#projectlumenupdates

Hi everyone! We are officially recruiting again. This time around, we are only looking for Character artists. We have two spots open at the moment – for Impulse and Skizz. If you are interested, please check out this form. There should be more info and the specifics in there. 

To make communication easier, we are only looking for artists who have Discord (or can create an account). We’re sorry if that restricts some people, but the project is huge and it’s easier for us to have everyone in one place. 

Applications will be open until January 31st.

Please share this post around so more people can be aware about it :D

Are you a Life Series fan and you don’t know what Project LUMEN is?  See under the cut to learn more. 

Hello everyone, the time for applications has finally come around! The forms will be open for two weeks, from March 30th to April 13th!

You can find:

Writer applications here

Programmer applications here

UI design and pixel artist applications here

Want to know more about what each position entails? You can find the writer information here, the programmer information here, and the UI design information here!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read through all of this! If you have any additional questions, feel free to send us an ask! We can’t wait to see all of your applications coming through :D 

@mcytblrsource

Did you just stumble on this post and have no idea what Project LUMEN is about? Fear not, there is more information under the cut!

Hello, wonderful people, the time has come again: we’re looking to expand our team here at Project Lumen!

What even is Project Lumen? 

Project LUMEN is a fan indie game here to bring the Life Series to life in a different medium, for fans to experience it in a brand new way. We’re currently focusing on the Third Life demo, where the players get to lead Grian through the series, with minigames, battle mechanics and the choices they make all impacting the events of the story. With an added touch of our own spin on the watcher lore, we’re hoping to craft together a compelling narrative :D

What positions are open? 

We’re looking for:

Writers, who will help out with writing barks (short lines of dialogue)

Programmers, who will work alongside our wonderful Pie to help create the building blocks for the game 

UI artists, who will be focusing on pixel art and menu creation

Over the coming hour, we will be posting more detailed descriptions of what each of these positions entails, including the requirements and the expected workload. 

When is the application period? 

An Update From The Project Lumen Team

Hello everyone. It’s been a while. It is the end of 2025, and it’s been almost two months since our last update. So. How is the team? How is the project progressing? What are our current objectives? 

We have slightly neglected our communication and for that we are sorry. To make a long story short, the team has changed since the beginning. The project has been going on for a while now and has taken proportions most of us could not imagine. It’s only natural that we’ve had people joining and people leaving. Among other people, Kori, Pinkish and Arto, who were the hearts and souls that birthed this wonderful project, have left. This has been sad, but we are so grateful for all of the people who have one day contributed to this project. We have learnt so much – be it on an individual skill side, on how to work as a team and organise things among ourselves, on how to communicate better… Things are underway, now better than ever, and we’d like to share more things with you. 

We are updating this Tumblr to reflect the project now. We will post a new Master Post (the old one will stay up for archival purposes) and the tags will be changed accordingly. Some asks from the past might not be relevant anymore as our thought process has evolved with time. We are taking the resolution to give you more insights – art, writing, coding, lore…. Stay tuned, because we have a lot to share. If you are excited about this project, please like and reblog our posts, share your thoughts with us through tags and asks, talk about this with your Life Series friends, join our Discord… This is a community project; we’d love to grow alongside you. 

Our YouTube channel will take a bit longer to receive new content, but it’s not abandoned. Now, for the heart of things – how much of the game is actually done? That’s a bit hard to quantify. The 3rd Life script is in very good shape – the first round of editing, which nearly tripled its size, is officially completed. Our wonderful Pie took over coding, and so much progress has been made and we hope to actually show you bits of it soon.

And at last, I'm here to tell you a little bit more about what a job as a programmer on Project Lumen entails! This time around, we're looking for a small team of 2-5 people to help out our wonderful Pie.

What will coders do?

The base of the game is coming along, but we need someone to help with certain mechanics and expand upon what's already been done! You might not always be coding, though- sometimes work will include needing to research or plan out certain mechanics before programming can be done.

Some examples of what you might help with :

Setting up quests for the player

Creating smaller minigames like fishing, crafting, petting Jellie, etc.

Expanding upon the walkable game world to make it more interactive and fun

Polish up existing systems

In all cases, you will be working alongside our current programming, Pie, as a team! Because of this, you will also need a GitHub account (or need to make one), so we can have version control and easily share code.

What are the requirements for applying?

You must be at least 13 years old

You must have some experience in programming. Preferably in the Godot game engine, but experience in python is also good as that's the closest programming language to the script Godot uses. Having worked on game projects is also recommended.

You must have access to Discord, as this is where team communication takes place

You must be communicative and able to commit to the workload

You must be able to use the Godot game engine on your desktop/device. (The game engine is free, and doesn't take much disk room at all)

You must be able to use GitHub for version control. (If you have little experience with it, we can help you set it up!)

What's the expected workload?

Depending on what you're working on, we hope you would put some time in every week or two to code. We currently have a goal to get our demo out sometime during the middle to late part of the year, so actively working towards a playable demo will be prioritised in your work.

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-

There's only one week left to apply to be the Impulse or Skizzleman character artist! You can find the post with more information and the link to the application here. If you want to know what being a character artist means, see here for examples.

While Impulse and Skizz are the main focus of the form, there is an option to sign up as a pinch hitter for any character in general! So if you don't get accepted for Imp or Skizz, there is still a chance of being in the project in the long run :)

Are you a Life Series fan and you don’t know what Project LUMEN is?  See under the cut to learn more. 

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