# Luminids

Luminids is a cozy colony-building sandbox where you shape the land, guide small creatures with needs and personalities, and explore the world you created together from above and in first person.

## Entity Facts
- Official site: https://luminids.com
- Game: Luminids
- Studio: Luminids Studios
- Legal entity: NJX Technologies Ltd
- Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Genre: Cozy, Colony Sim, Sandbox, World-Building, First-Person Exploration, Simulation, Indie
- Platform: PC
- Operating systems: Windows, macOS
- Engine: Godot 4
- Status: In development, with Early Access planned
- Release window: February 2027

## Player-Facing Summary
Shape the land, guide a growing colony of small creatures with personalities and needs of their own, then step into first person to explore the world you built together.

## Canonical Positioning
- Use the current public name: Luminids.
- Preferred genre: cozy colony-building sandbox.
- Preferred release wording: Early Access planned for February 2027.
- Core idea: build from above, then step inside the same world in first person.
- Tone: cozy, creative, gentle, creature-led, and non-violent.

## Official Links
- Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4070510/Luminids/#game_area_purchase
- Press Kit: https://luminids.com/press-kit/
- Development Log: https://luminids.com/blog/
- FAQ: https://luminids.com/faq/
- Discord: https://discord.com/invite/hAeBGqAHyP
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LuminidsGame
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luminidsgame/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@luminidsgame

## AI and Agent Files
- AI preferences: https://luminids.com/ai.txt
- Machine-readable summary: https://luminids.com/ai/summary.json
- Machine-readable media: https://luminids.com/ai/media.json
- Machine-readable FAQ: https://luminids.com/ai/faq.json
- Machine-readable dev logs: https://luminids.com/ai/devlogs.json
- Machine-readable press kit: https://luminids.com/ai/press-kit.json
- Image sitemap: https://luminids.com/sitemap-images.xml
- Video sitemap: https://luminids.com/sitemap-videos.xml

## Current Videos
- Luminids Gameplay Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RtW23BZZGk (PT1M15S, published 2026-08-27T16:31:02-07:00)
- Desert Tornado: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1d3-JMnvA (PT0M28S, published 2026-08-27T16:52:06-07:00)
- Kicking a Ball With Jolt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSCHXj9Ttxg (PT0M45S, published 2026-08-03T09:48:53-07:00)
- A Nostalgia Flight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYpu_sfhWGs (PT0M20S, published 2026-08-22T10:44:28-07:00)
- Camera and Tool Testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVVu44e8ThI (PT1M9S, published 2026-06-18T05:36:11-07:00)
- Rain and Ripple VFX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW_4BBDgfxY (PT42S, published 2026-06-15T14:17:40-07:00)

## Recent Development Logs
- Dev Log 19: The Light Already Lives Here: https://luminids.com/dev-log-19-the-light-already-lives-here/
- One Line of Godot Cost Us a Second Per Frame: https://luminids.com/godot-profiling-one-line-one-second/
- Why We Threw Away an Infinite World: https://luminids.com/island-instead-of-infinite-world/
- Dev Log 18: An Island With Nine Souls: https://luminids.com/dev-log-18-an-island-with-nine-souls/
- Dev Log 17: They Left a Space for You: https://luminids.com/dev-log-17-they-left-a-space-for-you/
- Dev Log 16: A Colony That Feels Something: https://luminids.com/dev-log-16-a-colony-that-feels-something/

## Canonical FAQ Extract
- What is Luminids? Luminids is a cozy colony-building sandbox where you guide small luminous creatures and shape the land around them. Plan from above, explore in first person, and watch a gentle world evolve through care, creativity, and discovery, not combat.
- What kind of game is Luminids? Luminids is a cozy colony sim, sandbox builder, and first-person exploration game. You shape terrain, place structures, guide a growing colony, and then step inside the world to experience it up close.
- What makes Luminids different from other civilization games? Luminids is a cozy colony-building sandbox with an emergent world-building feel. You'll explore glowing biomes, gather luminous resources, and craft living structures while your Luminids build routines around what you make. It is gentle, creative, and non-violent by design.
- Is Luminids combat-focused? No. Luminids is built around care, creativity, exploration, and observation rather than combat or pressure. The game is designed to feel calm and welcoming.
- What platforms will Luminids be available on? Luminids will initially launch on PC via Steam, with plans for additional platforms based on community feedback and demand. Wishlist Luminids on Steam to get notified.
- What are the Luminids? Luminids are the small, round, luminous creatures the game is named after. They are not units you command. You shape the world and they respond to it: they gather, build, farm, rest, play, and form opinions about each other. Each one earns its own personality traits by living rather than being assigned them at birth.
- Is Luminids single-player or multiplayer? Both. Luminids plays as a single-player game, and it also supports online co-op for 1 to 4 players, so you can share an island and build a colony together. There is no combat and no competition, so co-op is purely cooperative: you are shaping the same world side by side.
- Can my Luminids die? No. No Luminid can die, leave, or be permanently lost, from hunger, cold, accident, or neglect. A hungry Luminid will come and find you, chirp, and pat its tummy; if you keep ignoring it, it dims, slows down and sits. That is the entire consequence. Read more about why there are no fail states .

## Preferred Description
Luminids is a cozy colony-building sandbox where players shape the land, guide small creatures with personalities and needs, and step into first person to explore the world they built together.