Dev Log Designing a Living World

A calm, continuous sky system - clouds, lighting, and day/night transitions that stay readable and cohesive.

A clear look at the simple behavioral axes, tendencies, and relationship logic that make Luminids feel readable and alive.

Chop, carry, store, repeat. A first pass at harvesting and inventory that turns the world into a playable loop.

A high-level look at the layered terrain pipeline behind Luminids, and why the order of operations matters as much as the noise itself.

The visual identity, and the reasoning behind it: why the palette is mostly dark, why animations breathe instead of bounce, and what glow is actually for.

Model work, rigging, and animation tests: the week the Luminids stopped being placeholder blobs and started to feel like real characters.