̂̒̋̂̋͂̚̚͜͠͝E̸͎̳͆͛́͋̾͠͝D̷͎̼̬͔͛͂A̶͙̻̺̳̾̈͌̀̽͋͆͒̄̏̕͝C̸͔̬̅̊̏̅̑̏͌̂͒́̉͆̿̚Ţ̴̨̞̯͈͈̻͖̹̙̐̓́̀͐̔̃̎̃̅̿͝͝͠Ẹ̸̃́̒̍̾̅̅͝D̴̛̮͍͈̙͖̙̿̍̇̇̎̄̿́͘̕] project!

I'm excited to announce that we have a YouTube channel for Project LUMEN! Our first video is an informational one about what we're doing, but we put a lot of effort into making it fun. There's also a sneak peek of art that's going to be in the game... so check it out!

Make sure to subscribe because we have more planned to share on there! The video itself tells you a few of our plans... hehehe.

-Pie <3 (Also Kori with some outside help!)

[project-lumen]

》》 The LUMEN M-AHA-sterpost 《《

It was a-BAM time.

Hi hello there, fellow Life Series enjoyers! Arto, Pinkish and Kori here, live from our Game-Making Void bringing to you our comprehensive list of resources in one post for easier access and navigation!

Here you'll find our current status, some important links to other posts, as well as an overview of our tags and a handy F.A.Q. section :3

Without further ado, thank you so much, all info is under the cut!

》Status《

Date Format: [DD/MM/YY]

Current mission: On active development

》Links《

First announcement: Applications

Meet the team!

Second announcement: Our official art guide

Essential info

Arto's lore scraps

》Tags!《

#projectLUMENasks : For every single one of the questions we have answered so far!

》F.A.Q.《

What is this?

Project LUMEN is an effort to bring the Life Series to life in a brand new way, in videogame form! A RPG of sorts with battle mechanics, interaction with npcs, our own unique spin in Watcher Lore, changing art styles and multiple endings with a bunch of mechanics we need to keep secret for now but we know you all will enjoy, at least we hope so.

Cool, how can I contribute?

We want LUMEN to be a game by the community for the community, a tribute to all the wonderful artists, writers and creatives of all kinds. And it is a HUGE project, as such, all help is appreciated. We plan to open applications from time to time to recruit people as passionate as us into our little team. But everyone can lend a hand if they so desire, all ideas, all likes, all reblogs, all comments, all art, is truly, genuinely appreciated. Project LUMEN is completely non-profit, a passion project turned group effort that we are willing to pour our heart into, and we want to be as transparent as possible with it.

How will development of the game itself go?

As for specifications, Kori is the one in charge of the coding department, we are going to use Unity and C# to program everything, Arto will manage music and Pinkish will be in charge of the Martyn and Ren section. But once we review our first batch of applications, we will contact our chosen ones with more details, either for character sprites, script or any other miscellaneous things. We will all be working together as a team, each contributing as much as they so desire.

We will then take to developing our early alpha build including our very first couple of chapters, and release it for playtesting, then we will take all the feedback and make the pertinent changes. We will improve the game and continue developing until we have an almost finished beta build that we will then publish for testing. Take all the criticism again to finally reveal our finished product. Releasing first on itch io and then hopefully ported into Newgrounds for mobile compatibility.

Is there a release date?

As of now, we'd rather not promise anything. But we are actively working on development, and we hope to, at the very least, have a playable alpha demo at the end of this year.

[project-lumen]

Announcing: Sketchy Saturdays with Project LUMEN!!!!!!!

Why hello there! Pie here, coming to you from the trenches of background art!

To give a little fun, Project LUMEN is happy to announce we’re going to be doing weekly posting called Sketchy Saturdays! This is where every Saturday we post art related to the project for you all to enjoy. There will also be fun things like behind-the-scenes sketches of backgrounds, talking sprites for the game, and more >:).

There will also be Writer Wednesdays, where our lovely writers can yap about the game's lore (without spoilers, of course), share cute little pieces they’ve made in the universe, short stories, and some other awesome stuff related to this brilliant project! But that'll come later.

Today we bring you Watcher Child art from behind the scenes. Next week? You’ll just have to wait and see <3.

Artists in order of the art shown:

Pie, Owl, Arto, Goner, Charly, Pie, and Charly (Below).

We very much appreciate the excitement there is about this project! We still have more fun things to come, so keep an eye out! See you all next week for the next edition of Sketchy Saturday <3 If you can't wait that long, then here's a special little sneak peek for a lil funsies <3

-Pie <3

[project-lumen]

Today, Team LUMEN brings to you:

The Spirit of Valetine's (part 1)

Watcher Child and Grian's cards by @charlybvnny

Coder and [redacted]'s cards by @kaos-lyrikourai

[project-lumen]

We're coming for you. Where you least expect it. Where you're most comfortable. Don't look behind you.

Expect something big extremely soon...

...are you ready to W̶̛̟̍̐͛Ȃ̴̗͓̮̖̱͆͊̉́̃T̴̪̲͙͚̥̬͗̏̄̃͊Ç̷͉̱̃̿̂H̸̨̟̞̠̠̬̍͊?

-Pie <3

(This is where you find out why I'm the leader of [R̷̫̬͒͛E̷̪̥̮̱̫̖̐̓D̷͉̥͖̣̯̻̋̚Ä̷̭̭̍̓̇̅C̷̱͍͕̙̃T̵̼̞̘̾͗̚E̴̫̓̾̇͝͝͝ͅĎ̶͓])

[project-lumen]

(A very delayed intro)

A new person flops onto the stage!

"Hello everyone! I'm Pie (@thedoomedpie), and I've finally escaped the watche- overcome shyness to introduce myself to you all!

I'm a background artist for this beautiful project, and I'm also king of the background artists (very loosely) and the Leader of [ⱤɆĐ₳₵₮ɆĐ]! I'm the first resident aussie (Tay's been demoted to third, Kori's the second (liar)). I love things like black holes (I'm currently studying astrophysics in uni!!!), Pearlescentmoon (among literally every other lifer), and I love everyone I've met working on this project! Feel free to ask me literally any questions!!!

You'll see me very soon for some fun new things! Peace!!!"

[project-lumen]

Meet the team! (ft. everyone who is contributing so far :D)

🎧🌎 Arto, they/them (@artooftheghosts) --- Musician by blood, hobby artist, procrastinator, marching band kid, silly guy, local skykid, ice cream sandwich enthusiast (the food, but also the youtuber!), polandballer nationstates folk, AND many many more fandoms I refuse to list!

"Ladies, gentlemen, and all or none between! Arto of Artoznik here, live from Arizona, USA, tinkering with the music and some character designs of Project LUMEN! Here to help with concepts and ideas and a lot of the lore (Watcher Child we love you). Thank you Kori for making a public post about this and accepting my completely unprompted request to join!!! I love it when people just talk to me in general, so even if you're not into the project, come and say hi :D"

🦜💛 Pinkish (or any variation, pink, pinkie etc), any pronouns, @pinkish29 —- artist, writer, intheskibidiwood creator, and above all else pro slime rancher!!

“Hello!! I’m Pinkish, and I’m working on art, character design, lore-making, brainstorming and concepts. I’m super stoked to be involved in such a cool project <3! I love all things bird, and mantis, I also adore chats, so feel free!!!”

🌌��️Kori/Lyrien, they/he (@kaos-lyrikourai) --- Programmer, concept artist, 3d sculptor, chaotic thespian menace, math enjoyer, and videogame enthusiast extraordinaire, among many other secret trades

"Greetings and salutations, folks! I will be the Captain of all the other technical stuff regarding the development of Project LUMEN, aka the code and mechanics, as well as some of the concepts, art and other bits and bobs here and there! I'm very excited to have y'all's company in this videogame making odyssey, and if you have any queries or suggestions, I will be more than glad to answer them the best I can! Cheers and good travels, folks! May the stars be ever in your favor and thank you for faring with us."